Collection Map & Database

 

Here, you can find out about all known physical collections of Muybridge's work housed in cultural organisations around the world; as well as selected collections of rare books published by Muybridge during his lifetime.

For each institution on our database, we include introductory information on collections items, location, rights and reproductions, opening hours and accessibility to Muybridge works; as well as curatorial staff contact details to help with your specific research questions.

You can filter your search geographically to find organisations near you, or descriptively using the drop down menu to locate particular types of collections items which most fit your interests. You can even see where these collections are housed on a local or world map.

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	USA	The Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, founded in 1928, is...	View Here
Addison Gallery of American Art	USA	The Addison Gallery of American Art is an academic museum attached to the Phillips Academy in Massac...	View Here
American Geographical Society Library, University of Milwaukee	USA	The American Geographical Society Library has been in existence since the late 1850s and has been lo...	View Here
American Museum of Natural History Library	USA	The American Museum of Natural History, founded in 1869, houses a wealth of scientific and cultural ...	View Here
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library For Yale University Libraries	USA	The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University holds a rich collection of literary p...	View Here
Berkeley, University of California, Bancroft Library	USA	The Bancroft Library is the primary special collections library at the University of California, Ber...	View Here
Bibliotheque Nationale de France	France	The Bibliotheque Nationale de France is France's national Library. Set over 5 separate locations, th...	View Here
Boston Athenæum	USA	The Boston Athenaeum is a membership library established in 1807. It has world class special collect...	View Here
Brighton and Hove Museum	United Kingdom	Brighton and Hove Museum is based in the South East of England, and includes a particularly strong c...	View Here
British Library	United Kingdom	The British Library contains well over 150 million items within its holdings. These holdings not onl...	View Here
Brooklyn Museum	USA	The Brooklyn Museum is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. The permanent...	View Here
California Historical Society	USA	The California Historical Society (CHS) aims to 'inspire and empower Californians to make the past a...	View Here
California State Library	USA	The California State Library is a public research facility which has been established for 160 years....	View Here
Canadian Centre for Architecture	Canada	The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) was founded in 1979 as a new form of cultural institution...	View Here
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum	USA	The CPRR virtual museum was launched in 1999. As stated on the website: 'Much of the site's content ...	View Here
Chrysler Museum of Art	USA	The Chrysler Museum of Art holds almost 40,000 objects spanning 5,000 years. The Muybridge colle...	View Here
Cinémathèque euro-régionale Institut Jean Vigo	France	The institute Jean Vigo was founded in 1983 from a 1962 film club, and aims to further the debate be...	View Here
Cincinnati Art Museum	USA	Cincinnati Art Museum houses a permanent collection of over 60,000 works from around the world spann...	View Here
Cinematheque Francaise	France	The Cinematheque Francaise holds over 500,000 still photographs within its photography library. M...	View Here
Cleveland Museum of Art	USA	'The mission of the Cleveland Museum of Art is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most ...	View Here
Corcoran Gallery of Art	USA	Founded in 1869 by philanthropist William Wilson Corcoran, The Corcoran is Washington, DC's largest ...	View Here
Currier Museum of Art	USA	The Currier Museum of Art's permanent collection contains about 13,000 American and European works o...	View Here
Deutsches Museum	Germany	The Deutches Museum showcases over 100,000 objects from the fields of science and technology, from o...	View Here
Exeter University, Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture	United Kingdom	The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture contains both a public museum ...	View Here
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco	USA	The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest public art institutions in the US and co...	View Here
George Eastman House	USA	George Eastman House is an International Museum of Photography and Film. 'The photography collect...	View Here
Getty Images	United Kingdom	Getty Images is a commercial organisation, however, access to the archives is provided for bona fide...	View Here
Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology	USA	Currently, the Library collection numbers more than 274,000 volumes of monographs and journals and a...	View Here
Harvard University, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine	USA	The Harvard University Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine houses 2 books written by Muybridge: ...	View Here
Harvard University, Houghton Library	USA	The Houghton Library collections represent a rich array of American and European cultural heritage t...	View Here
Harvard, Fogg Art Museum	USA	The Harvard Fogg Art Museum boasts a permanent collection of over 250,000 works and 10 curatorial de...	View Here
Henry E Huntington Library	USA	A Private, non profit institution including an art collection, botanical garden and library holding ...	View Here
J. Paul Getty Museum	USA	'The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sc...	View Here
Kingston Museum and Heritage Service	United Kingdom	The Kingston Muybridge bequest is one of the largest collections of Muybridge material in the world ...	View Here
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division	USA	The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division 'numbers more than 14 million images. These ...	View Here
Los Angeles County Museum of Art	USA	'With 100,000 objects dating from ancient times to the present, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art...	View Here
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library	USA	This library is part of UCLA and aims to offer research material to students, faculty and staff. The...	View Here
Metropolitan Museum of Art	USA	'The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its collection...	View Here
Musée d'Orsay	France	The museum is located in an old railway station which displays collections of art from the period 18...	View Here
Musees de Strasbourg	France	The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art houses a collection from the period of 1870 to modern day ...	View Here
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	USA	The museum houses over 450,000 works of art making it one of the most comprehensive art museums in t...	View Here
Museum of Modern Art	USA	One of the world's leading and renowned modern art museums. A broad representation of Muybridgeâ€...	View Here
