Resources
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Visual Collections
You must have a password to access some of the files on this site.
Welcome to visual collections. The slide collection contains over 160,000 images
- Online slide collection, searchable by keyword, creator, site, topic
- The Herberger Institute Photo Archives online
- An archive of student projects
- Slide study for select Herberger Institute courses
- Online slide study by individual faculty members
* Please note that the database may be down on Fridays from 3–4 p.m. for routine maintenance.
The Herberger Institute Photo Archives
The Jeffrey R Cook Energy Collection
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Image Resources for Educational Use
Catena: Digital Archive of Historic Gardens + Landscapes
The National Fine Art Education Digital Collection
Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
ArchNet
An interactive site, specializing in Islamic architecture.
Chicago Landmarks
NISEE, Berkeley
Please cite "Courtesy National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley."
The International Poster Collection
Necessary to cite sources
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Includes European Painting images plus 50 from each of 15 other departments,
including The Cloisters. Unaltered images from MMA may be used if they include the
accompanying caption and the museum URL: www.metmuseum.org
American Memory Project, from the Library of Congress
Over 7 million images of American life and culture, digitized from over 100 historical collections:
History of the American West, 1860-1920:
Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library
American Landscape Design and Architecture, 1850-1920:
(Includes the work of F. L. Olmsted)
Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
Research Resources
archINFORM - International Architecture Database
Databases with plant information
The Great Buildings Collection
Maps (Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin)
RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects
The Visual Collections facility is provided and maintained for faculty of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.