Tools & Databases

Access resources for scholarly discovery in art and cultural heritage

Browse All Tools & Databases (A-Z)

  1. AATA

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    Free research database containing abstracts of literature related to preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage

  2. APIs

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    Support research, discovery, and innovation with authoritative cultural heritage data available through Getty’s Open Data APIs

  3. Arches

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    Open-source software platform freely available for cultural heritage organizations to independently deploy to manage cultural heritage data

  4. Article & Subscription Databases

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    See article and subscription databases available through the Getty Library

  5. Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) & Répertoire international de la litterature de l'art (RILA)

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    Search citations of publications about European and American visual arts between 1975 and 2007

  6. Finding Aids for Research Collections

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    Explore finding aids, container lists, and selected digitized images of major archival collections

  7. Getty Museum Art Collection

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    Search 110,000+ works of art made across 6,000 years to access high-resolution images, provenance, bibliography, and display history

  8. Getty Provenance Index

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    Explore the ownership records and market histories of artworks drawn from millions of archival records

  9. Getty Research Portal

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    Access 200,000+ digital copies of art history texts, rare books, and related literature from 50+ international institutions

  10. Getty Vocabularies

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    Find multilingual, authoritative terminology for catalogers, researchers, and data providers in the visual arts domain

  11. Library Catalog

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    Search the Getty Library's complete physical and digital holdings

  12. Photo Archive

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    Consult nearly two million study photographs of works of art and architecture

  13. Publications & Reports

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    Explore books, journals and more published by Getty, including over 700 titles available for free download

  14. Quire

    Use a free digital publishing tool to create dynamic publications in a variety of formats, including web, print, and e-book

  15. Research Guides & Bibliographies

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    Start your research with overviews of specialized Research Institute collection areas written by librarians, scholars, and curators

  16. Special Collections & Institutional Archives

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    Access the vast art historical special collections and archives at the Getty Library as well as records of the J. Paul Getty Trust