Fine arts and images — International

This site provides a searchable database of images, many of them photographic, from the Library of Congress.

AICT is intended primarily to disseminate images of art and architectural works in the public domain on a free-access, free-use basis to all levels of the educational community, as well as to the public at large. The images displayed on this site have been photographed on location by the author, who consents to their use in any application that is both educational and non-commercial in nature.

The Artcyclopedia is primarily an index to where paintings, sculptures and other great works of fine art can be viewed online, at hundreds of art museum sites and online archives worldwide. Links are classified by artist, and where possible by categories such as movement (for example, impressionism, cubism), medium (for example, photography, painting), subject matter (for example, landscapes, still life), and by nationality. The site also includes a comprehensive list of art museum sites worldwide, and a guide to visual search engines on the Internet.

This site provides a searchable database of images of more than 82 000 objects from the collections of the fine arts museums of San Francisco.

Pictures, sounds and objects from New Zealand's archives, galleries, libraries and museums.

NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 300,000 images digitised from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.

The British Library's largest digitisation project provides virtual exhibitions and themed tours of its collections.

An online archive of images and film footage illustrating more than 200 years of American history. Included in its holdings are the Picture History Collection, the Meserve-Kunhardt Collection, and the Gordon Parks Collection.

The Picture History Collection includes 18th, 19th, and 20th century images. It specializes in American Presidents, the White House, and the iconic people, scenes, and events that tell the story of American history.

The Meserve-Kunhardt Collection includes 19th and early 20th century photography. It is known for its holdings on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, including not only scenes but the officers of both the Union and Confederate army and navy. It's holdings include coverage of the theater, the world of PT Barnum, early New York City and Washington DC, Native Americans, African Americans, artists, writers, journalists, clergy, scientists, and a large collection of notable 19th century American women.

The Gordon Parks Collection includes the life work of one of the 20th century's best known photojournalists. His images cover a broad range of subject that serve as distinct markers in American history.

The Tate gallery, UK website includes over 65,000 images of works held by the gallery, as well as research papers, art history, exhibition information and education.

Timeframes is an online database of more than 20 000 heritage images from the Alexander Turnbull Library, a division of the National Library of New Zealand. The picture collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library cover the social and natural history of New Zealand, the Pacific and Antarctica, from the earliest European contact to the present.

An online collection of photographs, posters, paintings and other visual arts from many British repositories. Collections include war posters, women’s suffrage banners, portraits, architecture, furniture and fashion. Based at the Farnham Campus of The University College for the Creative Arts (UK).

The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries.The Web Gallery of Art is intended to be a free resource of art history primarily for students and teachers