About this guide
Get tips for finding and using images for research and scholarship. Image sources on this site are grouped by subject and type: advertising and photography; art, architecture, and city planning; history, maps, and anthropology; science and medicine.
Image resources at MIT
Licensed and local image databases available from the MIT Libraries
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ArchnetArchnet is a globally-accessible, intellectual resource focused on architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design, visual culture, and conservation issues related to the Muslim world. Archnet’s mission is to provide ready access to unique visual and textual material to facilitate teaching, scholarship, and professional work of high quality.
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Dome at MITMIT Libraries digital collections can be found in Dome. There are over 70,000 images, maps, and documents. MIT certificates are required for some collections.
MIT Visual Collections * Institute Archives and Special Collections
David Taylor Model Basin * Project Whirlwind
MIT Communications Forum * Perceptual Form of the City
Aga Khan Visual Archive * Charles J. Connick Stained Glass Foundation Collection -
ARTstor MIT onlyA subscription based digital library of over one million historical and contemporary images related to art, architecture, world events, the humanities and social sciences. Open to anyone on campus. For off campus access to MIT faculty and students, an account is required. See ARTstor Terms and Conditions of Use.