I belong to a number of list servs and this week's S.O.S., Help for Busy Teachers caught my eye. Kathy Schrock, director of technology for Nauset Public Schools in MA posts "Sites of the School Days" weekly and this week she had an interesting website named "Museum of Online Museums". http://www.coudal.com/moom/ It is a hot list of a huge variety of museums and collections, some brick and mortar places like The Smithsonian, and others, online collections. There are some of your standard museums like the The National Gallery in Washington, D.C., and then some very odd collections like "The Art of Shivs" or "The LP Lover". She states: " I'm not sure these are all appropriate for students of all ages since I did not visit every one, but there are some very interesting and fun collections highlighted here"
Check it out. There may be a site of interest you can use in your class. Nothing like a field trip to spark some enthusiasm, and an online field trip is so much easier to do.