About the Visual Resources Collection
Established in 1902 along with the department of Art History, the collection began with an extensive lantern slide collection and has grown into holdings of more than 350,000 35mm slides and more than 25,000 digital images. Coverage ranges from prehistoric to contemporary time with media coverage in, to name a few, painting, sculpture, decorative arts, architecture, film stills, and didactic materials. The purpose of the collection is to support teaching and research needs of the departmental faculty and students. Other departmental faculty and students are encouraged to make use of the collection after a brief orientation with either the Director or Assistant Director.