Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 2,085 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,251 of them are available online. There are 1,315 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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William Hogarth

Plate 8 (Tom Rakewell Ends Up in the Bethlehem Hospital Madhouse)

Torii Kiyotomo

Actor as a street vendor selling hand towels and scent pouches in the shapes of kimono sleeves (Sanogawa Ichimatsu?), Edo (Japanese period)

J.H. Peta

Microcalligraphy in the Shape of a Rosette