Collections

“How to use guides” for 35 most valuable open image collections with over 1,000,000 images (selection for creators from OpenGLAMs list). Download images via open collections.

Rijksmuseum

Netherlands / up to 238,000 images

Legendary collection from the 15th-20th century Dutch art, starring Rembrandt. Feast your eyes on Biblical and farming scenes, rituals, animals, sculptures and allegories among others.

#Dutch #military #anatomy #ceremonies #maps #animals #botanical #sculptures #fashion

Bibliothèque de l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art

France / up to 16,746 images

Art history unfolds in this French collection of antique artifacts, caricatures, firework displays, plans for private residences, portraits, views of cities and monuments.

#antique #caricature #fireworks #urban #plans #portraits #monuments

Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon

France / up to 14,531 images images

Delve into the extraordinary world of engravings from the 16th to the 20th centuries, posters and rare manuscripts from the beginning of the Middle Ages.

#engravings #manuscripts #illuminations #posters

DigitaltMuseum

Norway & Sweden / (hard to estimate due to variations in image size) images

Selection of Scandinavian city life scenes, naval themes, landscapes, portraits and caricatures by Swedish and Norwegian authors.

#marine #ships #Scandinavia #Sweden #Norway #nature #caricature

Nivaagaard Collection

Denmark / around 240 images

Private collection of Northern European Renaissance, Dutch Baroque and Danish Golden Age. Portraits, scenes from the 19th century Italy, landscapes, animals and still life sets.

#Italy #portraits #stilllife #landscapes #ships #nature #children

Rijksmuseum Twenthe

Netherlands / 1,978 images

The younger sibling of Rijksmuseum holds rich selection of medieval books and portraits, drawings of animals, city life scenes, landscapes, humorous sketches and interiors.

#animals #religion #portraits #urban #landscapes #interiors

Thorvaldsens Museum

Denmark / 7,019 images

Explore Danish sculptor’s Bertel Thorvaldsen’s drawings and sketches of his sculptures in addition to Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiques, Italian landscapes and portraits.

#sculptures #monuments #sketches #antiques #mythology #landscapes #Italy #Scandinavia

Webumenia

Slovakia / 12,116 images

Diverse collection of nature scenes, posters, animals, religious themes, caricatures, technical plans, geometry studies, national costumes, vases, butterflies, town views and saints.

#Slovak #nature #costumes #animals #religion #vases #urban #posters #technical

Wellcome Collection

United Kingdom / Unknown number of images

Meticulous, yet a bit morbid anatomical drawings of humans and horses, lavish vases, medical instruments, skeletons and some humorous sketches to level it all up.

#anatomy #skeleton #horses #medicaldrawings #optics

Art Institute of Chicago

U.S.A. / 52,850 images

Good place to look for painting aces like van Gogh, Lautrec, Kandinsky, Munch and others, as well as American life scenes, French subjects and selection of Japanese prints.

#America #France #Japan #portraits #flowers #landscapes #abstract #interior

Barnes Foundation

U.S.A. / up to 2,000 images

Expect the 19th – 20th century paintings featuring landscapes, portraits and urban scenes.

#paintings #portraits #urban #landscapes

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

U.S.A. / 4,792 images

Dive into heaven of prints – from fine impressions of works by Dürer and Italian Renaissance artists to American 20th century prints and selection of Japanese ukiyo-e genre woodcuts.

#prints #Italy #France #America #Japan #ukiyo-e

Getty's Open Content Program

U.S.A. / up to 8,600 images

Stunning illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages, botanical patterns, calligraphy, saints and mythical beasts 

 #manuscripts #Christianity #calligraphy #illumination #patterns

Travel to the US and the whole wide world with machinery studies from Middle Ages, William Blake engravings, Soviet propaganda posters and drawings of American presidents to name a few.

#America #presidents #cartoons #propaganda #posters #politics #prints

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

U.S.A. / 11,038 images

Browse diverse topics, such as illustrations of Don Quixote, chocolate ad’s, meticulous architecture drawings and caricature sketches, religious themes and satirical cartoons.

#diverse #DonQuixote #architecture #ads #religion #satyrical #caricature

Metropolitan Museum of Art

U.S.A. / up to 146,238 images

The MET has it all – hats, horses, dogs and birds, Christian imagery, decorative designs, cartouches, scenes from Greek mythology and musical instruments to name just a few.

#diverse #portraits #architecture #objects #mythology #military #music

Minneapolis Institute of Art

U.S.A. / up to 27,700 images

Expect Native American life scenes, botanics, ancient world maps, religious themes, portraits, landscapes, book illustrations, comical drawings and many more.

#NativeAmerican #diverse #botanic #maps #religion #comical #portraits #landscapes

New York Public Library

U.S.A. / Over 100,000 images

Get inspired by diverse set of topics – costumes, waterfalls, furniture, travel, posters, Japanese drawings, decorations, urban themes and impressive collection of menus.

#maps #postcards #menus #furniture #travel #nature #costumes #landscapes

Yale Center for British Art

U.S.A. / around 38,000 images

(Coming soon)

Yale University Art Gallery

U.S.A. / 24,000 images

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

New Zealand / 9,253 images

Open the world of Pacific culture from Maori life scenes to woodcuts by ancient Japanese masters. Collection is rich in nature scenes, botanical drawings and landscapes.

#Pacific #NewZealand #Maori #Japan #botanical #indigenous #nature

Museums Victoria

Australia / Less than 1000 images

Australia’s cultural history in one collection – explore the continent’s flora and fauna, transport, public life and cultural diversity topics in surprising formats like postcards.

#Australia #migration #nature #fauna #flora #history #maps #postcards

Cleveland Museum of Art

U.S.A. / 7,243 images

19th century French heavyweights like Gauguin, Manet and Lautrec, America’s vistas and civil war scenes, works by Rembrandt, Rubens and van Gogh.

#impressionism #French #America #civilwar #paintings #drawings

Taiwanese National Palace Museum

Taiwan / 2,379 images

Teleport yourself to ancient Asia with Chinese textiles, carvings, calligraphic works and dreamy paintings with flowers, birds, mountains, ships, portraits and socialising people.

#Asia #ancient #logograms #calligraphy #Chinese #nature #portraits #decoration

National Gallery of Art, Washington

U.S.A. / up to 52,693 images

Collection focuses on American art, but has international artists as well. Stumble upon skillfully drawn American design objects, colourful portraits and interior depictions.

#America #design #architecture #portraits #objects #interior #manuscripts #paintings

Trove Digital Library

Australia / 73,720 images

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