Collections
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Collections, Humanities, arts, and social sciences, Open access, Open and free content, Primary sources, Teaching
Curricular materials, guides, and readings designed to help educators and students teach with the American Prison Newspapers collection, centering incarcerated voices and critical inquiry.
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Discover JSTOR’s full suite of archival journal and primary source collections—trusted by libraries and researchers worldwide for high-quality, cross-disciplinary scholarship.
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an encyclopedic museum with collections from across the globe. The images contributed to Artstor from the museum’s over 42,000 works of art reflect the diversity of the collections and 5,000 years of human culture.
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May’s additions to JSTOR opened new ways to engage with visual culture, political history, and everyday life.
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April’s collections on JSTOR highlight labor solidarity, poetic vulnerability, and historic landscapes through new books, rare archives, and open access multimedia.
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This March, JSTOR’s collection highlights include a vibrant mix of historical archives, health media, and pathbreaking literature. From Montana’s mid-century newsletters to a global archive […]
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WAG-Qaumajuq is making its world-renowned collection of Canadian, Inuit, and Indigenous art more accessible—inviting global audiences to connect with these powerful works and the stories they hold.
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Two unique new selections of licensed digital images are now available on Artstor on JSTOR, made available through partnerships with Art Resource and Magnum Photos.
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When we think about art historical research and teaching, individual artworks often take center stage. But what about the curated exhibitions that shape how we experience and interpret them? Beyond Utility: Rethinking the Value of Exhibition Photos in Art Historical Research and Curation—a session at the 2025 College Art Association (CAA) conference—explored the evolving role…
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February brought new archival collections and multimedia highlights to JSTOR. In honor of Black History Month, we also highlighted stories of activism, resilience, and creative expression.
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January’s highlights on JSTOR showcase the power of archives to preserve stories, from student activism and South African art to Montana’s rich history and groundbreaking scientific films.
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Accessible knowledge opens the door to education. In 2025, explore JSTOR’s open access collections, featuring art, photographs, and cultural archives that empower visual literacy and interdisciplinary discovery.
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As the final month of 2024 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on the diverse and impactful collections and multimedia added to JSTOR this December.
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November brought new opportunities to explore underrepresented voices, rich cultural artifacts, and engaging multimedia content on JSTOR. This month’s additions provide researchers, educators, and students with unique insights into history, art, and human ingenuity.
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This month on JSTOR, we continued expanding access to invaluable content, adding multimedia and archival collections that amplify voices from the past. Discover our picks from the month.
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Explore the newly expanded Joseph F. Stapleton Drawing Collection from Artstor on JSTOR, now featuring 345 additional images. With nearly 650 images available, this collection offers a rich resource for research and study.
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Discover JSTOR’s latest resources, including radical newspapers, historical multimedia, and new video content. Enhance your research with diverse entries from Reveal Digital, Artstor on JSTOR, and shared collections.
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Explore 800+ new Bard Graduate Center installation photos documenting a decade of decorative arts and design exhibitions, now on JSTOR.
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Discover a trove of historical insights gathered this July and August on JSTOR. Explore collections spanning from Civil Rights activism to artistic resilience during the AIDS epidemic, offering unique perspectives on history, culture, and knowledge.
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Explore JSTOR’s new collections for a diverse tapestry of history, culture, and creativity in various multimedia formats. Discover notable additions this month!
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Artstor on JSTOR isn’t just images. Artstor collections encompass multimedia content, including audio, video, and panorama formats. The sound, motion, and visual depth of these formats makes possible a more immersive and engaging research experience, while simultaneously boosting accessibility and supporting diverse learning styles.
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As the curator of new Artstor collections, I’m excited to share how we’re evolving our collection development strategy. As Artstor migrates to JSTOR, our collections continue to expand—guided by community feedback and focused on contemporary, diverse, global, and interdisciplinary content.
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Discover a vibrant collection of over 750 Art Resource images on Artstor featuring works by renowned artists from 1910 to 2004, including Kubota, Krasner, Lawrence, and more.
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Reveal Digital develops open access primary source collections from underrepresented 20th-century voices of dissent, crowdfunded by libraries. In a session during ER&L’s annual conference, Peggy Glahn, Associate Director of Reveal Digital, discussed the six collections that are currently accessible, and talked about the shift they represent in Open Educational Resources (OERs).
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Artstor on JSTOR is not just for art! This extensive visual resource includes rich photo archives and interdisciplinary collections in fields like medicine, literature, and STEM.
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Artstor on JSTOR adds 5,000 Magnum Photos images, bringing the collection to over 136,000 items. The new works capture 2021–2022 protests, refugee experiences, climate impacts, and other pivotal global stories.
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Happy Earth Day! We’ve gathered 26 open collections on JSTOR that feature breathtaking documentation of our planet and its creatures by scientists, scholars, and artists […]
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To celebrate this year’s Earth Day, we’re sharing five openly accessible collections on JSTOR that feature the work of important women botanists and botanical artists. […]
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Louis Agassiz Fuertes, bird portraitist April 22 marks the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day, the birth of the modern environmental movement. This year we honor […]
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A curated set of open collections provides free access to primary sources highlighting women’s efforts and achievements in public life, labor rights, spirituality, and scientific research, in honor of Women’s History Month.
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