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There are a few ways to browse the Online Collection:
On the homepage, you can browse curated selections from our collection.
On the exhibitions page, you can browse information about our exhibitions, and view artworks from each exhibition.
On the Artists page, you can browse individuals and/or institutions related to objects in the collection, along with relevant biographies and objects.
Enter keywords or names in the search box (Quick Search) to find objects or other records in our collection. To search on specific criteria, you can use the advanced search to search within certain data fields. You can search using multiple criteria, such as the term "portrait" in the title + a date range of "1800-1900". If you are not getting any results with advanced search, try broadening your search by removing criteria.
- You can use an * (asterisk) as a wildcard in searches, to match partial terms (e.g. draw* will return results for draw, drawn, drawings, etc.)
- Use quotation marks to get more exact results - e.g. John Doe will return any results with John or Doe, but "John Doe" will return results with this exact phrase.
There are different types of search results, such as object records and artist records. When there is more than one type of result, you can choose different types of records to view.
You can refine a result set by using filters to narrow down results. For example, you can filter to see only works that have images within any result set. You can also clear each filter to revert to a larger result set, or clear all filters to get to your original result set.
An image may be shown as not available if it is not yet available in our database, or if it cannot be displayed for copyright reasons.
Favourites allows you to create your own sets from the collection objects available on this site. You can share your Favourites with others, or create sets of artworks for your own viewing (Favourites are private by default).
You can optionally add a description for each Favourites set. You can view your collection sets by going to the "Favourites" page and logging into your account.
To use Favourites, you must first register an account. Once you have completed registration, you can start creating Favourites sets and adding artworks to them.
You can add artworks to your sets by clicking on the heart symbol while viewing objects, and selecting which set to add the artwork(s). After selection, you can choose to add all selected works on the page to a Favourite. You can also add the entire result set or all objects on a page.