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74 resources

Ecuador · National

Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana

Ecuador's national cultural institution in Quito coordinates museums, libraries and a film archive, with public exhibition listings, research publications, a national museum directory and free digital archive access.

FreePaintingOfficial
casadelacultura.gob.ecSpanish / English

Cambodia · National

Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center

Bophana Center in Phnom Penh collects Cambodian film, photographs, and oral history, with in-house archive access, part of the material digitised online, and training for young filmmakers.

FreePhotographyMultilingual
bophana.orgKhmer / English / French

Fiji · National

Fiji Museum Collections

The online collections gateway of the Fiji Museum in Suva, with records for canoes, pottery, textiles, and colonial-era photographs, set in the Thurston Gardens. It is free to browse.

FreeCraft & TextileOfficial
fijimuseum.org.fjEnglish / FJ

Mauritania · National

Ministry of Culture of Mauritania

Mauritania's Ministry of Culture presents national museum, manuscript, and heritage protection projects, plus cultural event and policy information on its official portal for researchers and visitors.

FreeCraft & TextileOfficial
culture.gov.mrArabic / French

Myanmar · National

Myanmar Photo Archive

Myanmar Photo Archive digitises twentieth-century Burmese photography and family albums, browsable by period, photographer, and theme, with captions and occasional essays on photographic practice. Most images are free to browse.

FreePhotographyMultilingual
myanmarphotoarchive.orgEnglish / Burmese

Palestine · National

Riwaq Centre for Architectural Conservation

Riwaq, based in Ramallah, documents Palestinian village architecture and historic centres, publishing building archives, restoration case studies and cultural maps of villages. Its archive covers villages across the West Bank.

FreeArchitectureOfficial
riwaq.orgArabic / English

Syria · National

Syrian Heritage Archive Project

The Syrian Heritage Archive Project, run with German and Syrian partners, publishes photographs, surveys and documentation of historic cities, mosques and museum collections. Records are searchable by site and object type.

FreeArchitectureOfficial
syrian-heritage.orgEnglish / Arabic / German

Macau · National

Macao Cultural Heritage

The Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau's heritage database documents historic buildings, urban districts, and intangible heritage projects, with images, survey drawings, archival notes, and visiting information in three languages.

FreeArchitectureOfficial
culturalheritage.moChinese / Portuguese / English

Vatican City · National

DigiVatLib

DigiVatLib is the Vatican Apostolic Library's digitisation portal, offering high-resolution manuscripts, incunabula, coins, and archival documents searchable by shelfmark, with IIIF images and scholarly citation for study.

FreePrintmakingOfficial
digi.vatlib.itItalian / EnglishMay be unstable

Guinea-Bissau · National

National Institute of Studies and Research

The National Institute of Studies and Research of Guinea-Bissau provides access to the national library, historical archives, ethnographic research catalogues, and publications online for researchers.

FreePhotographyOfficial
inep-bissau.orgPortuguese / English

Somalia · National

Somali National Library

The official site of Somalia's National Library in Mogadishu, with information on collections, reading services, cultural events, contact details, and updates on heritage preservation. The library also supports research and cultural programming.

FreePhotographyOfficial
snl.gov.soSomali / Arabic / English

South Sudan · National

National Archive of South Sudan

A project page on the National Archive of South Sudan, describing the conservation, cataloguing, and digitization of government records in Juba from the colonial period onward.

FreePhotographyEnglish
riftvalley.netEnglish

Sudan · National

Sudan Memory

Sudan Memory is a digital archive of historical photographs, architectural drawings, manuscripts, and oral histories, searchable by theme, place, and period across Sudan for researchers.

FreePhotographyOfficial
sudanmemory.orgArabic / English

Bahamas · National

D'Aguilar Art Foundation

The D'Aguilar Art Foundation in Nassau holds Bahamian painting and prints, with exhibitions, artist archives, appointment-based visits, collection highlights, and visitor information online for researchers.

FreePaintingOfficial
daguilarartfoundation.comEnglish

International

Rhizome

Digital art organization affiliated with the New Museum, preserving net art archives, exhibitions, and artist projects; a key resource for early internet art.

FreeDigital & MediaAI art
rhizome.orgEnglish

Austria · National

Ars Electronica Archive

Archive of the Ars Electronica Festival and Center, searchable by year for exhibitions, award-winning projects, symposia, and artist materials.

FreeDigital & MediaAI art
ars.electronica.artGerman / English

Germany · National

ZKM Collection

ZKM's media art collection and archives, covering video art, computer art, electronic music, and related documents, with an online catalogue of around 9,000 works.

FreeDigital & MediaAI art
zkm.deGerman / English

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