Art

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General Art Museums

• The Art Institute of Chicago
• Louvre Museum
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• J. Paul Getty Museum
• National Gallery of Art
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Online Collections 
  Outstanding online collections from the Met. Categories include: Islamic Art, Decorative Arts, American Painting & Sculpture, European Painting, the Costume Institute, Drawings & Prints, Africa, Oceania & the Americas, Egyptian Art, Musical Instruments, and others.
• Tate Collection 
  Includes an online library of the Tate's collections covering art from 1500 to contemporary works. Searchable by artist name, genres, subject terms, with excellent images and descriptions.
• The New Museum 
  Excellent resource on contemporary art, artists, and cutting-edge thematic exhibits.

Modern Art

• Museum of Modern Art Online Learning 
  Outstanding resource for research on modern art and its influences worldwide, up to the present.
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Contemporary Art

• Guggenheim Museum – Online Collections 
  Excellent resource for the study of international contemporary art and artists.
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 

  Resource for contemporary art, artists, and thematic exhibits.

Portraiture 

• The National Portrait Gallery

Craft and Folk Art

• Museum of Art & Design (was American Craft Museum) Online Collections
  Fantastic resource for the study of American craft and its international influences, including ceramics, textile arts, jewelry, and domestic arts.

American Art

• Smithsonian Museum of American Art 
  Collection of material about art and artists in the US from multiple national collections housed at the Smithsonian Institute.
• ​​​​​​​Whitney Museum of American Art Online Collections
  Excellent resource for research on contemporary art and artists in the United States.

Ceramics

• Access Ceramics
  A wonderful resource for finding images of ceramics.

Art History

• Art History Guide
• Mother of All Art and Art History Links
  Developed by the University of Michigan School of Art and Design, Mother of All is an extensive set of links to research resources, image collections, online digital art, art schools, art departments, and art museums.
• Archives of American Art
  From The Smithsonian Institution, these archives include thirteen million documents about American visual arts from the 18th century to the 1950s and beyond.
• Art History Research Centre
  From Concordia University.
• Art History Resources on the Web
  ​​​​​​​From Sweet Briar College, this is a resource guide indexed by region and time period.

Image Collections

• Art Images for College Teaching
  The University of Michigan Library provides access to this collection for educational and research purposes.
• Artsy
  Beautifully designed, this site has examples of work from over 25,000 artists, including many contemporary artists. Artsy relates artists to movements and styles in the Art Genome Project. There is a commercial element to the site, but it does not detract from the content. Artsy is free but requires login.
• Web Gallery of Art: European Art from 1100 - 1850
• Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
• New York Public Library Digital Gallery
• Perseus Digital Library

• Nevada Division of Museums & History
• Nevada Museum of Art