Architecture: Image Resources

ARTstor Digital Library is comprised of 300,000 images digital images and their corresponding data and the tools to make active use of those images.

Library of Congress digital library of primary source and archival material relating to American culture and history: print, manuscripts, photographs, moving pictures and recorded sound. More than 150 collections and growing.

The most extensive online collection of copyright-released multimedia material dating back more than 150 years, this is one of the world's largest archives of historical & current imagery. Updated every minute. Includes news, entertainment, arts, business, and sports coverage from AP and selected partners

A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece). Most images are from the personal photographic collection of Kevin T. Glowacki and Nancy L. Klein, who've studied, taught, and conducted archaeological research in Athens

This amazing site presents the work of the seminal architectural group Archigram free online for public viewing and academic study. The project was run by EXP, an architectural research group at the University of Westminster.

This database includes information for more than 30,000 built and unrealized projects from various architects and planners. The architecture of the 20th century is the main theme of this database.

An international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationists, and scholars, with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilizations.

This University of Washington site offers a collection of 10,000 digitized images of buildings and cities through history and world wide.

The photography collections at BHS include images documenting the built environment of Brooklyn and Long Island from the 1870s to the present.

Directory of digital collections created and maintained by the Metropolitan New York Library Council. It offers over 150 online collections from many of the city's museums and universities, including City College, Baruch, & the Graduate Center.

Dedicated to preserving Long Island City's past and using it to promote the community's future. Images are available online and on site.

Explore the museum's collection portal of approximately 125,000 NYC images. Another 375,000 non-digitized images are available on site.

The extensive photograph collections are strong in documentary images of New York-area buildings and street scenes from 1839 to 1945, although contemporary photography continues to be collected.

Over 870,000 images. From the Archives site: Selected from the world-class historical collections of the Archives, most of these unique photographs, maps, motion picture and audio recordings are being made accessible for the first time.

Provides access to over 363,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage poster, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.

The New York State Archives provides access to more than 200 million documents that tell the story of New York from the seventeenth century to the present. Many are now being digitized.

The museum holds rich collections of photographs, maps, drawings, documents, and ephemera relating to New York's transportation history.

Browse high-resoution images of public-domain works in The Met collection that can be downloaded, shared, and remixed without restriction.

The Municipal Archives preserves and makes available New York City government's historical records. Records include office documents, manuscripts, still and moving images, vital records, maps, blueprints, and sound recordings.