Image Databases from the BGSU Libraries
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ARTstorThousands of high-quality digital images, including collections from major museums and archives. Search for artworks, architecture, historical images, and photographs. Advanced features are available to faculty. To learn how to get the most out of ARTstor, watch their training videos on YouTube.
These research guides give more information about using ARTstor and images in general.
Museum collections online
While most major museums have websites, not all have substantial digital collections. Here is a selection of museums in the United States, Europe and Asia that do.
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Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (Japan)Japanese art from the late 19th century to the present; Western and American art from the first half of the 20th century to the present.
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Tokyo National Museum (Japan)Archaeological artifacts, calligraphy, sculpture, painting, and decorative arts.
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National Palace Museum (Taiwan)Painting, calligraphy, rare books, documents, ceramics, bronzes, jades, curios. Look for their "theme" sites and see the Downloads >> Movies for 3D animated short films on art.
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EuropeanaThe cultural collections of Europe contributed by many museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions.
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Reunion des Musees NationauxSearches 440,000 works from the regional and national museums of France, including the Louvre, Orsay, Centre Pompidou, and the Picasso Museum.
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Google Art CameraHundreds of super-high-resolution reproductions of artwork from 17 important international museums.
archINFORM
A database for international architecture, archINFORM includes images of and information about over 44,000 projects, most from the 20th century. Some entries, such as the one for the Farnsworth House (Mies van der Rohe), include multiple images, plans, and a bibliography.