TY - JOUR AB - There is now an enormously rich variety of experimental techniques being brought to bear on experimental searches for dark matter, covering a wide range of suggested forms for it. The existence of "dark matter", in some form or other, is inferred from a number of relatively simple observations and the problem has been known for over half a century. To explain "dark matter" is one of the foremost challenges today - the answer will be of fundamental importance to cosmologists, astrophysicists, particle physicists, and general relativists. In this article, I will give a brief review of the observational evidence (concentrating on areas of current significant activity), followed by anequally brief summary of candidate solutions for the 'dark matter'. I will then discuss experimental searches, both direct and indirect. Finally, I will offer prospects for the future. AU - Sumner,TJ DO - 10.12942/lrr-2002-4 PY - 2002/// SN - 1433-8351 TI - Experimental searches for dark matter T2 - Living Reviews in Relativity UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.12942/lrr-2002-4 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/63583 VL - 5 ER -