For those who have not see these already, a number of museums and archives are putting books and image collections online for free. Some even give the rights to to use the images in research documents (always check the fine print to see what use is considered personal, research or commercial). Many other museums have also taken to putting their collections online for browsing. This is a great way for us to gain inspiration or to get a broad view of a culture or item and possibly find answers to lingering qu Listing a few below that you can browse at will:
Getty Publications Digital Library - http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/index.html
Metropolitan Museum of Art - http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications
British Museum - http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx
And British Library at Flickr Commons - http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary
Wellcome Trust - http://wellcomeimages.org/
University of California - http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/search?facet=subject;rights=Public;;brand=eschol
Google Art Project - http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/browse/?c.projectId=art-project&v.view=room&v.filter=items&projectId=art-project
Getty Publications Digital Library - http://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/index.html
Metropolitan Museum of Art - http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications
British Museum - http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx
And British Library at Flickr Commons - http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary
Wellcome Trust - http://wellcomeimages.org/
University of California - http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/search?facet=subject;rights=Public;;brand=eschol
Google Art Project - http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/browse/?c.projectId=art-project&v.view=room&v.filter=items&projectId=art-project
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