LibGuides: UGS 302: Finding Tibet in Texas / Leoshko: Collections including research and images on Bhutan and Tibet

Museums in Texas and beyond

The British Library
It's easy to search the entire website by keyword as long as you keep it simple. John Claude White, Bhutanese architecture, etc.
Crow Collection (@ UT Dallas)
It is possible to search collections.
Kings College London - Collections
Research and images on John Claude White.
Maps at UT Libraries - Online
Find historical and current maps of South Asia. Images scanned from our maps collection at PCL.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Search their collection of Arts of Asia.
San Antonio Museum of Art - Asian collections
Search their collections.

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Search this vast image collection by keyword.
Updated regularly. Comprised of over 2.5 million digital images of visual material encompassing artistic and historical traditions across many time periods and cultures. Focuses on, but is not limited to, the arts. Includes architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture. Designed to be used by researchers in fields that do not traditionally use images as well as by art historians.
In order to take advantage of all the features of the site, you must register or log in with the service. The registration and login links are visible once you enter the database.

Himalayan Art
Himalayan 'Style' Art is art that is indigenous to the Himalayas, predominantly Tibet, Nepal and Kashmir, and the areas under the cultural sway of these cultures. Himalayan 'style' art is primarily concerned with religious subjects and is recognizable through the use of composition, symbols and motifs. Individual works of art are commonly created in sets forming much larger works of art.
Mandala: Tibet and Himalayas Images
View over 60,000 photos of Tibet and the Himalayas, many with links to maps.

Many museums have images of some of their holdings which could include important information about provenance and acquisition. How did the museum come into possession of the piece?
Finding images can be tough if whoever makes the image available doesn't describe it well (metadata). Use simple terms and be prepared to browse.