Recording America through Art, Photography, Illustrations, Architecture, and Historic Places

Check out some examples of U.S. Government agencies' digitized collections of artwork, and online collections of digitized photographs and prints.

Photograph of Mauna Loa Northeast Rift Zone Eruption in 2022 (on the left) and "Citrus: Calamondian" (on the right) (Sources: USGS and USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection)

• Artwork and Photography | U.S. Army Center of Military History
• Fine Arts Collection | U.S. General Services Administration
• Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) | National Library of Medicine
• USDA Pomological Watercolors | U.S. Department of Agriculture
• WPA Art Collection | U.S. Department of the Treasury

• Digital Photography Collections | National Archives and Records Administration
• HHS Image Galleries | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Images | U.S. Geological Survey
• NASA Image and Video Library | National Aeronautic and Space Administration
• NPS History Collection | National Park Service
• NOAA Photo Library | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Prints & Photographs Online Catalog | Library of Congress
• USFWS National Digital Library | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Library of Congress
• National Gallery of Art
• Smithsonian Institution

Visit these featured U.S. Government resources on funding and grants for the arts.

• Grants.gov
• National Endowment for the Arts