The Collections Search Center provides easy "one-stop searching" of more than 2 million of the Smithsonian's museum, archives, library and research holdings and collections. The access to more Smithsonian collections via this Search Center is increasing over time. Collections currently available include:
11,000 records of paintings, vessels, ceramics, photographs, manuscripts, sculptures and calligraphy representing art, culture and history of Asia.
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109,300 records from the Department of Entomology representing mostly Insecta and Arachnida speciment collections.
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9,000 records of photographs, jewelry, ornaments, Sculptures, Tools and equipments, Culinary equipment, weapons representing art, culture and history of Native American Indians.
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11,700 records of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection.
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14,730 records of aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, navigational instruments, presentation models, awards, memorabilia and art works from the collection of the National Air and Space Museum Collection.
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7,100 collection objects including postage stamps, letters and envelopes, postal operation equipment, military mail, postal employee gear, and archival documents.
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12,000 records of paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs and documents from the collection of National Portrait Gallery. 74,400 records from the Catalog of American Portraits.
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40,000 records of painting, sculpture, photographs, prints, drawings, contemporary crafts and folk art from the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Archival collections contain more than 420,300 descriptions of personal papers, manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, films, works of art and organizational records.
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Smithsonian Institution Libraries Collections:
The Smithsonian's library collections contain over 1.7 million volumes, including print and electronic serials, rare books and manuscripts. SIL collections are particularly strong in natural history, tropical biology, and Chesapeake Bay area ecology; Anthropology; American and African American history and culture; postal, horticulture and garden history; the history of science and technology; aerospace history, astronomy, and planetary sciences; African, American Asian, contemporary, and design and decorative art; conservation science, and museum studies.
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Art and Artists Files:
Over 100,000 files that contain exhibition announcements, newspaper and magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artists' statements, and exhibition catalogs.
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Trade Literature Collections:
Over 400,000 historical trade catalogs, representing over 30,000 companies featuring predominantly American-manufactured products for industry, agriculture, business, and decorative arts. Primarily from 1880-1945, the collection includes product catalogs, technical manuals, advertising brochures, price lists, and company histories.
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