Art forms

Craft & Textile

Ceramics, textiles, metalwork, furniture, and folk craft.

Collected resources in Craft & Textile. · 504 resources

United States · National

Smithsonian Open Access

Smithsonian Open Access gathers public-domain images, 3D models, and metadata from multiple museums, downloadable under CC0 terms for reuse in research, teaching, and open data projects.

FreePaintingOfficial
si.eduEnglishMay be unstable

Japan · National

ColBase

A joint collections database for four National Institutes for Cultural Heritage museums in Japan, searchable by category, period, and keyword, with high-resolution images and detailed object records.

FreePaintingOfficial
colbase.nich.go.jpJapanese / English

India · National

Museum of Art & Photography

MAP in Bengaluru focuses on photography and visual culture, with an online catalogue of tens of thousands of images and artworks alongside exhibitions, publications and public programmes.

FreemiumPhotographyOfficial
map-india.orgEnglish / KN / HI

Egypt · National

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Bibliotheca Alexandrina's site offers digital collections, manuscripts, museum resources, online exhibitions, catalogue search, and a calendar of cultural events in Alexandria and research support services.

FreeDigital & MediaOfficial
bibalex.orgArabic / English / French

Poland · Regional

Virtual Museums of Małopolska

A regional digitisation platform for museums in Małopolska that combines object records, 3D models, and themed guided tours from several institutions into one searchable website.

FreePaintingOfficial
muzea.malopolska.plPolishMay be unstable

Czechia · National

Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague

Prague's Museum of Decorative Arts presents glass, ceramics, furniture, and graphic design from its holdings, with online collection search and a full calendar of temporary exhibitions.

FreeCraft & TextileOfficial
upm.czCzech / EnglishMay be unstable

Hungary · National

Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest

Budapest's Museum of Applied Arts covers ceramics, glass, metalwork, and furniture, with online collection search, exhibition details, and notices about its long-running building renovation project.

FreeCraft & TextileOfficial
imm.huHungarian / EnglishMay be unstable

Serbia · National

Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade

Belgrade's Museum of Applied Art covers ceramics, textiles, furniture, and graphic design, with online collection search, temporary exhibition listings, and a specialist library for researchers.

FreeCraft & TextileOfficial
mpu.rsSerbian / EnglishMay be unstable

Lithuania · National

Lithuanian National Museum of Art

The Lithuanian National Museum of Art coordinates the national gallery and its branch museums, offering collection search plus exhibition schedules and opening hours for each venue.

FreePaintingOfficial
ndg.ltLithuanian / EnglishMay be unstable

Ecuador · National

Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana

Ecuador's national cultural institution in Quito coordinates museums, libraries and a film archive, with public exhibition listings, research publications, a national museum directory and free digital archive access.

FreePaintingOfficial
casadelacultura.gob.ecSpanish / English

Fiji · National

Fiji Museum Collections

The online collections gateway of the Fiji Museum in Suva, with records for canoes, pottery, textiles, and colonial-era photographs, set in the Thurston Gardens. It is free to browse.

FreeCraft & TextileOfficial
fijimuseum.org.fjEnglish / FJ

Mauritania · National

Ministry of Culture of Mauritania

Mauritania's Ministry of Culture presents national museum, manuscript, and heritage protection projects, plus cultural event and policy information on its official portal for researchers and visitors.

FreeCraft & TextileOfficial
culture.gov.mrArabic / French

Macau · National

Macao Cultural Heritage

The Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau's heritage database documents historic buildings, urban districts, and intangible heritage projects, with images, survey drawings, archival notes, and visiting information in three languages.

FreeArchitectureOfficial
culturalheritage.moChinese / Portuguese / English

Vatican City · National

DigiVatLib

DigiVatLib is the Vatican Apostolic Library's digitisation portal, offering high-resolution manuscripts, incunabula, coins, and archival documents searchable by shelfmark, with IIIF images and scholarly citation for study.

FreePrintmakingOfficial
digi.vatlib.itItalian / EnglishMay be unstable

Guinea-Bissau · National

National Institute of Studies and Research

The National Institute of Studies and Research of Guinea-Bissau provides access to the national library, historical archives, ethnographic research catalogues, and publications online for researchers.

FreePhotographyOfficial
inep-bissau.orgPortuguese / English

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