This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
'The Nelson Touch': Restoring HMS 'Victory', 1805-1925. A painting showing the 'Victory' at her permanent home in No. 2 Dry Dock, Portsmouth. She is pictured in starboard-bow view. She was dry-docked at Portsmouth in 1922 fol
1925
National Maritime Museum
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925). Head-and-shoulders bronze bust, with an irregular lower edge, facing forwards on a square plinth. The sitter is shown in admiral's full-dress uniform with medals and ADC's b
1925
National Maritime Museum
Clewing up the Mainsail in Heavy Weather. The waist of a ship, looking forward, is depicted in a heavy sea. The mainmast intersects the image to the left, with two bare-footed figures in rolled-up shirt-sleeves hauling on the mainsail clew-line, while on
1925
National Maritime Museum
London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral. An evocative view of Rennie's London Bridge by William Wyllie. The view is from the north west corner of the bridge, looking south towards Southwark Cathedral. A rowing boat and a lighter negotiate their way und
1925
National Maritime Museum
Lunch box and thermos flask. Lunch box and thermos flask in a leather case, belonging to Instructor Captain Edward William Fitch RN. (1876-1953). Machine-sewn, oblong leather case divided into two compartments to hold the metal thermos flask and lunch bo
1925
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating the visit of the Prince of Wales to Argentina, 1925. Medal commemorating the visit of the Prince of Wales to Argentina, 1925. Obverse: Head of Prince of Wales (right). Legend: 'EDWARD ALBERT PRINCE OF WALES.' Reverse: On a
1925
National Maritime Museum
Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Abraham Duquesne (1610-1688) and the cruiser 'Duquesne'. Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Abraham Duquesne (1610-1688) and the cruiser 'Duquesne'. Obverse: Head of the admiral (left). Legend: 'ABRA
1925
National Maritime Museum
Miniature silver oars. One of four miniature silver oars and a gold medal won in regattas by Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Francis Elkins (b.1903).
Silver oar with inscriptions on both sides. The loom has 'R.F.ELKINS' on one side and 'HMS QUEEN
1925
National Maritime Museum
Oxford Astrolabe. This instrument forms part of a larger collection of objects, co-ordinated by D. Proctor. On the front of the instrument, it is marked 'THE/ OXFORD/ ASTROLABE/ Designed after the Persian,/ Moorish and European Instruments/ in the/ O
1925
National Maritime Museum
Shush. The motor launch is called 'Shush'. The aft part of the boat is closed off with a bulkhead and planked over to form a watertight compartment in which to store gear. The after thwart, unlike the forward example, is not fixed but can be sl
1925
National Maritime Museum
Unnamed 1745 Establishment 50-gun Fourth Rate two-decker.. Scale: 1:96. A 1923 copy of a plan dated 29 December 1956. The plan shows the quarterdeck, upper deck, and after part of the lower deck (gun deck) as fitted to an unknown 1745 Established 50-gun
3 November 1925
National Maritime Museum
. Box made by ship's carpenter R. R. Grant, and presented to Dr Edward Hillis Marshall D.S.O., T.D. surgeon on 'Discovery's' 1925-27 voyage. An oblong box with a removable lid, a small location dowel on one side. The edges of lid are
1925-7
National Maritime Museum
HMS Victory. Inscribed, centre bottom, 'Victory', but not in the artist's hand.This watercolour appears to show 'Victory' either towards the completion of her restoration or, from the crowd going round her stern to entry via the g
1925 or later
National Maritime Museum