Online museum collections

Yvain · 28th November 2020, 09:47 AM

Hi Kubur,

Just trying to make our research endeavours easier

Thanks to everyone !

I didn't expect the thread to catch on so quickly and I fear I don't have much to contribute myself after such great suggestions !

I do recommend the Quai Branly (of course), huge collection, but the photographic archives are maybe even more interesting !

The British museum one is also very good with some rare pieces, and is surprisingly not talked about a lot.

The SMB database contains some rare weapons from Cameroon which might be useful to people studying the area.

I will add this portal (German) : https://kulturerbe.niedersachsen.de/start/

The Peabody Museum collections : https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/

The American Museum of Natural History (very clear website with a lot of interesting pieces !) : https://anthro.amnh.org/collections

The Welt Museum Wien : https://www.weltmuseumwien.at/en/onlinecollection/

If I think of (or find) more I will add them !

Tim Simmons · 28th November 2020, 12:43 PM

https://anthro.amnh.org/collections

Duccio · 28th November 2020, 06:02 PM

http://www.museostibbert.it/frontend/index.php

a museum in Florence, with many European weapons and armor, but also an interesting collection of weapons and armor from the Middle East, India and Japan

Jerseyman · 29th November 2020, 12:27 AM

Online weapons collections that I use.

The Royal Armouries - a very broad collection including ethnographic weapons.

https://collections.royalarmouries.org/#/objects

The Royal Collection - primarily European, but with a very fine collection of Indian arms and armour.

https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/page/1

The phenomenal Wallace Collection - both European and Oriental/Asian collections.

https://wallacelive.wallacecollectio...unction=search

The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna - seems primarily to have the European weapons digitally catalogued, though the collection has a fair selection of high quality Indo-Persian items.

https://www.khm.at/en/visit/collecti...-masterpieces/

The V&A Museum - unhelpfully a lot of the collection is not yet photographed, but the items are described in detail, and you can request pictures of anything of interest.

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search...ffset=0&slug=0

The Ashmolean Museum Oxford - search by terms. A broad mix of items.

https://collections.ashmolean.org/co...sort_order/asc

National Museum of Korea - search by terms. Primarily Korean weaponry.

https://www.museum.go.kr/site/eng/relic/search/list

The State Hermitage Museum - a mixed collection of high quality European and Indo-Persian items, with a scattering of ethnographic pieces.

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/woa-search/!ut/p/z1/nZFha8IwEIZ_iz9gJOlqox-PbE1tJ7GLMWu-SHTVFddWdFj275eKA-mwwu7LcfC-z73HIYPekKnsqdjar6Ku7KebMxMsBUBAHhmOcehjDC8ypUAlwQ lF-izANwowMtd-wWdjDAkhgYjCaah-_T0C079_gQwy5L38bvsxt4f1B8p0bvd1dezC_7pNf3bdQq8JPO RPGPg4ZSNfeHxEugIxSSgGMR9GQiyYx_yLoGdJ5kLSmyGlh_Sp yBukqvpQuo_IlqjZdJmq51fnPd_uevf26C6Z_JMc3_vJvlRqtx pu5OQhi7ezppnDZgeDwQ-jIfTo/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?1dmy=#meta_woa_category_main=Weapons%2C%20Armor&s earch=Weapons&meta_authoring_template=WOA

Of course the amazing Metropolitan Museum collection.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=arms%20and%20armour

Not ethnographic, but perhaps still of interest - the UK National Army Museum.

https://www.nam.ac.uk/collections

kai · 29th November 2020, 08:44 AM

Hermitage:
https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/...ge/woa-search/

Met:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collec...20and%20armour

corrado26 · 29th November 2020, 10:10 AM

Here the link to the "Historisches Museum Bern/CH" with the famous and very important collection of Henry Moser
https://www.bhm.ch/de/sammlungen/eth...sche-sammlung/

Yvain · 13th January 2022, 09:27 PM

Adding the Detroit Institute of Arts to the list : https://www.dia.org/art/collection/dia-collection

