Founded by Melinda McCurdy (The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens), Morna O'Neill (Wake Forest University), and Anne Nellis Richter (independent scholar and part-time faculty member at American University), Home Subjects is "a research working group which aims to illuminate the domestic display of art in Britain." This collection encompasses both fine art and decorative art...

Social historians and musicologists both agree: Music can tell us much about society's aspirations, mores and other such matters. In that spirit of inquiry and edification, the Library of Congress's "Music, Theater & Dance" digital initiative brings this marvelous exploration of music in the life of 19th century Ohio families to the curious public. This collection is primarily focused on...

The intersection between popular performers and politics is a curious one at times, and this online exhibition explores the "history of the involvement of entertainers in politics." Created by the Library of Congress to complement an in-situ exhibition, this exhibit was made possible by a contribution from the family of Bob and Dolores Hope. The exhibition is divided into three main sections:...

Harvard University's Houghton Library is home to a large number of rare books and manuscripts, including early modern manuscripts and the papers of Samuel Johnson, Emily Dickinson, and James Joyce. As the library's homepage notes, these collections, collectively, "touch upon almost every aspect of the human record, particularly the history and culture of Europe and North America, and include...

Ellen Oredsson, an art historian and content creator for M+ Stories (a blog from M+ Museum in Hong Kong), says, "I started this blog to make art history a bit more accessible, posting updates explaining a variety of art history topics." The categories on the website reflect Oredsson's stated mission: art history 101, artist features (focusing primarily on women and artists outside western...

At first glance, the web site for this show of photography at the Tate Britain - the first major exhibition of photography ever to be held at the museum - doesn't seem to include digital version of many photographs from the physical show. There are two albums of historical photos: Mr. & Mrs. Welford's photograph album, and The Ragged School Union, that hold roughly 200 hundred pictures, along...

The John Paul Getty Museum has a wonderful two part digitized exhibition of illuminated manuscripts from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. These manuscripts are from the Netherlands and Belgium which were important centers of manuscript production and they "were created for an international clientele of princes, dukes, cardinals, bishops, and wealthy burghers." The exhibition offers...

This exhibition from the Morgan Library and Museum allows you to page through several dozen 14th and 15th century illuminated manuscripts, and zoom in on the clothes. Visitors can page through the manuscript or view all of the fashionable thumbnails. For example, visitors can click on the thumbnail "St. Adrian as a Fashion Plate" (Part 2) ca. 1440, from Book of Hours, and see the saint wearing a...

The history of colonialism is a compelling one, and it can be narrated through first-hand documents such as journals, drawings, or photographs. This particular digital collection from the Harvard College Library contains more than 700 images which offer insight into European perspectives on how popular perceptions of Asia and Africa were created and disseminated. The collection is primarily made...

Many institutions, such as the Imperial War Museums in Britain, are choosing to partner up with the Google Cultural Institute to host digital exhibitions online. On this corner of its site, visitors can explore different collections, artists, and artworks related to World War One. Currently, there are 78 items in total, including wonderful paintings by John Singer Sargent and Henry Tonks depicting...