Access digitised zoological specimen records from one of the world's leading natural history collections, including taxonomic, collection and geographic information where available.

Explore digitised fossil specimen records from a globally significant collection documenting the history of life on Earth.

Access digitised mineral specimen records from a world-renowned collection spanning geological diversity from around the globe.

Discover digitised insect specimen records from one of the world's most important entomological collections.

Explore digitised botanical specimens and metadata from a globally significant collection documenting plant diversity across centuries and continents.

"All the world's knowledge": the first eight editions of Encyclopaedia Britannica, issued from 1768-1860.

Photographs and data of military equipment, especially a wide range of radio technology

Images and object metadata of First World War aerial photographs in IWM's collections

IWM Collection: Early aviation photography with specific data on aircraft types

Photographs and data of military badges and uniforms, mostly related to the British Armed Forces

Over 3,000 authentic wartime sound recordings in IWM's collections

A collection of carte-de-visite images of sitters from twelve albums representing the output of Camille Silvy’s (1834-1910) photographic portrait studio based at 38 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London between 1860 -July 1866.

A curated dataset of high‑quality images documenting places, landscapes, infrastructure, settlements, and social change across England, spanning the 19th century through to the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Designed for AI developers, education providers, and research teams seeking trusted historic imagery with strong provenance, metadata and clear rights information.

PDF documents of all New Year Honours lists and Birthday Honours lists published in The London Gazette during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1860 to 1901.

PDF documents of all coronation supplements published in The London Gazette since the coronation of King James II (of England and Ireland) and VII (of Scotland) in 1685, through to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

PDF documents of all despatches from World War I published in The London Gazette, with details of the Battle of the Somme, the Gallipoli Campaign and the Battle of Jutland.

66k Detailed records about England's intertidal and offshore marine historic environment

Sample of specimen records from the digitised portion of the Natural History Museum's Collection, consisting of data in Darwincore (DwC-A) form. Includes samples from botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology.

A globally recognised biodiversity metric that helps organisations assess nature-related risk, monitor change and support nature-positive decision making. Access country-level Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII) values from the Natural History Museum, available for commercial use for the first time.

Access a curated collection of biodiversity and natural history literature drawn from the Biodiversity Heritage Library and cleared for confident reuse.

The V&A Theatre & Performance collections are an incredible resource that document the history of all areas of performing arts in the UK.

Unrivalled collection encyclopaedic and global in scope, encompassing the history of fine ceramic production from about 2500 BC to the present day.