Whether you are in New York, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Oregon, Colorado, Minnesota, or Illinois, there's almost always a great museum nearby.
videos + essays
Shigemi Uyeda’s Reflections on the Oil Ditch
Getty Conversations
Using photography, Shigemi Uyeda captured the environment of Los Angeles and the growing popularity of oil production in the early 20th century.
Maria Sybilla Merian’s Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth on a Damson Plum
Getty Conversations
Using vibrant and varied colors, Maria Sibylla Merian systematically illustrated different stages of the development of the small emperor moth.
Meissen Porcelain Animals
Getty Conversations
A Fox with a Chicken and A Turkey were part of a menagerie of over 500 life-sized porcelain animals commissioned by Augustus II "The Strong."
Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type
Getty Conversations
Carved from marble four thousand years ago, this sculpture begs one to wonder who this figure is, what he is singing, and who he is singing for.
Tshibumba Kanda Matulu, Le 30 juin 1960, Zaïre indépendant
In a series of 100 paintings, Tshibumba Kanda Matulu tells the history of Zaïre, or present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Tshibumba Kanda Matulu, Le 30 juin 1960, Zaïre indépendant
In a series of 100 paintings, Tshibumba Kanda Matulu tells the history of Zaïre, or present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Solomon Nunes Carvalho, View of a Cheyenne Village
Though also a painter, Carvalho's fame primarily rests on his career as a photographer working in the earliest decades of photography.
Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Religious Liberty
Moses Jacob Ezekiel was the first Jewish American artist of international repute.
Artist, scribe, and poet: Abu Zayd and 12th-century Iranian ceramics
Poetry is central to this bowl—Persian and Arabic poems encircle the vessel on both its exterior and interior.
Tomb model of a watchtower
Buried in an Eastern Han tomb, this watchtower model represents the ideal world of the tomb occupant's afterlife in miniature.
Abdoulaye Ndoye, Ahmed Baba
Ahmed Baba relates to Ndoye’s experiences in Timbuktu and his participation in the 2013 workshop organized in the aftermath of—and in response to—the destruction of cultural heritage.
Timur’s entry into Samarkand, page from the Zafarnama
Timur's equestrian image would have been the most recognizable embodiment of his royal legacy in the Zafarnama.
Browse Smarthistory images for teaching & learning!