Art 2211 Professor Gotham: Museum Websites

Browse online accessible collections, including over 375,000 open access artworks. Search the collection by keywords.

Explore thousands of artworks in the museum’s wide-ranging collection—from our world-renowned icons to lesser-known gems from every corner of the globe—as well as our books, writings, reference materials, and other resources.

Be sure to see the online collections.

Check out the Online Collections for works accessible through your computer or device.

Links to over 2000 museums, 100,00 artworks, and historical places.
Use the menu on the upper-left side of the page to search by collections, themes, artists, mediums, art movements, and more.

Browse the collection of thousands of artworks, and search specific artists from the "Collection" link at the top of the page.

The scope of objects in Smithsonian collections is staggering—from ancient Chinese bronzes to the Star-Spangled Banner; from a 3.5 billion-year-old fossil to the Apollo lunar landing module; from the ruby slippers featured in The Wizard of Oz to presidential memorabilia. Scholars and scientific researchers at the Smithsonian—and around the world—use these vast collections in their research to expand human knowledge.

Click on the "Online Resources" from the left-side menu to access over 1,700 artworks by more than 625 artists. The "Collection Online" presents a searchable database of selected artworks from the Guggenheim’s permanent collection of approximately 8,000 artworks.

Browse the Collection and discover the myriad art forms—sculpture, photographs, paintings, drawings, textiles, jewelry, and sound- and time-based media—and materials—wood, ceramics, metal, glass, fiber, paper, ivory, bone, and mixed media

A wide variety of art produced worldwide. Learn how to search the galleries at this site:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/collection-online/guide