Virtual Exhibits
WebPages designed as "Museum Exhibits"
Each page contains detailed information and graphic presentations from the
Museum Collection. Click on any exhibit title on the following list.
- American Classic Games - (commercial boxed games 1822-1992)
- Backgammon - examples from the Museum Collection
- Bagatelle Games - (table-top pinball)
- Bilboquet Games - (cup & ball - ring & pin)
- Children's Games - as depicted in Brueghel's painting Young Folks At Play
- Classic Board Games - as depicted in Alfonso's Libro de Juegos.
(Backgammon, Chess, Dice, Mill, Alquerque)
- Count & Capture Games - (mancala)
- Disney Themed Games - games based on Mickey Mouse and Friends
- Electronic Games - (hand-held)
- Games in Playing Card Format - (19th and 20th century)
- Inuit (Eskimo) Games - (text in English, French, and German)
- Map Games - (board games that are geographic maps)
- Playing Cards - (decks, related equipment, and art)
- Puzzle Collection - (jigsaw, manipulative, and other types)
- Row Games - (Tic-Tac-Toe, Mill, and many others)
- Table Games - (Crokinole,
Caroms, Jackstraws, Pick-Up-Sticks, Spellicans;
and others)
- TV Games - (Board and Playing Card
games based on television programs)
- Word Games - Language Puzzles & Boxed Word Games (Crossword, Scrabble, etc.)
- Some Antique Games from the Collection
Other Game-related sites on the Web: There are a great many sites on the Web concerning games. Links to some of these are on Exhibit Pages.
(For example, links to jigsaw puzzle sites would be found on the Virtual Exhibit Jigsaw Puzzle Pages.).
For a more extensive list of sites with special information about games or game exhibits at other museums, click on the menu item in the left panel.
Last update October 27, 2005
