Links to the World - Arts and Culture
The sites listed on this page are not created, maintained, or endorsed
by the Minnesota Legislature.
Minnesota Information
Government
- Explore Minnesota - The Minnesota
Office of Tourism provides searchable, detailed lists of things to do in Minnesota.
Metro
Region - Metropolitan area theater, orchestras, museums, and more.
- Minnesota
Academic Standards in the Arts - From the Minnesota
Department of Education.
- Minnesota Author Biographies Project - Biographical
sketches and bibliographies of Minnesota authors, a project of the Minnesota Historical Society, Metronet, and the
Minnesota Center for the Book.
- Minnesota Film and TV Board - It includes the Minnesota Production Guide, resources for Minnesota crew and
production services.
- Minnesota Historical Society -
Includes a calendar
of events and information on historic
sites statewide. Digital versions of many of their photographs, artwork, and
posters may be found in the Visual Resources
Database.
- Minnesota Humanities Commission
- Affiliated with the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
- Minnesota Reflections - A collection of "20,000 images
and documents shared by more than 75 cultural heritage organizations across the state" sponsored by the
Minnesota Digital Library.
- Minnesota State Arts Board - Includes
links to Minnesota's Regional
Arts Councils.
- Perpich Center for Arts Education
- A Minnesota executive branch agency, housing the state's Arts
High School Program and Professional
Development Institute.
- Preserve History (Minnesota State Capitol Restoration Project) -
Information on efforts to preserve and maintain the Minnesota State Capitol Building.
Arts Organizations and Directories
Performing Arts
National Information
- Americans for the Arts - This site
provides information on arts policy issues, the economic impact of the arts, and
links to other cultural sites.
- Arts & Letters Daily - Dense, with
links to articles, essays, reviews of new books, blogs, magazines. and newspapers.
A service of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
- ARTSEDGE - Resources for
educators of the arts. It is a collaboration of the Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Center for the Book - Based
at the Library of Congress, the Center promotes
reading and literacy in today's society, the international role of books, the
celebration of America's literary heritage, and the history of print culture.
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting -
Created by the United States Congress, the CPB is the largest single source of
funding for public radio and television programming.
- Library of Congress - View online
exhibits, and explore American Memory,
over 7 million digital items relating to the history and culture of the United
States.
- National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
- NASAA provides a directory
of state arts agencies.
- National Endowment for the Arts - Access
to NEA grant information and
links to state arts
agencies provided.
- National Endowment for the Humanities -
The NEH is a federal agency that funds humanities research and programs. Information
on their grants is available at this site.
- Smithsonian Institution - Read abstracts
from Smithsonian Magazine
or learn about Smithsonian museums.