Music Images
- Repertoire International d'Iconographie MusicaleThe RIdIM database indexes images depicting music-making, instruments, people in music history, and other music-related subjects. Many, but not all, of the records are linked to digital images.
- Ethnomusicology Musical Instrument CollectionImages, with some sound and video files, of the University of Washington's collection of more than 400 instruments.
- National Music Museum (University of South Dakota)NMM's "collections...include more than 15,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods." Virtual collections may be browsed by instrument family, with non-Western instruments clearly identified, and include images as well as extensive descriptions.
General Image Resources
- Artstor This link opens in a new windowA digital library of more than 2 million images across a variety of subjects, contributed by museums, artist estates, and a variety of institutions.
- Image Collections on the WebA locally maintained list of major image sources, many of them open access.
