The ImageBase is an image and text database of over 110,000 objects from the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor).

On November 7th, the Ashmolean will reopen after a £61 million redevelopment. Adding 39 new galleries this renovation focuses on integrating new ways of seeing the past into both the fabric of the building and the experience it enfolds. Architect Rick Mather worked with the museum to create a space that facilitated not only the enjoyment of objects on display but also new and broader understanding of their historical meaning.

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Suggestify is a new application for Flickr that allows you to suggest geotags for photos using a clean and simple map-based interface. The project, while still in beta or what the developer Aaron Land calls the “alpha-beta-disco-disco-danceball-revolution stage,” is an exciting step forward towards developing new ways to describe a photo’s location.

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With images from over 8,000 collections and more than 29,000 artists, Bridgeman Art Library is a comprehensive source for fine art, architectural and historical images. Bridgeman’s search tools allow the user to browse the collection thematically (architecture, land and sea, emotions and ideas, etc.) and by image type (black and white photograph, object, illustration, etc.), artist, and participating collections.

TED’s A Greener Future? page includes 53 videos of lectures delivered by leading scholars, designers and activists engaged in the debate over the environment and climate change. Al Gore, Cameron Sinclair, Norman Foster, and others discuss a wide range of topics including global mass extinctions, sustainable food culture and urban design.

behold allows you to browse flickr for images that are free to use and modify or circulate commercially. This search tool simplifies the process of determining limits of use while enabling the user to access a wide range of photographs taken and published by amateurs and professionals the world over.

Point cloud of Rapu Nui

CyArk digitally preserve cultural heritage sites through collecting, archiving and providing open access to data created by laser scanning, and digital modeling. Besides project galleries which document cultural heritage sites via photographs and 3-d media , CyArk has developed the Hazard Map, which helps preservationists visualize sites at risk.

Minneapolis Institute for the Arts and the Walker Arts Center have been collaborating  sinse 1998 to bring their collections online for educational use with ArtsConnectED. Awarded an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant for 2008 and 2009 , the site has been recently redesigned and is now  more interactive and user-friendly. Art Finder allows you to search and browse over 100,000 items, including works of art and educational resources.  With Art Collector, you can save, customize and present your personalized collections to other users on the site.

Before Henry Hudson landed on the shores of Manhattan island, the area’s biodiversity rivaled Yosemite and Yellowstone National Park. The Mannahatta Project seeks to understand what New York looked like before it became a city. To recreate Manhattan circa 1600, the project “used GIS software to layer spatial datasets (i.e. maps), to derive maps of topography, streams, and eventually species and ecological community types.” While the project explores the transition from an undeveloped to an urban landscape, it hope to inspire people to consider ways of living that are  “compatible with wildlife and wild places and that will sustain people and planet Earth for the next 400 years.”

7,200 images of works of South Asian and Cuban art and architecture donated by leading South Asian Islamic art and architectural historian Alka Patel and 500 images of Japanese art, architecture, and festivals created by David Boggett are now available on ARTstor. In addition, over 80,000 photographs of high-quality photographs of major world events and personalities, 1,000 images of works on paper by Mark Rothko, and 1,400 images of medieval stained glass windows from the 12th through 16th centuries have also been made available.