Digital Image Collections
Columbia University Digital Collections
- Bunraku Collection (Japanese Puppet Theater)
Over 12,500 digitized slides and 7,000 photographs from the Barbara Curtis Adachi Bunraku Collection, C.V. Starr East Asian Library.
- Chinese Paper Gods
Woodblock prints of Chinese household gods from the Anne S. Goodrich collection, C.V. Starr East Asian Library.
- Digital Scriptorium
Image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts that unites scattered resources from many institutions.
- Imperial Corps of Pages
Photographs and other materials once belonging to the Russian Imperial family and the Imperial Corps of Pages, from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Bakhmeteff Archive.
- Joseph Urban Papers: New York Series
Sketches, drawings and set models of New York theater and opera productions created from 1914 to 1933, from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
- New York Real Estate Brochure Collection
Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library's collection documenting residential and commercial real estate development in the five boroughs of New York and outlying vicinities from the 1920s to the 1970s.
- Columbia University Libraries' Digital Collections
External Image Databases
- American Memory
A rich collection of images and full-text documents relating to U.S. history and culture from the Library of Congress.
- ARTstor
Over one million digital images covering the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, and other forms of visual culture.
- CAMIO
Catalog of Art Museum Image Online is a growing collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums.
- Catena: the Digital Archive of Historic Gardens and Landscapes
Historic and contemporary images focusing on the villa, an important landscape type in garden history
- Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: An Illustrated Catalog
Catalog of ancient Greek and Roman vases coordinated by the Beazley Archive
- Oxford Art Online
Gateway through which users can access Grove Art Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Art, and other resources. Includes image partnerships with international museums and artists. .
- NYPL Digital Gallery
Images from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library
- Photographic Views of New York City, 1870s-1970s
Archival photos from the collections of New York Public Library.
- More Image Databases
- More Databases of Maps and Atlases