Art forms
Photography, documentary images, archival photographs, and editions.
Collected resources in Photography. · 491 resources
France · National
Gallica is the Bibliothèque nationale de France's digital library, offering prints, photographs, manuscripts, maps, and newspapers with public-domain downloads, thematic browsing, and curated dossiers for research and teaching.
Netherlands · National
The RKD is the Netherlands Institute for Art History, offering artist records, image archives, and research databases for Dutch painting, sculpture, and design, with guided search tools for provenance work.
Italy · National
Internet Culturale is Italy's digital library portal, aggregating manuscripts, prints, photographs, and digitised collections from libraries nationwide, with search by institution, subject, and document type.
Spain · National
The Hispanic Digital Library from Spain's National Library offers high-resolution manuscripts, prints, photographs, maps, and books, browsable by subject and period, with downloads for research and teaching.
Germany · National
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur, maintained by Foto Marburg, indexes photographs of sculpture, architecture, and paintings, supporting object research, site documentation, and comparative visual study.
Brazil · National
An online encyclopedia of Brazilian art and culture with entries on artists, works, institutions and exhibitions, plus images, interviews, an educator section and links to archival records.
India · National
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.
South Africa · National
An independent archive in Johannesburg preserving anti-apartheid posters, photographs, and oral histories, with an online catalogue and selected digital images for research and reuse by the public.
Israel · National
The National Library of Israel in Jerusalem opens digital collections of maps, manuscripts, photographs and prints, including extensive material on Jewish art and the Holy Land.
Chile · National
A modern and contemporary art museum in Santiago known for a collection built from international artists' donations, with full collection records, an archive and exhibition history online.
Kenya · National
Kenya's national archive in central Nairobi, holding government records, historical photographs, and private collections, with reading rooms and exhibition spaces open to researchers and visitors.
Switzerland · National
SIKART is the Swiss art-history lexicon and database, with artist biographies, works, literature, and institutional records for tracing Swiss art across regions, languages, and periods.
Poland · Regional
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.
Czechia · National
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.
Serbia · National
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.
Lithuania · National
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.
Ethiopia · National
Ethiopia's National Archives and Library offers manuscript and historical photograph collections, publications, digital catalogues, reading-room information, and research services in Addis Ababa for historians and researchers.
Ecuador · National
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.
Cambodia · National
Bophana Center in Phnom Penh collects Cambodian film, photographs, and oral history, with in-house archive access, part of the material digitised online, and training for young filmmakers.
Fiji · National
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.
Mauritania · National
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.
Myanmar · National
Myanmar Photo Archive digitises twentieth-century Burmese photography and family albums, browsable by period, photographer, and theme, with captions and occasional essays on photographic practice. Most images are free to browse.
Cape Verde · National
Cape Verde's Institute of Cultural Heritage presents the national museum network, collections, heritage listings, opening information, and cultural projects across the islands for island travellers.
Palestine · National
Riwaq, based in Ramallah, documents Palestinian village architecture and historic centres, publishing building archives, restoration case studies and cultural maps of villages. Its archive covers villages across the West Bank.
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