Jorvik Viking Centre - The Jorvik Viking Centre is a real-life subterranean museum in the English Cathedral city of York. It recreates the sights, sounds and amazingly the smells of a Viking village. The web site cannot quite provide the odours and aromas but takes you on a whirlwind tour with added information on archaeology specific to York and the wider world. Anyone who ever wondered how they can make the faces of the figures so realistic can find out about the ins and outs of laser scanning of ancient remains and moulding facial features in polymer. Ticket prices and opening times for the real thing are also available. (29 May 1997) DB
http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/

The Field Museum - Based in Chicago, Illinois, this educational institution is 'concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures'. Online exhibits include 'The man-eaters of Tsavo' and a superb dinosaur tour' . The site is well laid out with excellent graphics accompanying the text. In addition to the exhibits, there is, of course, museum information and advanced notice of forthcoming events and attractions. (15 May 1997) MF
http://www.fmnh.org/

Science Learning Network: Resources - An index to nine science education projects from museums across the USA. Subjects covered include Water Works - the physics of water, and a scanning electron microscope with plenty of fascinating images. Nine sites of the day in one! (11 December 1996) NS
http://www.sln.org/resources/index.html

Virtual Museum of Computing - A large and up-to date collection of links relating to the history of computing -everything from corporate histories to virtual museums to newsgroups dedicated to the discussion of Sinclairs, Apple IIs and other computing antiques. (21 October 1996) NS
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/muse...

Increase & Diffusion - The only trouble with the Smithsonians massive web site is it is difficult to get a good flavour of its contents. This attractive more-or-less monthly web-only magazine provides an excellent introduction to the human side of its work. In the inaugural issue there are features on the search for the wreckage of the Hawaiian King Kamehameha II's yacht, some poetry from an archivist in the Smithsonian's Duke Ellington Collection, and an interview with an artist performing in the Smithsonian's Baird Auditorium. (3 October 1996) NS
http://www.si.edu/i+d/

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - The oldest museum of its kind in the western hemisphere, this Massachusetts-based institution offers three online exhibitions - Against the Winds: American Indian Running Traditions, Three Generations of Women Anthropologists and "The Children of Changing Woman" - a set of reflections by a Western Apache woman who is curator of the Changing Woman exhibit. (25 September 1996) NS
http://www.peabody.harvard.edu