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The Courtauld Institute of Art is one of the world’s leading institutes for teaching and research in the history of art and conservation and was awarded a 5* grade in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise. Uniquely it houses world famous collections of paintings, prints and drawings in its Gallery, and also manages the Hermitage Rooms. The Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery has one of the most important collections in Britain, including world-famous Old Master, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, and an outstanding prints and drawings collection featuring work by Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Cézanne and Turner. Click for more on Courtauld's Collections...
The Imperial War Museum has an incomparable collection covering all aspects of twentieth and twenty-first century conflict involving Britain and the Commonwealth. Collections Online provides unprecedented access to large parts of this rich resource and is continually updated. Web users can now access over 6,000 highlights from the collection, including photographs, works of art, audio extracts, aircraft and vehicles, documents and library material as well as detailed catalogue information on over 160,000 items. Also included are short essays on major historical themes that lead you to selected highlights from the collections. Click for more on Imperial War Museum's Collections...
The extensive holdings have been built up since 1966 and constitute Europe's most comprehensive research collection on development issues, providing an unparalleled range and depth of coverage. Click for more on BLDS's Collections...
The Museum’s Library and Archives hold the world’s premier collections of literature and original drawings and manuscripts relating to natural history. The extensive collection is international in its coverage and one of the foremost resources providing world coverage of the biological and earth sciences for researchers in molecular biology, biodiversity, systemactics, taxonomy and the history of science. Click for more on Natural History Museum's Collections...
Kew's extensive library is one of the most important botanical reference sources in the world. The Library & Archives contain more than half a million items, including books, botanical illustrations, photographs, letters and manuscripts, periodicals, biographies and maps. Click for more on Kew's Collections...
The National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum is a major public reference library. Its strength lies in the range and depth of its holdings of documentary material concerning the fine and decorative arts of many countries and periods. It is also the curatorial department for the art, craft and design of the book. Click for more on V&A's Collections...
One of the world's greatest collections of books, manuscripts, archives, films and paintings on the history of medicine from the earliest times to the present day. Click for more on the Wellcome Library's Collections...
The Wiener Library collects material related to the Holocaust, its causes and legacies. It attempts to collect comprehensively in the following areas: Click for more on the Wiener Library's Collections...
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