Finding and Using Images: Art Image Websites
Art Images
- ArtsyOnline platform for discovering and collecting art, comprising 800,000+ artworks by 80,000+ artists from leading galleries, museums, foundations, and artists’ estates. Some images may be downloaded.
- British Museum CollectionsSearch over 4 million collection objects.
- CalisphereCalisphere is your gateway to digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums. Discover over 2,000,000 images, texts, and recordings.
- Digital Public Library of AmericaA portal to millions of digital images, media and texts from America's libraries, museums, and archives
- Duchamp Research PortalExplore the life and work of one of the 20th century's most influential artists
- Getty Search GatewayFind images and other material across several of the Getty Museum's repositories. Note that some resources are copyrighted; please check rights statements before re-using material.
- Google Arts and CultureDiscover exhibits and collections from museums and archives all around the world. Explore cultural treasures in extraordinary detail, from hidden gems to masterpieces.
- Harvard Art MuseumsObjects from the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Arthur M. Sackler Museums - includes ancient through contemporary works.
- LIFE Photo ArchiveMillions of photographs from the LIFE magazine photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today
- Met Museum Collections400,000+ images from the Museum's collections.
- National Museum of Asian Art40,000+ high-resolution images of Asian and American art.
- NYPL digital CollectionsOver 700,000 items digitized from the New York Public Library's collection including maps, photos, manuscripts, poster, and illustrations.
- Rijksmuseum - RijkstudioNearly one million images available free of restrictions to download, remix, or reuse via the Rijkstudio feature.
Architecture Images
- Asian Historical ArchitectureA photographic survey of Asia's architectural heritage with 34,000+ photos of 1,311 sites in 23 countries. Includes background information and virtual tours.
- Library of Congress - Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)Collection documents achievements in architecture, engineering, and landscape design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types, engineering technologies, and landscapes
- Sacred DestinationsGuide to more than 1,250 sacred sites, holy places, pilgrimage destinations, religious architecture and sacred art in over 60 countries around the world. In addition to richly illustrated articles, there are photo galleries containing over 24,000 high-quality images.
Maps
- David Rumsey Historical Map CollectionOnline map database with over 100,000 historical maps.
- Digital History - MapsLinks to historic maps from 1400's through early 1900's, and also provides links to online historic map collections for specific states and cultures
- Old Maps OnlineVisual and easy-to-use tool for locating old and historical maps in libraries around the world.