Artstor has just released more than 170,000 new images in Anthropology from three major institutions:
- Réunion des Musées Nationaux and Art Resource are contributing nearly 1,400 images of works from the Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac.
- The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia has released approximately 75,000 images of art and cultural objects from the museum’s permanent collection.
- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University is contributing more than 95,000 additional images of objects from their permanent collection, bringing their total in Artstor to approximately 143,000.
These releases span global cultures past and present – including African, Native North American, Pre-Columbian, European, Oceanic, Aboriginal Australian, and Asian cultures – and includes rare and valuable material including sacred objects and architecture, as well as clothing, jewelry, and tools.