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Anthropology

Image Collections

ARTstor

Digital library of nearly 700,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.

British Library

Many of the British Library's collections have been digitised and can be viewed here

British Museum

Collections can be explored online.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Met has more than 375,000 hi-res images of public-domain works available for use.

National Gallery (London)

The National Gallery allow you to use their images for educational purposes.

National Gallery of Art (Washington)

Many images (not all) are open access and can be used without permission. Check each image.

VADS (the Visual Arts Data Service)

Visual art collections comprising over 100,000 images that are freely available and copyright cleared for use in learning, teaching and research in the UK.

Victoria & Albert Museum

Collections can be viewed online

Sound Collections

British Library Archival Sound Recordings

World wide collection of recorded sound from music, drama and literature, to oral history and wildlife sounds. Formats range from cylinders made in the late 19th century to the latest digital media.

Moving Image Collections

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

BoB is a shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for UK higher and further education institutions.

BBC Rewind

BBC Archive footage from across the UK, from the late 1940s to 2021.