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      Museum of Cycladic Art

      Ancient Aegean sculpture and artifacts.
      http://www.cycladic-m.gr/

      The Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation

      Houses the collections of Cycladic and ancient Greek art belonging to Nicholas and Aikaterini Goulandris. The Cycladic collection is ancient art from the Cyclades Island culture between 3200 and 200 b.c.e.
      http://www.culture.gr/4/42/421/42102/42102b/e42102b1.html

      The Acropolis Museum

      Houses masterpieces of ancient Greek civilization and art, including sculptures, friezes, and figurines.
      http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21101m/e211am01.html

      Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

      Attached to the University of Oxford. Antiquities collections range from Palaeolithic to Victorian, from Egypt to Britain.
      http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/

      The Museum of National Antiquities

      Antiquities museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Includes exhibits, activities, collection information, and a virtual tour.
      http://www.historiska.se/home.html

      Museum of Antiquities, University of Saskatchewan

      Features full scale replicas of Greek, Roman, and Medieval sculpture, the originals of which are housed in such famous museums as the British Museum and the Louvre.
      http://www.usask.ca/antiquities/

      The Shefton Museum of Greek Art and Archaeology

      With a collection of over 800 examples of Greek art and archaeology, the museum has gained international notice for its important collection from the Greek world.
      http://www.ncl.ac.uk/shefton-museum/

      The Menil Collection

      Houses and exhibits the permanent collection of John and Dominique de Menil, including art from antiquity, the Byzantine world, tribal cultures, and the twentieth century. In Houston, Texas.
      http://www.menil.org/

      The Metropolitan Museum of Art

      This museum in New York has large collections of ancient art, including Greek, Roman and Near Eastern. Online descriptions and highlights of the collections, current exhibitions and visitor information.
      http://www.metmuseum.org/

      The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology

      Fourth finest collection of Greek ceramics in Britain, attached to the University of Reading's Classics department. History of the museum, plan and description of exhibits, schools information and tour.
      http://www.rdg.ac.uk/Ure/

      Museum of Classical Archaeology

      Exhibits a collections of pottery sherds and of casts of Greek and Roman sculpture, with a public collection numbering over 600 plaster casts. Site includes a searchable database.
      http://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/ark.html
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      Michael C. Carlos Museum

      Information on the art collection that includes objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, and the ancient Americas. Located Emory University.
      http://carlos.emory.edu/

      Oriental Institute Museum

      University of Chicago. Part of the university's Oriental Institute, which has supported research and archaeological excavation in the Near East since 1919, the Museum exhibits major collections of antiquities from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran, Syria, Palesti
      http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/OI_Museum.html

      Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

      Sponsored by National Geographic, exhibition will feature over 130 treasures from the tomb of the celebrated pharaoh on a twenty-seven month tour beginning in Los Angeles, California. Includes details and ticket information.
      http://www.kingtut.org

      Museum of Byzantine Culture

      Presents its collections and its history, details of temporary exhibits, conferences, and concerts. Includes hours and entrance fees. Located in Thessaloniki, Greece. [Greek and English]
      http://www.mbp.gr

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