Available Collections

There are 260,000 images available to the UMass campus community through a combination of local campus-based collections and outside collections. The UMass Amherst Art History Image Collection is the first local collection under development for the software. Currently, 9,300 images have been digitized from the Perkins Slide collection and are available for use. In addition to the Art History Image Collection, the University Libraries have arranged access to several other image collections through license agreements or guest privileges.

 

UMass Amherst Art History Image Collection
Growing collection of art history-based images to support courses at UMass Amherst. Digitized images from the Perkins Art History Slide Collection can be used by any discipline.

• Major art works from all periods of western art history
• Contemporary art
  

Allentown Art Museum Online Catalog

• European art (1300 – 1700)
• American fine and decorative arts (1780 – Present)
• Sculpture from India
• Textiles from Asia and the Mediterranean crescent
• American needlework, printed dress fabrics of the 1930s and 40s
• Contemporary American fiber art

AMICA Library
Over 114,000 works of art from museums worldwide. Fully documented and may include curatorial text, detailed provenance information, multiple views and other related multimedia.

• Contemporary art
• Native American and Inuit art
• Ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian art
• Japanese and Chinese art
• Paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and photographs
• Textiles, costumes, jewelry, decorative art, and books and manuscripts
  

Archivision
28,000 high quality images especially useful for the fields of architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, archeology, art and art history.

• Architecture, gardens, parks and public art

Catena – Historic Gardens & Landscapes
Historic and contemporary images, including plans, engravings, and photographs, sponsored by the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.

• Garden history and landscape studies
• Initial offering of images focuses on Villas as a Landscape

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Over 10,000 maps

• Rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials
• Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa
• Old and antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, children and manuscript maps
• Genealogy and family history can be studied on the maps

Estate Project for Artists with AIDS
The Estate Project is committed to  ensuring the continued access, presentation, and study of the cultural legacy created by the artistic community during the AIDS crisis.

• High quality images representing the works of artists with HIV/AIDS
  

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
One of the finest collections of art in New York State and recognized as one of the most important university museums in the country.

• Asian art
• Nineteenth and twentieth-century American art
• Graphic arts

Museums & Online Archive of California (MOAC)
Selected works from the permanent collections of various California archives, libraries, and universities.

• Cultural, social and political history of the Western U.S.

National Palace Museum
Approximately 5,000 images of  selected works from the permanent collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

• Works spans seven millennia of Chinese history and pre-history
• Includes rare books, ceramics, paintings, bronzes, jewelry, studio accessories, costumes, and more