Napa County Historical Society	USA	'The Napa County Historical Society is a research, archival and educational organisation dedicated t...	View Here
National Anthropological Archives	USA	The archive's collection holds documents that record the history of anthropology and world cultures....	View Here
National Archives & Records Administration	USA	This collection houses photographs identified as being taken by Eadweard Muybridge in NARA's Still P...	View Here
National Gallery of Art Washington DC	USA	The National Gallery of Art houses a collection of paintings, sculpture, photographs, drawings and p...	View Here
National Gallery of Victoria	Australia	The National Gallery of Victoria consists of two buildings, the International and the Australia. ...	View Here
National Media Museum, Bradford	United Kingdom	A museum covering 7 floors including 3 cinemas, 2 special exhibition galleries and a research and co...	View Here
National Technical Museum, Prague	Czech Republic	The National Technical Museum is the Czech Republic's leading museum of science and technology. The ...	View Here
New York Public Library	USA	Comprising of 89 locations, the New York Public Library includes 4 research centres as well as local...	View Here
New-York Historical Society	USA	The New-York Historical Society is a research institution and holds New York City's oldest museum. ...	View Here
Oakland Museum of California	USA	The museum combines art, history and natural sciences to communicate California's history and charac...	View Here
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts	USA	The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) houses a library, museum, archive and a school. The...	View Here
Philadelphia Free Public Library	USA	The Library holds one of the most extensive collections of books, magazines, art and film in the cou...	View Here
Pratt Institute Libraries	USA	The Brooklyn Campus library houses over 200,000 volumes of print based media focusing on visual arts...	View Here
Princeton Rare Books and Manuscripts	USA	The Rare Books and Manuscripts department holds printed material as well as photographs, coins and m...	View Here
Princeton University Art Museum	USA	Part of the University of Princeton, the museum collection holds 72,000 objects from ancient to cont...	View Here
Princeton University Library	USA	There are many divisions and satellite libraries with Muybridge materials, including Marquand Librar...	View Here
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam	Netherlands	The Rijksmuseum is located in Amsterdam and will be shortly renovated for the 21st century visitor. ...	View Here
Royal Academy of Arts, London	United Kingdom	The Royal Academy of Arts is an independent institution run by artists to promote the visual arts. ...	View Here
Royal Institution, London	United Kingdom	A charity dedicated to connecting people with the world of science. The Royal Institution holds...	View Here
Saint Louis Art Museum	USA	'The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation's leading comprehensive art museums with collection...	View Here
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art	USA	The San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to contemporary and modern art from modern maste...	View Here
San Francisco Public Library	USA	The San Fransisco Public Library includes a main branch and many local libraries. The Muybridge c...	View Here
Smithsonian American Art Museum	USA	The Smithsonian American Art Museum is one of the largest museums dedicated to American Art and Visu...	View Here
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt Museum	USA	The Cooper Hewitt Museum, part of The Smithsonian Institution, is the National Design Museum in the ...	View Here
Smithsonian Institution, Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology	USA	The Dibner Library is the Smithsonian’s collection of rare books and manuscripts relating to the h...	View Here
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History	USA	The museum holds a collection depicting American culture from the War of Independence to the present...	View Here
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery	USA	National Portrait Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institute, narrates American history through port...	View Here
Society of California Pioneers	USA	The Society of Califonia Pioneers has a photography collection of over 50,000 items. The collect...	View Here
Stanford University, Cantor Center for Visual Arts	USA	The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University was conceived at the same time as Stanford University ...	View Here
Stanford University, University Archives and Green Library	USA	The Green Library Green Library houses a nearly 3-million-volume research collection in the social s...	View Here
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library	USA	The UCLA Library system, ranked among the top ten research libraries in North America, is a campus-w...	View Here
UCLA Hammer Museum	USA	The UCLA Hammer Museum presents historical and contemporary art in the visual arts. The museum has a...	View Here
University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library	USA	'The photographic collections of the Clements Library document the cultural and historical dimension...	View Here
University of Nebraska, Sheldon Museum of Art	USA	The Sheldon Museum of Art holds over 12,000 objects from a range of media originating from America. ...	View Here
University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library	USA	Part of the University of Pennsylvania Library centre, the library holds a collection of rare books ...	View Here
University of Pennsylvania, University Records and Archives Centre	USA	The University Archives preserves and makes available for research historically significant document...	View Here
University of Southern California Library	USA	The University Archives hold a variety of material documenting the history of Southern California. ...	View Here
Victoria & Albert Museum	United Kingdom	The Photography Collection at the V&A is one of the largest and most important in the world. It is i...	View Here
Wellcome Collection	United Kingdom	The Wellcome Collection 'explores the connections between medicine, life and art in the past, presen...	View Here
Wesleyan University, Davison Art Center	USA	'The DAC collection chiefly consists of works of art on paper, including some 18,000 prints and 6,00...	View Here
Wichita Art Museum	USA	The museum holds a collection of American Art spanning three centuries. There is one Muybridge wo...	View Here
Wine Institute	USA	The Wine Institute acts as the voice for California's 1,000+ wineries. The Institute holds 8 wine...	View Here
Worcester Art Museum	USA	The Worcester Art Museum holds a collection spanning fifty centuries and houses its own library. ...	View Here
Yale Peabody Museum	USA	The collection of historical scientific instruments contains objects which document the history of s...	View Here
Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	USA	The Yosemite Museum holds a collection that interprets the cultural history of the area from 19th ce...	View Here

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