29th November 2020, 08:44 AM	#5
kai Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,255	just making links clickable: Hermitage: https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/...ge/woa-search/ Met: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collec...20and%20armour

28th November 2020, 09:47 AM	#1
Yvain Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: France Posts: 179	Hi Kubur, Just trying to make our research endeavours easier Thanks to everyone ! I didn't expect the thread to catch on so quickly and I fear I don't have much to contribute myself after such great suggestions ! I do recommend the Quai Branly (of course), huge collection, but the photographic archives are maybe even more interesting ! The British museum one is also very good with some rare pieces, and is surprisingly not talked about a lot. The SMB database contains some rare weapons from Cameroon which might be useful to people studying the area. I will add this portal (German) : https://kulturerbe.niedersachsen.de/start/ The Peabody Museum collections : https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/ The American Museum of Natural History (very clear website with a lot of interesting pieces !) : https://anthro.amnh.org/collections The Welt Museum Wien : https://www.weltmuseumwien.at/en/onlinecollection/ If I think of (or find) more I will add them !

28th November 2020, 12:43 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,842	https://anthro.amnh.org/collections

28th November 2020, 06:02 PM	#3
Duccio Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Florence, Italy Posts: 64	http://www.museostibbert.it/frontend/index.php a museum in Florence, with many European weapons and armor, but also an interesting collection of weapons and armor from the Middle East, India and Japan

29th November 2020, 12:27 AM	#4
Jerseyman Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 97	Online weapons collections that I use. The Royal Armouries - a very broad collection including ethnographic weapons. https://collections.royalarmouries.org/#/objects The Royal Collection - primarily European, but with a very fine collection of Indian arms and armour. https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/page/1 The phenomenal Wallace Collection - both European and Oriental/Asian collections. https://wallacelive.wallacecollectio...unction=search The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna - seems primarily to have the European weapons digitally catalogued, though the collection has a fair selection of high quality Indo-Persian items. https://www.khm.at/en/visit/collecti...-masterpieces/ The V&A Museum - unhelpfully a lot of the collection is not yet photographed, but the items are described in detail, and you can request pictures of anything of interest. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search...ffset=0&slug=0 The Ashmolean Museum Oxford - search by terms. A broad mix of items. https://collections.ashmolean.org/co...sort_order/asc National Museum of Korea - search by terms. Primarily Korean weaponry. https://www.museum.go.kr/site/eng/relic/search/list The State Hermitage Museum - a mixed collection of high quality European and Indo-Persian items, with a scattering of ethnographic pieces. https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/woa-search/!ut/p/z1/nZFha8IwEIZ_iz9gJOlqox-PbE1tJ7GLMWu-SHTVFddWdFj275eKA-mwwu7LcfC-z73HIYPekKnsqdjar6Ku7KebMxMsBUBAHhmOcehjDC8ypUAlwQ lF-izANwowMtd-wWdjDAkhgYjCaah-_T0C079_gQwy5L38bvsxt4f1B8p0bvd1dezC_7pNf3bdQq8JPO RPGPg4ZSNfeHxEugIxSSgGMR9GQiyYx_yLoGdJ5kLSmyGlh_Sp yBukqvpQuo_IlqjZdJmq51fnPd_uevf26C6Z_JMc3_vJvlRqtx pu5OQhi7ezppnDZgeDwQ-jIfTo/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?1dmy=#meta_woa_category_main=Weapons%2C%20Armor&s earch=Weapons&meta_authoring_template=WOA Of course the amazing Metropolitan Museum collection. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=arms%20and%20armour Not ethnographic, but perhaps still of interest - the UK National Army Museum. https://www.nam.ac.uk/collections

29th November 2020, 10:10 AM	#6
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,226	Here the link to the "Historisches Museum Bern/CH" with the famous and very important collection of Henry Moser https://www.bhm.ch/de/sammlungen/eth...sche-sammlung/

13th January 2022, 09:27 PM	#7
Yvain Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: France Posts: 179	Adding the Detroit Institute of Arts to the list : https://www.dia.org/art/collection/dia-collection