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).
. Medical equipment belonging to Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), surgeon on Shackleton's last two expeditions. Black leather bound needle case with lint inserts containing three curved (suturing?) steel needles and seven straight steel nee
pre 1914
National Maritime Museum
. Medical equipment belonging to Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), surgeon on Shackletons last two expeditions. Glass medical spirit thermometer, contained in padded brass tube with slide-on cap. Thermometer has ring at one end, with maroon cotto
pre 1914
National Maritime Museum
. Medical equipment belonging to Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), surgeon on Shackletons last two expeditions. Set of ten stainless steel safety pins (three large; one medium; 3 medium-small; 3 small). Contained in plated steel tube with slide-o
pre 1914
National Maritime Museum
. Medical equipment belonging to Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), surgeon on Shackletons last two expeditions. Small glass syringe (lacking plunger), with two needles, in purpose-made brown leather case fitted with retaining tubes for needles an
pre 1914
National Maritime Museum
. Surgical instruments belonging to Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), surgeon on Shackleton's last two expeditions. Set of three stainless steel scalpels and curettes by Weiss, London and one by Allen & Hanbury's, London. In red vel
pre 1914
National Maritime Museum
. These heavy prismatic binoculars have a brass body with bakelite eyepieces. Each eyepiece focusses independently and has a choice of two different eyepiece lenses (the larger marked '12x') that rotate into place. There are brass caps and slidi
about 1914
National Maritime Museum
7709. A marine chronometer numbered 7709, by A. Johannsen & Co. It has a two-day full-plate fusee movement with four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. The movement is marked with the broad arrow and the number 7709. The fusee, with stop-work and H
1914–17
National Maritime Museum
First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Dining Saloon, on the Upper Deck; a view from the port side, looking towards the passenger
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Dining Saloon, on the Upper Deck; a view of the central area, looking forward.
The room wa
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class Entrance Hall on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the Entrance Hall at the after end of First Class accommodation on the Bridge Deck and balustraded stairs u
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class Entrance on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Entrance on the Shelter Deck (a view looking across to the starboard side). The hall is lined wi
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class Lounge on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Lounge, on the Promenade Deck; a view from the port side, looking towards the passenger elevator a
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class Pantry on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior on the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Pantry, on the Upper Deck (a view looking across to the port side). The hot press and bain-marie u
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class Promenade on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Promenade on the port side of the Promenade Deck; a view looking aft, with the exterior of the
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class Promenade on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Promenade on the port side of the Promenade Deck; a view looking forward, with the exterior of
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class Reading Room on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Reading Room, on the Promenade Deck. A view looking across to the starboard side, showing th
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class Smoking Room on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Smoking Room, on the Promenade Deck; a view of the central area under the raised roof and sk
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class Smoking Room on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914); showing the First Class Smoking Room, on the Promenade Deck. This is a view of the central area under the raised ro
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class stateroom on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Cabin interior on the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing a single berth stateroom in First Class accommodation, probably on the Bridge Deck. This is cabin number
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
First Class Verandah Café on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Verandah Café, on the Promenade Deck; a view looking across to the port side
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
Hamberg Glacier, Moraine Fjord, South Georgia. A view of the ice cliffs at the foot of the Hamberg Glacier, Moraine Fjord, on South Georgia. Hurley took photographs of South Georgia when they stayed on the island between 5 November and 5 December 1914 in
November - December 1914
National Maritime Museum
Ironing Room on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the Ironing Room, adjacent to the Wash House on the Aft Boat Deck (a view looking aft).
The Decoudun machine for ironin
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
Night scene with steam vessels. This very fluid, dark watercolour study, appears to depicts night manoeuvres, with the two darkened ships on the right using searchlights to illuminate an opponent, but the types of vessel are not identifiable.
1914-18 or earlier
National Maritime Museum
Passenger Galley on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the central part of the Passenger Galley, between the engine and boiler casings on the Upper Deck (a view looking ac
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
Second Class Music Room on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the Second Class Music Room, on the Bridge Deck; a view from the port side, looking towards the piano and boo
January 1914
National Maritime Museum
Study of heaving the starboard anchors home on HMS 'Iron Duke'. Inscribed by the artist 'Iron Duke' and 'Heave anchors home'. This loose wash study is a fairly accurae depiction of the starboard bow of the battleship 'Ir
1914 or later
National Maritime Museum
The Pool, London, Jan 1914. The Pool of London, from a warehouse near the south end of the Tower Bridge, looking towards warehouses and wharves on the north bank. The Pool of London today looks quite different. It is more significant for sites such as Tow
Jan 1914
National Maritime Museum
Third Class Dining Saloon on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the Third Class Dining Saloon, on the Shelter Deck; a view from the starboard side, looking towards the ser
January 1914
National Maritime Museum