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

Wegemuseum Wusterhausen

State Art Gallery Karlsruhe

Munich City Museum

Municipal Gallery in Lenbachhaus

Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin

Städel Museum

Natural History Museum

Birmingham Museums Trust

Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands

Groninger Archives

Het Utrechts Archief

Leiden University Library

ETH Zurich University Archives

Basel Art Museum

University Bordeaux Montaigne

Municipal Archives of Toulouse

Foundation for a Universal Jewish History

National Museum

Flanders Heritage Agency

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

National Museum of Denmark

National Gallery of Denmark

Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia

Vienna Museum

Belvedere Museum

National Museum in Kraków

State Archives in Zagreb

Digital Library of Slovenia

National Gallery of Finland

National Gallery of Ireland

Library of Congress

National Library of Medicine

Yale University Art Gallery

Duke University Libraries

Detroit Institute of Arts

Rhode Island School of Design Museum

Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Science History Institute

Saint Louis Art Museum

Clark Art Institute

Cornell University Library

Chilean Memory

Qatar National Digital Library

Khalili Collections

Smithsonian Institution

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