Curated datasets

The datasets here represent over a million of the best, directly accessible objects - newspapers, books, photos, art, artifacts, audio clips and more.

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured line engraving.
Wellcome Collection
United Kingdom
CC BY
Data Updated: 18 December 2019
Sign Language Alphabet
Creative industries Engravings
Sign languages are completely developed natural languages with their own grammar and lexicon.This means that they are not universal and are not …
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Voyage Sur Jupiter - Chomón, Segundo de
1909
Filmoteca de Catalunya
Spain
Public Domain
Data Updated: 5 November 2018
Cinema of attraction
Creative industries cinema
From around 1907 to 1913, film makers were seeking to make distinctive images that went beyond everyday life representations. Their curiosity brought …
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Tre flickor på rad, klädda i likadana folkdräkter. Olika åldrar - Gösta Florman
1864-1871
Stiftelsen Nordiska museet
Sweden
Public Domain
Data Updated: 31 October 2018
Gösta Florman's Folk Costume Photography
Creative industries fashion photography
Gösta Florman (1831 - 1900) worked as a photographer with his own studio in addition to his military career. In 1871 he left the military and acted …
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Portrait (Miss N.) - Gertrude Käsebier
circa 1903
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Germany
CC0
Data Updated: 8 October 2018
20th century photographs by Gertrude Käsebier
Collections Creative industries photography
Explore the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg’s set of 20th century photographs by Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934). She was one of the most …
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Statue of the goddess Hygeia - Science Museum, London
100 BCE - 100 CE
Wellcome Collection
United Kingdom
CC BY
Data Updated: 20 February 2020
Figures throughout history that symbolise the destruction of illness and power of healing
Creative industries statues
This collection of historical statues depicts gods, goddesses and saints of health as well as commoners with medical conditions. The statues …
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Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Erysipelas
circa 1742
Wellcome Collection
United Kingdom
CC BY
Data Updated: 1 August 2018
Chinese Medical Illustrations
Creative industries illustration medicine
Explore the Wellcome Collection’s set of Chinese medical illustrations dating from 618-907 (The Tang Period) to the 1700s. They depict human …
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The malaria mosquito forming the eye-sockets of a skull, rep - Abram Games
circa 1941
Wellcome Collection
United Kingdom
CC BY
Data Updated: 10 September 2018
WWII Medical Posters by Abram Games
Creative industries second-world-war posters
Discover high resolution medical educational posters by the British graphic designer Abram Games (1914 -1996). He served in the British Army …
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Physalis alkekengi - Dr Henry Oakeley
Wellcome Collection
United Kingdom
CC BY
Data Updated: 2 July 2018
Natural remedies from the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London
Creative industries medicinal-plants
Discover more than 300 openly licensed images of plants originating from across the world by Dr. Henry Oakeley at the Medicinal Garden of the Royal …
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Justitie spande haar wettennet om dieven in te vangen - Albert Hahn
1911-04-22
International Institute of Social History
Netherlands
Public Domain
Data Updated: 11 May 2018 Marijke Everts
Political illustrated magazines and newspapers from the International Institute of Social History
Creative industries illustrations
These openly licensed Dutch political illustrated magazines and newspapers focus on the works of political cartoonist and poster artist Albert Hahn …
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Shore of Flooded River in Blossom - Mednyánszky, Ladislav
1880-1885
Slovak National Gallery
Slovakia
Public Domain
Data Updated: 25 July 2018 Marijke Everts
Impressionist paintings from the Slovak National Gallery
Creative industries paintings
This openly licensed selection of Impressionist paintings from the late-19th to early-20th century focuses on the works of Ladislav Mednyánszky …
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