Collections
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A tribute to women who shaped photojournalism, from pioneers like Dorothea Lange and Margaret Bourke-White to modern successors like Eve Arnold and Susan Meiselas whose images document conflict, culture, and a changing world.
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A survey of the works of African American self-taught artists from the antebellum era through to modern times, showcasing their versatility and expressiveness in a wide array of mediums.
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In honor of Black History Month, here are 20 community-contributed open-access collections focused on Black history and voices, including slave narratives, image collections, vital records, papers, and much more.
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Artstor and JSTOR offer more than a million freely accessible images and other materials from library special collections, faculty research, and institutional history materials. The collections are constantly growing, and as we browsed for Latin American content in preparation for Hispanic Heritage Month, we were delighted by what we found. Here are some notable highlights:
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Discover a diverse collection of world art from renowned museums like the National Palace Museum, Taipei, The Rubin Museum of Art, Mingei International Museum, and The Newark Museum of Art. Explore stunning high-resolution images from Art Resource, the largest stock photo archive of fine art, and immerse yourself in the artistry of China, the Himalayas,…
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Discover a captivating panorama of worldwide events through 5,000 shots from Magnum Photos. With over 130,000 photographs, explore the unique perspectives of photographers and photojournalists as they shed light on climate change, refugee crises, identity, and more. Dive into this captivating content capturing our ever-changing world.
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Discover a treasure trove of African American, African Diaspora, and African experiences with over 2,000 images from The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Explore this curated collection on JSTOR, freely accessible.
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Discover a treasure trove of African American history and culture at Artstor. Explore curated collections from renowned institutions like the Smithsonian National Museum and the Schomburg Center. Immerse yourself in a wealth of 2,500+ images licensed under Creative Commons. Uncover the past and embrace diversity with Open Artstor.
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Discover the powerful visual documentation of Magnum photographers as they capture the global impact of the pandemic and the profound protests following George Floyd’s murder. Explore nearly 5,000 images that chronicle the reverberations of these significant events on our lives.
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Discover the seamless integration of Artstor on JSTOR, where critical scholarship and high-quality images converge. Explore our extensive collection of 2+ million images, now available alongside your JSTOR search results.
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Discover a collection of 500 new images by one of America’s renowned political artists during World War II. Experience the iconic and impactful artwork that captured the essence of the era.
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Discover the vast art collection of Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) in Artstor, now expanded to 2,800 images. Explore iconic works from art history curricula carefully curated with the help of Allan Kohl, visual resources librarian.
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Discover the captivating collection of over 2,700 photographs by Barbara J. Anello showcasing Khmer monuments and heritage on JSTOR. Immerse yourself in the cultural and historical significance of these images, complemented by detailed descriptions.
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This month, Library Journal featured JSTOR’s Sustainability collection as a 2020 must-have database in the Nature and the Environment category, calling it “essential for academic […]
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Collection: The Phillips Collection
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Artstor has published nearly 42,000 images from the U. S. National Library of Medicine’s Images from the History of Medicine, freely available to all for […]
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Discover Artstor’s vast Public Collections with over 1.3 million freely accessible images and materials. Delve into Latin American content for Hispanic Heritage Month and explore notable highlights.
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Discover the latest addition to the Artstor Digital Library – 1,000 new images from Scala Archives. Immerse yourself in the world of Italian art and architecture with their renowned collection of high-quality representations. Explore over 16,000 captivating works today!
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Discover over 29,000 freely available images from the Statens Museum for Kunst with Creative Commons dedication. Explore the Open Artstor collection, aggregating open museum, library, and archive collections on the Artstor platform.
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Discover the rich history of the New-York Historical Society through over 3,000 new images added to the Artstor Digital Library. Explore American paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, decorative arts, artifacts, and historical photographs dating back to 1804. Uncover the captivating story of New York City’s oldest museum.
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Discover a diverse collection of over 8,500 images of contemporary art from the California College of the Arts (CCA) in the Artstor Digital Library. Explore the rich world of postmodern global art, fulfilling the high demand of our community.
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Dear colleagues, On March 18th, working in collaboration with JSTOR’s publishing partners, we announced a set of expanded access offerings to support libraries, faculty, and […]
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In this time of social distancing, it seems like everyone has turned to videoconferencing, from your teachers to your family. But perhaps you don’t want […]
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The Oregon College of Art and Craft has contributed more than 200 images of richly diverse works by faculty members to Artstor. The selection, which […]
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Explore one of our finest museums virtually In collaboration with The Cleveland Museum of Art and their comprehensive Open Access initiative, Artstor has published an […]
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The Open: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa collection is now available, featuring a selection of more than 45,000 images under Creative Commons licenses.
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In the nineteenth century, artists like Thomas Eakins brought the drama of the operating theater to canvas, capturing both the intensity of surgical practice and the rise of modern medical techniques. His landmark works, The Gross Clinic and The Agnew Clinic, reveal a vivid intersection of art, science, and history.
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A unique offering from a second-generation Abstract Expressionist Art historian Robert Solomon has just contributed the Joseph Stapleton: Self-Portraits collection to Artstor. Below, he provides […]
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Discover how JSTOR’s archival journal collections preserve and connect the evolution of ideas—from Alan Turing to Hannah Arendt and Thurgood Marshall—linking foundational research with today’s analysis.
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