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24 alternatives to The Athenaeum

A Quarter of a Million Artworks

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Athenaeum launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Arthena▲212
Quantitative research in art assets.
2017 · its alternatives →
2
Google Arts & Culture▲106
Explore artworks, artifacts, and more from over 850 museums
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
Louvre Museum Online▲148
Explore the entirety of the Louvre's collection for free
2021 · collections.louvre.fr · its alternatives →
4
ArtSquare▲113
Your artworks digitized by experts
2015 · artsquare.com · its alternatives →
5
Museo▲93
A visual search engine that connects you to museums
2021 · museo.app · its alternatives →
6
Artify▲90
Explore art and culture from world
2023 · getartify.app · its alternatives →
7
ML ART▲150
A showcase with 340 creative Machine Learning projects
2020 · mlart.co · its alternatives →
8
Swipeart▲214
Discover 7000+ Paintings by Swiping
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
9
A walkable 3D art history museum built from Wikipedia▲174
An interactive 3D museum of art history. Zoom through more than a thousand years of periods and artists, then walk first-person galleries of their real paintings — all drawn from Wikipedia.
16d ago · artmuseum.artfrompixels.com · its alternatives →
10IM
I mapped 30k+ paintings around the world▲70
2013 · artnear.me · its alternatives →
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Depict▲78
discover, collect and display art
2014 · its alternatives →
12SS
Semantic search over the National Gallery of Art▲145
Browse and search the complete public image collection of the National Gallery of Art, powered by Mixedbread Search. Discover artworks, artists, and more with natural language.
2025 · nga.demo.mixedbread.com · its alternatives →
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Artify▲167
Learn art history with us
2025 · getartify.app · its alternatives →
14
Artifacts▲235
Hey everyone, I recently built Artifacts, a platform to slow down and remember what lasts — to give meaning and story back to the things we hold onto. Artifacts lets you: • Explore a growing archive of thoughtfully curated objects • Create your own digital inventory of things you own or want • Connect with a community that values intentional owning You can explore it at artifacts.is Appreciate any feedback. – Oscar
Nov 2025 · artifacts.is · its alternatives →
15
Tondo▲88
A social media platform for the art world
2015 · its alternatives →
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Fragments▲86
Design/Dev/Art news
2020 · fragments.pro · its alternatives →
17
The Artsy Podcast, No. 2: Art History vs. the Art Market▲70
Exploring the current art market vs "Big Art History"
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
18
DeFrame▲73
Connecting all museums, art, and people
2018 · deframeart.com · its alternatives →
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Arthena▲85
AngelList syndicates for Art
2014 · its alternatives →
20
Infinite Art▲13
Discover almost endless art pieces by scrolling down.
2024 · infinite-art.vercel.app · its alternatives →
21
Vatican Library Online▲66
Thousands of ancient manuscripts now available online free
2015 · vaticanlibrary.va · its alternatives →
22
Depict 2.0▲117
Art collections for your digital canvas
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
The Met▲90
Official app of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2014 · metmuseum.org · its alternatives →
24
Public Art - Street Art Museum▲111
Discover street art photos found with ML from 170+ countries
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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