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).
Warship; Third rate; 60 guns. Scale: 1:48. A Georgian full hull model of a 60-gun, two-decker ship of the line (circa 1735). The model is decked, equipped and rigged. The rigging is believed to be contemporary, with a small portion replaced in 1935. The m
circa 1735
National Maritime Museum
Victory (1737); Warship; First rate; 100 guns. Baseboard for a contemporary full hull model of the Victory (1737), a 100-gun three-decker first-rate ship of the line.
Possibly about 1744
National Maritime Museum
Victory (1765); Warship; First rate; 100 guns. Scale: 1:60. A model of H.M.S Victory (1765) made entirely in wood that has been painted in realistic colours with metal fittings. The vessel is shown in a launching cradle on a slipway. The hull is painted w
Mid-18th century
National Maritime Museum
Fighting vessel; Galley. Scale: Possibly 1:48. A model of a fighting galley (possibly 1770), possibly Russian, made entirely in wood which is unpainted apart from the wale, which is painted black. It has two lateen masts with set sails. The hull is made p
Possibly 1770
National Maritime Museum
Royal Dockyard at Deptford. Scale: 1:576. Topographic scenic model of the Royal Dockyard at Deptford, London (circa 1774). This model is one of a set six commissioned by Lord Sandwich for George III in 1773-74, showing the Royal Dockyards as they were at
1772 -1774
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a boring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components. There is a piece of wood from which the block is to be made which has been cut to the proper size by a sawing machine. Two drills work
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a coaking machine made entirely in metal. The machine is supported on three architectural brass columns and three smaller columns above. The frame is made of brass and the working components are made in brass and steel. The
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a corner sawing machine made in metal. The machine is supported on four architectural brass columns. The frame is made of brass and the working components are made in brass and steel. The model has a rectangular block of woo
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a lathe made in metal. The machine is mounted on a platform supported by four architectural brass columns inclined at an angle of about 80 degrees and the working components are made in brass and steel. Two sheaves are depic
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a mortising machine made entirely in metal with component parts made of brass and steel. At one end of the model is a large six spoked wheel painted black, and a large handle for operating the model. Two mortises are cut by
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a rounding and drilling machine made in metal. The machine is mounted on a platform supported by four architectural brass columns inclined at an angle of about 80 degrees and the working components are made in brass and stee
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of a boring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of a boring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of a corner sawing machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of the scoring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of the scoring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of the scoring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of the scoring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of the scoring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of the scoring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Finished sheave for the model of the rounding and drilling machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Sheave for the model of a coaking machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Sheave for the model of a lathe made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Sheave for the model of a lathe made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: circa 1:4. Sheave for the model of the rounding and drilling machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. A model of a shaping machine made entirely in metal with wooden components and a brass frame. The uprights depict architectural columns and the whole structure is rectangular in plan view. Two crossbars support an axle on which is placed
circa 1802
National Maritime Museum
. Scale:circa 1:4. A model of a scoring machine made in metal with working components made in brass and steel. The machine is supported on four architectural brass columns within a brass frame surmounted by two acorn shaped finials. Two blocks are shown b
About 1801
National Maritime Museum
HMS Caledonia (1808); Warship; 1st rate; 120 guns. Scale: Unknown. A model made in two halves showing two designs for the circular stern for HMS Caledonia (1808), made entirely in wood with metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull, rudder
Unknown
National Maritime Museum
Warship. Scale: Unknown. A model of a section of gundeck and hull with a muzzle loading gun on a sliding and pivoting gun carriage made in wood and metal and painted in realistic colours. The gundeck is semi-circular and stained and varnished a mid brown
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: 1:24. A working model of a paddle wheel oscillating engine (circa 1827). The model has been made in metal, the steam feed pipes are copper, the crankshaft is made of steel, and the frame and other components are made of brass. The three cylinder
circa 1827
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. A sectional model of the midship gun deck on a warship (circa 1836), incorporating two gun ports. The exterior bulwarks and capping are painted black whilst the interior is white and the gun deck is finished in a creamy white and varni
circa 1836
National Maritime Museum
HMS Queen (1839); Warship; First rate; 110 guns. Scale: 1:24. A midship sectional model of the 110-gun first rate ship HMS Queen (1839) made entirely in wood with metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. The model is made to show the four gundecks
circa 1839
National Maritime Museum
HMS Constance (1846); Warship; Frigate; Fourth rate; 50 guns. Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of the sailing frigate HMS 'Constance’ (1846). The model is highly detailed both on deck including guns, spare spars, boats and shot garla
Circa 1846
National Maritime Museum
Great Eastern (1858); Passenger vessel; Liner. Scale: 1:44. A contemporary full hull model of the `Great Eastern’ (1858) a transatlantic passenger ship. Model is decked, fully rigged and complete with a working steam engine internally. The model has
Circa 1858
National Maritime Museum
. Scale: Unknown. Breech loading gun with side breech loading mechanism. Aperture in rear of gun for loading shell. Gun inscribed "Patents applied in United States, England, France, Russia, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Sweden and Spain. Invented by Nath
c1860
National Maritime Museum
Eddystone Lighthouse. Scale: Unknown. A model of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse, completed in 1759, made entirely in wood with metal, cork, and glass fittings. The base of the model is realistically modelled in cork depicting the Eddystone reef with two
circa 1865
National Maritime Museum
HMS Whiting (1896); Warship; Destroyer, Torpedo boat. Scale: 1:48. Builder's full hull model of the torpedo-boat destroyer HMS 'Whiting' (1896). The model is decked, equipped and rigged. Built at Jarrow-on-Tyne by Palmers Shipbuilding &
Circa 1896
National Maritime Museum
Fighting vessel; Gunboat, River. Scale: 1:32. A contemporary waterline builder’s model of a shallow draught river gunboat, thought to be the ‘Sandpiper’ class (1897-98) designed for operation on Chinese rivers. The model is mounted on it
Circa 1897
National Maritime Museum
HMS Leviathan (1901); Warship; Armoured Cruiser; First Class. Scale: 1:48. A contemporary model of HMS Leviathan (1901) made entirely in wood with metal and organic material fittings. The hull is made from of wood in bread and butter fashion and gauged ou
circa 1901
National Maritime Museum
Lady Strathcona (1904); Cargo vessel. Scale: 1:96. A mirror-backed half hull model of the starboard side of the Lady Strathcona (1904), made entirely in wood with gold and silver-plated metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. The hull is carved i
Cica 1904
National Maritime Museum
King Alfred (1905); Passenger vessel; Paddle steamer. Scale: Unknown. A full hull model of the paddle steamer King Alfred (1905) made entirely in silver with enamelling. Fittings include a guard rail encircling the decks with a number of life rings attach
circa 1905
National Maritime Museum
IJN Seiki (1875); Warship; Sloop. Rectangular metal plaque with clipped corners for the contemporary full hull model of the Japanese screw sloop ‘Seiki’ (1875).
