Excerpt:
We bill ourselves as "A Museum Without Walls... For An Art Without Boundaries." Even though we have no walls, we do have "floors," separate areas for different activities. At the bottom of most pages, you'll find a navigation bar that will let you choose our Exhibitions floor, our Main Entrance floor, our Research Center or our Museum Shops. Just click on the place you want to visit. Or click on the Museum's logo and you'll find yourself transported to our Home Page.
Annotation:
This site exhibits photographs from 1839 to the late 20th century. Thirteen current exhibits offer a 100 to 600-word introductory essay and a wide range of images. "The Face of Slavery" presents ten photographs of African Americans from 1855 to 1905. The work of Southworth and Hawes, a photography team active between 1843 and 1862, is represented by eight daugerrotypes of women. In "Do You Believe?" visitors may consider evidence of ghostly existence offered by over 20 spirit photographs taken between 1875 and 1932. In "Photography as a Fine Art," over a dozen photos show dogs behaving like people from the 1850s to the 1950s. In "At Ease," photographs from around 1850 refute the popular notion that early portraiture was stiff. An exhibit of the trick photography of William H. "Dad" Martin presents photos produced between 1894 and 1912 that show exaggerated ordinary objects. In "Of Bricks and Light," the museum exhibits over 30 architectural photographs in five sections, from "Grand Vistas" to "Details & Glimpses." Business executive and photographer Shotaro Shimomura took pictures of his trip around the world in 1934-35; some of these are exhibited in "An Eye for the World." An interactive exhibit of cartes de visite allows visitors to investigate details. The museum also showcases over 40 of its favorite pieces. The site also provides a 1,700-word explanatory essay on photographic processes and links to more than 25 other resources concerning the history and art of photography. This site cannot be searched by subject, however, which somewhat limits its usefulness for research.