Curated Collections
Archives of American Art (Smithsonian)
Search over 16 million records of museum objects, archives and library materials including more than 5.1 million online images, audio & videos and blog posts.
Art Institute of Chicago Collection
Explore thousands of artworks in the museum’s wide-ranging collection—from our world-renowned icons to lesser-known gems from every corner of the globe—as well as our books, writings, reference materials, and other resources.
Center for Creative Photography Online Collections
This site is an access point for viewing the Center's fine print collection catalog. What you will find here are records and images of a portion of the Center's collection of over 100,000 art objects. This is a work in progress; our ultimate goal is to present a complete, searchable database for the entire fine print collection, with the caveat that images will not accompany every record, due to copyright restrictions.
What you will not find here: the Center's vast photographic archive collections. Information about the archives at CCP may be found here.
Google Arts & Culture
Google Arts & Culture is a non-profit initiative. We work with cultural institutions and artists around the world. Together, our mission is to preserve and bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere.
LIFE Photography
Searchable, browsable digital versions of issues 1936-1972, hosted by Google.
Metropolitan Museum Collection
Explore more than 406,000 hi-res images of public-domain works from the The Met collection, all of which can be downloaded, shared, and remixed without restriction. To identify these images, look for the Open Access icon, Open Access icon , at the lower left of the image:
National Gallery of Art
The mission of the National Gallery of Art is to serve the United States of America in a national role by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards.
NYPL Digital Collections
Explore 898,885 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections.
This site is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.