Google Arts & Culture is a free online platform that allows users to explore and experience the world's art, history, and culture through high-resolution images, virtual tours, and interactive exhibits from museums and cultural organizations around the globe.
Unique manuscript material relating to the activities and observations of British and American diplomats, missionaries, business people, and tourists in China from 1793 to 1980. Includes rare periodicals, colour paintings, maps, photographs and drawings.
Access to primary source materials that explore gender roles and relations from the 15th to the early 20th century. Includes manuscripts, printed works, and rare documents that provide insight into the social, cultural, and historical aspects of gender.
A unique collection of primary source materials from the Mass Observation Project, which documented everyday life in Britain from the 1930s to the 1950s. This database includes personal diaries, surveys, and reports, offers insights into British social history, cultural attitudes, and daily life during a transformative period.
A specialized database providing access to a collection of travel narratives, exploration accounts, and geographic descriptions from the medieval period.
Contains the biographies of significant figures in British history. Scholarly accounts describing the lives and contributions of the people who have shaped British history and culture, from ancient and medieval periods to the present.