Digital Images

Additional Digital Image Collections

Art Images for College Teaching (AICT)

• A personal, non-profit project of its author, art historian and visual resources curator Allan T. Kohl.
• Images have been photographed on location by the author, who consents to their use in any application that is both educational and non-commercial in nature.

Artstor Public Collections

• More than 1 million image, video, document, and audio files from public institutional collections freely available to everyone.
• Eclectic collections that fall into a multitude of categories, including special collections, faculty research and fieldwork, and museum and gallery collections.

Artsy

• Database comprised of a growing collection of over 50,000 artworks and 11,000 artists from hundreds of galleries, museums and foundations.
• More than 25,000 images are currently in the public domain, and available for download for teaching and research purposes.

The British Museum Online Collection

• Almost 800,000 records in this database have images available for research purposes, some with multiple views.
• A free digital image service is available by selecting the “Use Image” option and registering for an account.

CalPhotos

• CalPhotos is a collection of over 500,000 photos of plants, animals, fossils, people, and landscapes from around the world.
• Includes images from The Manzanita Project, a curated collection of natural images from the California Academy of Sciences Library.

California State Library Picture Catalog Collections

• Search a selection of photographs and historic images from the California State Library's rich collections of photographs, prints, drawings, and sheet music.

Digital Imaging Project, Bluffton University

• Historical images of sculpture and architecture, from pre-historic to post-modern, photographed by Mary Ann Sullivan, Professor Emerita of English and Art History, Bluffton University.

Digital Scriptorium

• Image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts from the holdings of different institutions for teaching and scholarly research.

Europeana

• Explore millions of digital resources from Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections, including images, texts, sound, and videos.

Flickr Commons

• Access to hidden treasures in the world's public photography archives.
• You're invited to help describe the photographs you discover, either by adding tags or leaving comments.

freeimages

• Free stock photography database with access to hundreds of thousands of high-quality, handpicked stock photos and graphics.
• Activation of a personal membership account is required for full access but there is no cost to join.

George Eastman House Photography Collections Online

• A steadily growing digital image sampler and browsing resource for the vast photography holdings of George Eastman House.

Getty Search Gateway

• Search across several of the Getty repositories, including collections databases, library catalogs, collection inventories, and archival finding aids.
• Thousands of images are now available without restrictions and free of charge through the Open Content Program.

Google’s Art Project

• A collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums enables people to view artwork online in extraordinary detail.
• Virtually move around the museum’s galleries using Google’s Street View technology.

Google LIFE Photo Archive

• Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today.

The Internet Archive

• Provides access to a wide variety of texts, audio, moving images, software, and archived web pages.
• Special projects include the Wayback Machine, Open Library, and the Live Music Archive.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

• More than 20,000 high quality images currently in the public domain and available for download.

Library of Congress American Memory Project

• Free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog

• Contains digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and other units of the Library of Congress.

National Gallery of Art: NGA Images

• NGA Images is a repository of digital images of the collections of the National Gallery of Art designed to facilitate learning, enrichment, enjoyment, and exploration.
• More than 20,000 open access digital images up to 3000 pixels each are available free of charge for download and use.

New York Public Library Digital Gallery

• Includes free and open access to over 700,000 images.
• Includes illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.

Rijks Studio

• High-resolution and copyright-free images of 125,000 pieces of artwork that can be downloaded for free for creative use.
• Users can choose to download entire images or just details of works, and save sets of images.

Shared Shelf Commons

• A free, open-access collection of images from libraries, archives, and museums around the world.

Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center

• Search thousands of images, video and sound files, electronic journals and other resources from the Smithsonian's museums, archives & libraries.

Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)

• Search over 370,000 images from this world-renowned museum of art and design.
• Many images can be downloaded after registering for a free account.

Visual Arts Data Services (VADS)

• Contains over 100,000 images that are copyright cleared for educational and research usage.
• Images are organized into 44 distinct collections that range from textiles to graphic design to photography.

The Walters Art Museum

• Thousands of high-quality digital images available for download from the museum’s collection of world art.

Wikimedia Commons

• Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content, including images, sound and video clips.

World Digital Library

• The World Digital Library (WDL) makes it possible to discover, study, and enjoy cultural treasures from around the world on one site.

Yale Digital Content

• Search 250,000 digital assets from Yale's collections of art, natural history, books, and maps, as well as photos, audio, and video.