NEED A GRAPHIC? Improve the quality of your class work with real art!

Art makes you feel like dancing!

Try these sites: These have all been checked out ahead of time for "searchability"

 

Boston Museum of Fine Art: enter your word related to your topic in the field labeled "Object Name/Title", Be sure to check the box that says "(find only objects with images)"

Boston, Massachusetts

 

 Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection of 41,000 art objects

Washington, D.C.

 Museum of Modern Art (take a risk!)

New York, NY

 

Brooklyn Museum: search by topic or keyword (once you click the picture for a larger view, use the "print screen" button and then paste it into your Word document and crop it - if it fits)

Brooklyn, NY

 

The Tate Collection (modern art museum)

London, England

National Gallery Of Art

Washington, D.C.

 

Museum of Ontario (Key in your search term in the “search” box on the top of the page)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

The Art Institute of Chicago (an extensive collection of American and impressionist art)

Chicago, Illinois

The Louvre: Paris, France’s famous gallery (browse around or search by keyword in top search box – once you find art, click the little magnifying glass under it to get a great view.)

Paris, France

 

The National Gallery of London England (use the search box at the top)

London, England

 

Royal Academy of Arts

London, England

Fine Arts Museum

San Francisco, California

 

The Guggenheim - Modern Art Museum

New York, NY

 

Try "Olga's Gallery" (not an officially licensed gallery, but good quality pictures of art)

cyberspace

Bilbao Fine Arts Museum (use search box, then click image to enlarge before saving)

Bilbao, Spain

 

Harvard Art Museum (25,000 searchable works of art)

Cambridge, MA

 

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

San Francisco, California

The State Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, Russia (boasts of an over 6 million works available)

St. Petersburg, Russia

photography only:

George Eastman House

- Rochester, NY

 

photography only:

Museum of Contemporary Photography   

-  Chicago, IL 

 

photography only:

International Center of Photography   

- New York, NY

 

 

Updated by Robert Keim on June 3rd, 2010

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