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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
The LOC prints and photographs collections number more than 13.7 million images.
While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials
produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives,
interests and achievements of the American people.
Search in Category: Computers: Internet: Resources: Research
Search in Category: Recreation: Antiques: Photographs
Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Government: Legislative Branch: Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
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NOAA Photo Library
Searchable photography collection focusing on the environment in the United States.
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Government: Executive Branch: Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
www.photolib.noaa.gov
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum's Department of Photographs surveys the history of
photography from its invention in the 1830s to the present. The collection is
largely European and American, with some representation of other parts of the
world, particularly Japan. Information page with examples in roughly chronological
order.
Search in Category: Arts: Photography: Reference: History
Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research
Search in Category: Reference: Museums: Arts and Entertainment: Antiquities
Search in Category: Reference: Museums: Arts and Entertainment: Art Museums
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: New York: Localities: N: New York City: Manhattan: Arts and Entertainment: Museums: Art
Search in Category: Society: History: By Time Period: Ancient: Africa: Egypt
www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=19
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Photography collection of the NGA includes nineteenth- and twentieth-century
photographs by European and American photographers. Information page plus tour of
collection.
Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research
Search in Category: Reference: Museums: Arts and Entertainment: Art Museums
Search in Category: Reference: Museums: Arts and Entertainment: Art Museums: North America: United States: Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Washington, DC: Arts and Entertainment: Museums
www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggphoto/ggphoto-main1.html
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National Image Library
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service's online collection of public domain
photographs.
Search in Category: Computers: Graphics: Clip Art: Animal
Search in Category: Computers: Graphics: Clip Art: Public Domain
images.fws.gov
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Smithsonian Photographs
Photography galleries covering topics ranging from air and space, to science,
nature, technology, history, people, and places.
photo2.si.edu
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Cleveland Museum of Art: Photography Collection
A virtual tour of the photography collection. Although a very large number of
prints may be viewed, no search tool is currently available.
Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research
Search in Category: Reference: Museums: Arts and Entertainment: Art Museums
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Ohio: Localities: C: Cleveland: Arts and Entertainment: Museums
Search in Category: Shopping: Visual Arts: Museum Stores
www.clevelandart.org/Explore/department.asp?level=1&deptgroup=6
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Erwin E. Smith Collection
Guide to the Smith collection at the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas,
including biography and photographs. Includes teaching resources.
Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research
Search in Category: Reference: Museums: Arts and Entertainment: Art Museums: North America: United States: Texas
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Texas: Localities: F: Fort Worth: Arts and Entertainment: Museums
www.cartermuseum.org/collections/smith
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European Photographs Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Includes works by Jean-Eugene Auguste Atget, August Sander, Henri Cartier-Bresson,
Robert McPherson and Gustave Le Gray, among many others. Searchable by artist and
title.
Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research
Search in Category: Reference: Museums: Arts and Entertainment: Art Museums
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: B: Boston: Arts and Entertainment: Museums: Art
www.mfa.org/artemis/results.asp?pk=2552&so=2&sd=0
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George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film
The Photography Collection includes photographs and negatives dating from the
invention of photography to the present day. Searchable by photographer.
www.geh.org/photographers.html
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Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Includes selections from the Helmer Backstrom collection and the Gernsheim
Collection, focusing on older processes. Especially strong representation of
Swedish photography.
www.modernamuseet.se/v4/templates/template3.asp?id=1474
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Musee de l'Elysee, Lausanne
The collection of the Museum (including the Elysée Foundation collection). This
section presents the most important portfolios.
Search in Category: Regional: Europe: Switzerland: Arts and Entertainment: Museums
www.elysee.ch/collections/collection_en.html
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National Archives of Canada: Photography
The National Archives has acquired over twenty-two million photographs illustrating
Canadian reality, and certain aspects of the world in general. The search tool
allows to consult almost 400,000 descriptions of photographs, as well as to have
access to some 10,000 digitized images on-line.
www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020115_e.html
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Peabody Essex Museum
The photography collection comprises more than a half million rare and vintage
images representing nearly every kind of photographic format and process, and
featuring nineteenth-century photographs of Asia, maritime images, early American
photographic portraits, as well as architectural and landscape images.
Search in Category: Reference: Museums: Arts and Entertainment: Art Museums: Asia
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: S: Salem: Arts and Entertainment: Museums
www.pem.org/collections/photography.php
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Taking the Long View, 1851-1991
Panoramic photographs from the American Memory collection at the Library of
Congress.
Search in Category: Kids and Teens: School Time: Social Studies: History: By Region: North America: United States
Search in Category: Kids and Teens: School Time: Social Studies: History: Multimedia
Search in Category: Reference: Almanacs: History
Search in Category: Reference: Archives: Regional: United States
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Government: Legislative Branch: Library of Congress
Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Digital
memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/panoramic_photo
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The Keystone-Mast Collection
The Keystone-Mast Collection at the California Museum of Photography represents the
archive of the Keystone View Company of Meadville, PA. Offers an encyclopedic view
of world history and cultural diversity.
Search in Category: Kids and Teens: Arts: Photography: History
Search in Category: Reference: Museums: Arts and Entertainment: Photography
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: California: Localities: R: Riverside: Arts and Entertainment
www.cmp.ucr.edu/mainFrame/collections/guides/kmast
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The collection illustrates the evolution of early-20th-century photographic styles,
beginning with photographs that imitate romantic painting styles. The MFAH´s
collection is strongest in the new approaches to photography that emerged in the
second half of the 20th century. Information page plus collection highlights.
Search in Category: Reference: Libraries: Research
Search in Category: Regional: North America: United States: Texas: Localities: H: Houston: Arts and Entertainment: Museums
www.mfah.org/main.asp?target=collection&par1=14&par3=70
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