Father Drew™ on Twittaer: 50 websites for exploring history's biggest archives 1. http://archive.org — A massi
50 websites for exploring history's biggest archives
1. http://archive.org — A massive free archive of books, films, software, and web pages
2. http://gutenberg.org — Over 70,000 free ebooks whose copyrights have expired
3. http://loc.gov — The U.S. Library of Congress's digitized collections
4. http://europeana.eu — A portal to millions of digitized items from European museums
5. http://dp.la — The Digital Public Library of America's combined archive
6. http://worlddigitallibrary... — UNESCO-backed archive of primary sources from every continent
7. http://nationalarchives.go... — The UK National Archives' digitized historical records
8. http://archives.gov — The U.S. National Archives' public records portal
9. http://si.edu/openaccess — The Smithsonian's open-access collection of digitized objects
10. http://metmuseum.org/art/c... — The Met's searchable collection of public-domain artworks
11. http://britishmuseum.org/c... — The British Museum's online object collection
12. http://louvre.fr/en/online... — Virtual tours through the Louvre's galleries
13. http://rijksmuseum.nl/en/r... — High-resolution downloads from the Rijksmuseum's collection
14. http://artsandculture.goog... — Google's platform for touring museums and archives worldwide
15. http://wikisource.org — A free library of original historical texts and documents
16. http://perseus.tufts.edu — A digital library of classical Greek and Roman texts
17. http://avalon.law.yale.edu — Yale's archive of historical legal and diplomatic documents
18. http://ourdocuments.gov — 100 milestone documents from U.S. history
19. http://history.state.gov — The U.S. State Department's historical diplomatic records
20. http://newspapers.com — A searchable archive of historic newspapers
21. http://chroniclingamerica.... — Free digitized American newspapers from the Library of Congress
22. http://britishnewspaperarc... — A digitized archive of historic British newspapers
23. http://trove.nla.gov.au — Australia's National Library search across digitized archives
24. http://digitalnz.org — A search engine across New Zealand's cultural collections
25. http://cyark.org — 3D digital preservation of world heritage sites
26. http://oldmapsonline.org — Historical maps searchable by place and time period
27. http://ancestry.com — Genealogy records and historical census data
28. http://familysearch.org — A free genealogy archive run by FamilySearch
29. http://findagrave.com — A searchable database of cemetery and grave records
30. http://ellisisland.org — Passenger arrival records for Ellis Island immigrants
31. http://loc.gov/collections... — Digitized Civil War-era maps from the Library of Congress
32. http://civilwar.org — The American Battlefield Trust's Civil War history resources
33. http://ww2db.com — A detailed reference database on World War II
34. http://historynet.com — Long-form articles across many eras of military history
35. http://bbc.co.uk/history — The BBC's archive of history articles and timelines
36. http://history.com — General historical topic overviews and video content
37. http://smarthistory.org — Free art history essays and videos, made with museums
38. http://khanacademy.org/hum... — Free courses on art history, world history, and civics
39. http://worldhistory.org — A nonprofit encyclopedia of world history topics
40. http://iwm.org.uk/collecti... — The UK Imperial War Museum's online collection
41. http://ushmm.org — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's archive and testimonies
42. http://yadvashem.org — Israel's Holocaust remembrance and documentation center
43. http://loc.gov/collections... — New Deal-era photography from the Library of Congress
44. http://shorpy.com — A blog of high-resolution vintage historic photographs
45. http://retronaut.com — A visual archive of photos from throughout history
46. http://oldbaileyonline.org — Digitized trial records from London's Old Bailey court, 1674-1913
47. http://vlib.us — A curated directory of history resources by era and region
48. http://digitalcollections.... — The New York Public Library's public-domain digital collection
49. http://commons.wikimedia.o... — A free media archive including huge amounts of historical imagery
50. http://timelines.com — Crowdsourced interactive timelines on historical topics
1. http://archive.org — A massive free archive of books, films, software, and web pages
2. http://gutenberg.org — Over 70,000 free ebooks whose copyrights have expired
3. http://loc.gov — The U.S. Library of Congress's digitized collections
4. http://europeana.eu — A portal to millions of digitized items from European museums
5. http://dp.la — The Digital Public Library of America's combined archive
6. http://worlddigitallibrary... — UNESCO-backed archive of primary sources from every continent
7. http://nationalarchives.go... — The UK National Archives' digitized historical records
8. http://archives.gov — The U.S. National Archives' public records portal
9. http://si.edu/openaccess — The Smithsonian's open-access collection of digitized objects
10. http://metmuseum.org/art/c... — The Met's searchable collection of public-domain artworks
11. http://britishmuseum.org/c... — The British Museum's online object collection
12. http://louvre.fr/en/online... — Virtual tours through the Louvre's galleries
13. http://rijksmuseum.nl/en/r... — High-resolution downloads from the Rijksmuseum's collection
14. http://artsandculture.goog... — Google's platform for touring museums and archives worldwide
15. http://wikisource.org — A free library of original historical texts and documents
16. http://perseus.tufts.edu — A digital library of classical Greek and Roman texts
17. http://avalon.law.yale.edu — Yale's archive of historical legal and diplomatic documents
18. http://ourdocuments.gov — 100 milestone documents from U.S. history
19. http://history.state.gov — The U.S. State Department's historical diplomatic records
20. http://newspapers.com — A searchable archive of historic newspapers
21. http://chroniclingamerica.... — Free digitized American newspapers from the Library of Congress
22. http://britishnewspaperarc... — A digitized archive of historic British newspapers
23. http://trove.nla.gov.au — Australia's National Library search across digitized archives
24. http://digitalnz.org — A search engine across New Zealand's cultural collections
25. http://cyark.org — 3D digital preservation of world heritage sites
26. http://oldmapsonline.org — Historical maps searchable by place and time period
27. http://ancestry.com — Genealogy records and historical census data
28. http://familysearch.org — A free genealogy archive run by FamilySearch
29. http://findagrave.com — A searchable database of cemetery and grave records
30. http://ellisisland.org — Passenger arrival records for Ellis Island immigrants
31. http://loc.gov/collections... — Digitized Civil War-era maps from the Library of Congress
32. http://civilwar.org — The American Battlefield Trust's Civil War history resources
33. http://ww2db.com — A detailed reference database on World War II
34. http://historynet.com — Long-form articles across many eras of military history
35. http://bbc.co.uk/history — The BBC's archive of history articles and timelines
36. http://history.com — General historical topic overviews and video content
37. http://smarthistory.org — Free art history essays and videos, made with museums
38. http://khanacademy.org/hum... — Free courses on art history, world history, and civics
39. http://worldhistory.org — A nonprofit encyclopedia of world history topics
40. http://iwm.org.uk/collecti... — The UK Imperial War Museum's online collection
41. http://ushmm.org — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's archive and testimonies
42. http://yadvashem.org — Israel's Holocaust remembrance and documentation center
43. http://loc.gov/collections... — New Deal-era photography from the Library of Congress
44. http://shorpy.com — A blog of high-resolution vintage historic photographs
45. http://retronaut.com — A visual archive of photos from throughout history
46. http://oldbaileyonline.org — Digitized trial records from London's Old Bailey court, 1674-1913
47. http://vlib.us — A curated directory of history resources by era and region
48. http://digitalcollections.... — The New York Public Library's public-domain digital collection
49. http://commons.wikimedia.o... — A free media archive including huge amounts of historical imagery
50. http://timelines.com — Crowdsourced interactive timelines on historical topics
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