Online Exhibitions

Archival collections that are available on the Web.

Resources in this category:

Archives of Development
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/Archives/Exhibits.nsf

Provides primary source material on over one hundred developing economies. Hosted by the World Bank.

Early Manuscripts at Oxford University
http://image.ox.ac.uk/

Online images of manuscripts dating from the 9th to the 19th centuries from institutions affiliated with Oxford University.

Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian
http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/index.html

Twenty volumes of photogravure images of native North Americans produced by Edward Sheriff Curtis between 1907 and 1930. Accompanied by narrative text.

Irish Script on Screen
http://www.isos.dias.ie/

Images and descriptions of early manuscripts from Ireland.

Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web
http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions/

Features links to online exhibitions created by archives, historical societies, libraries and museums.

National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/exhibits.htm

Provides access to historical and contemporary anthropological materials on the world's cultures and the history of anthropology.

National Archives Online Exhibit Hall
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/index.html

Features some of the holdings of the National Archives including documents from the Louisiana Purchase and Nixon's resignation letter, posters from World War II and Portrait of Black Chicago (a photo exhibit).

Public Records Office Virtual Museum
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/

Provides online access to some collections of the National Archives of the United Kingdom.

UNESCO Archives Portal
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/

Provides catalogs and online exhibitions from archives around the world in addition to a collection of professional resources.