possibly 1910
National Maritime Museum
Athlone Castle (1937); Passenger vessel; Liner. Scale: 1:768. Waterline model of the passenger liner 'Athlone Castle' (1937) set in the plaster sea.
A remarkable piece of miniature modelmaking by Charles Hampshire. One needs to view it with the
probably 1937
National Maritime Museum
Providence (1920); Fishing vessel; Trawler; Bawley. Scale: 1:24. A model of the trawler Providence (1920) made mostly from wood but with other materials, and painted in realistic colours. The vessel is depicted fully equipped and rigged, with the sails se
circa 1950
National Maritime Museum
Esso Langstone (1962); Esso Seaford Bay (1962); Esso Thamesman (1962); Esso Torbay (1962); Esso Weymouth Bay (1962); Service vessel; Floating service station. Plating design model of a floating fuel station which represents the Esso Langstone, Esso Seafor
Circa 1962
National Maritime Museum
Encounter Bay (1969); Merchant vessel; Cargo vessel; Container ship. Scale: 1:200. A model of the Encounter Bay (1969) made in wood with metal and plastic fittings, which has been realistically painted. The hull is carved from a solid piece of wood and is
circa 1969
National Maritime Museum
HMS Pique (1834); Warship; Frigate. Scale: 1:48. An anchor from a model of a longitudinal section of HMS Pique (1834) showing its method of construction and internal layout and made entirely in wood with metal fittings.
between 1970 and 1990
National Maritime Museum
HMS Pique (1834); Warship; Frigate. Scale: 1:48. An anchor from a model of a longitudinal section of HMS Pique (1834) showing its method of construction and internal layout and made entirely in wood with metal fittings.
between 1970 and 1990
National Maritime Museum
HMS Pique (1834); Warship; Frigate. Scale: 1:48. Bowsprit from a model of a longitudinal section of HMS Pique (1834) showing its method of construction and internal layout and made entirely in wood with metal fittings.
between 1970 and 1990
National Maritime Museum
HMS Pique (1834); Warship; Frigate. Scale: 1:48. Box of spare parts from a model of a longitudinal section of HMS Pique (1834) showing its method of construction and internal layout and made entirely in wood with metal fittings.
between 1970 and 1990
National Maritime Museum
HMS Pique (1834); Warship; Frigate. Scale: 1:48. Dummy foremast from a model of a longitudinal section of HMS Pique (1834) showing its method of construction and internal layout and made entirely in wood with metal fittings.
between 1970 and 1990
National Maritime Museum
HMS Pique (1834); Warship; Frigate. Scale: 1:48. Dummy main mast from a model of a longitudinal section of HMS Pique (1834) showing its method of construction and internal layout and made entirely in wood with metal fittings.
between 1970 and 1990
National Maritime Museum
HMS Pique (1834); Warship; Frigate. Scale: 1:48. Dummy mizzen mast from a model of a longitudinal section of HMS Pique (1834) showing its method of construction and internal layout and made entirely in wood with metal fittings.
between 1970 and 1990
National Maritime Museum
HMS Pique (1834); Warship; Frigate. Scale: 1:48. Manikin cigar box of spare parts from a model of a longitudinal section of HMS Pique (1834) showing its method of construction and internal layout and made entirely in wood with metal fittings.
between 1970 and 1990
National Maritime Museum
HMS Pique (1834); Warship; Frigate. Scale: 1:48. Two pieces of deck planking from a model of a longitudinal section of HMS Pique (1834) showing its method of construction and internal layout and made entirely in wood with metal fittings.
between 1970 and 1990
National Maritime Museum
Grenado (1742); Fighting vessel; Bomb vessel. Scale: 1: 48. A full hull and partially planked model of the ‘Grenado’ (1742), a bomb ketch fitted with two 12-inch mortars. The model has been designed to lift apart to reveal the internal constru
1971-2 (19 January 1971-23 August 1972)
National Maritime Museum