Find images of works in museums by searching their online collection databases. Many also include additional contextual information about artists, art movements, materials, and techniques.
Five College Museums collections database
Aga Khan Museum
Art from from historically significant Muslim civilizations as well as contemporary Muslim communities and diasporas around the world
Ashmolean Museum Catalogue of Islamic Seals and Talismans
Digital images of 8th to 19th century Islamic worldseals and talismans housed at the Ashmolean
Walters Art Museum collection of Islamic Manuscripts
Sacred, devotional, and non-religious manuscripts dating from the 9th through the 19th century
Shahnama: 1000 Years of the Persian Book of Kings
Website accompanying exhibit held October 23, 2010 to April 17, 2011 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
Manuscripts from the Islamic Heritage Project, Harvard University
Manuscripts selected from Houghton Library and the Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, from the 10th to the 20th centuries CE.
Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, DC
Arts of the Islamic World collections
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha Qatar
Islamic art from the 7th to the 19th century
Islamic Art Virtual Museum database
Digital images of Islamic art objects from museums in Europe and the Middle East.
The David Collection - Islamic Art
Digital images and collection records
The British Museum
Online Collections from the British Museum
Harappa
Site featuring scholarship and discoveries about the ancient Indus Civilization (3500-1700 BCE) in India and Pakistan.
Islamic Heritage Project
Manuscripts, maps, and published texts from Harvard University’s library and museum collections.
The Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art at the Ashmolean Museum
Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Digitized copies of books, manuscripts and other media from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin