Monthly Favorites
World History Encyclopedia
Category
General History
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
The World History Encyclopedia (formerly the Ancient History Encyclopedia) provides a multitude of resources to engage the public in world history and cultural heritage. There are numerous encyclopedia-style articles on a range of historical and archaeological topics including, art and architecture, daily life, biographies of famous individuals, places, states, time periods, religions, and warfare. The coverage of the site is primarily ancient and medieval, but it is expanding into the Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern periods. There is also a repository of materials for educators such as timelines, quizzes, a media library, and translations of ancient documents. There is also a growing collection of YouTube videos and podcasts on world history subjects. Many of the articles have been translated into a variety of languages.
The China Biographical Database
Category
East Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, Chinese
The China Biographical Database Project is a freely accessible relational database with biographical information on over 500,000 historical individuals primarily from the 7th through 19th centuries. The database datasets are downloadable. There is also additional information on their blog, published papers, and events pages.
Achemenet
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
French; English
This website contains various tools and resources for the study of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, including texts, translations, bibliography, information on archaeological sites, images, maps, museum information, and online publications. Texts are arranged by language (Aramaic, Babylonian, Egyptian, Elamite, Greek, Lycian, and multilingual), region (Anatolia, Babylon, Egypt, Fars, and Greece), and publication.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Category
Preservation and Conservation
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Access to the Museum's collections, as well as articles, images and videos related to preservation and conservation techniques, ongoing projects and general information at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Conservation - Nasjonalmuseet
Category
Preservation and Conservation
Type
Research Materials
Language
Norwegian (Bokmål), English
Access to Museum conservation materials, including articles, ongoing projects, images, especially notable is the detailed explanation of the hows and whys of the specific collection conservation, organised by material of object.
Denver Art Museum: Conservation
Category
Preservation and Conservation
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Access to conservation materials related to the Museum, including conservation of their collection, ongoing projects and access to related internal or external scholarly articles, videos and images.
Preventive Conservation | Field Museum
Category
Preservation and Conservation
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Access to Museum conservation materials, including articles, ongoing projects, images, again especially notable is the detailed explanation of the methodology of the specific collection conservation, organised by material of object and inclusion of Native American objects.
Conservation - SAM - Seattle Art Museum
Category
Preservation and Conservation
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Access to Museum conservation materials, including articles, ongoing projects, images & videos; access to contact conservation team; access to view collections online; videos to study collection.
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