LibGuides: Museum Studies: Images

Images

ARTstor
Repository of over two million images that include collections from a wide variety of civilizations, time-periods, and media. The images are drawn from different sources, such as museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial

CC Search: Creative Commons
Search engine to find freely available images.
American Museum of Natural History, Division of Anthropology, Collections Database
Over 200,000 objects from the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Islands have been digitally imaged and are accessible through this website.
Digital Archaeological Record
International digital repository for the digital records of archaeological investigations. Registered users (registration is free) may download and bookmark resources.
Library of Congress - Prints and Photographs
Digitized photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings.
National Gallery of Art Images
Free open access images available for download.
National Museum of the American Indian, Collections Search
The museum’s collection includes more than 800,000 objects and photographs and more than 500,000 digitized images, films, and other media documenting Native communities, events, and organizations.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Features prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.
Peabody Museum Collections Online
Access to object records and associated digital media records.
Smithsonian Open Access
Digital assets that are created, stored, or maintained by the Smithsonian. This might include text, still images, sound recordings, research datasets, 3D models, collections data, and more.