Libraries and Museums Online

MakeUseOf.com has a nice round-up of some libraries and museums that have digitized collections. Included are the Library of Congress, National Library of Scotland, Smithsonian, British Museum, British Library, The Hermitage, and the Louvre.

Another resource MakeUseOf points out is the European Virtual Museum. This collaboration among 20 museums has these features:

• Browse historic items from over 20 museums across Europe.
• View items by country, museum, time period BC and categories.
• Each item has it is own page with detailed related information.