Archives

Bitsavers

Legendary archive preserving computer manuals, documentation, and software from the early days of computing. An essential resource for computer history.

Find a Grave

Cemetery records database. Millions of burial records with photos.

FamilySearch

Free genealogy research. Billions of records from LDS archives.

David Rumsey Map Collection

Historical map collection. Over 100,000 high-resolution scans.

Endangered Languages Project

Documenting and preserving endangered languages. Interactive map and resources.

Omniglot

Encyclopedia of writing systems and languages. Scripts, alphabets, and constructed languages.

RailPictures.net

Railroad photography database. Quality photos sorted by railroad and location.

Factsheet Five Archive

Archive of the legendary zine review magazine. Thousands of zine reviews from the 80s-90s.

Zine Libraries

Directory of zine libraries worldwide. Physical collections preserving DIY publishing.

Wild Sanctuary

Bernie Krause's bioacoustics archive. Natural soundscapes and environmental audio.

Soundsnap

Sound effects and field recording library. Professional quality audio.

Radio Aporee Maps

Global sound map. Field recordings pinned to locations worldwide.

45cat

7-inch single database. Catalog and track 45 RPM releases.

The Cutting Room Floor

Unused and cut video game content. Debug modes, regional differences, and hidden secrets.

SMS Power

Sega Master System and Game Gear preservation. Scans, translations, and homebrew.

Romhacking.net

ROM hacking community. Translations, hacks, and utilities for retro games.

IF Archive

Repository of interactive fiction. Games, interpreters, and development tools.

IFDB

Interactive Fiction Database. Reviews and downloads for text adventures and parser games.

TASVideos

Tool-assisted speedrun archive. Frame-perfect runs pushing games to theoretical limits.

Infiltration

Classic urbex zine archive. Ninjalicious' writings on exploring hidden infrastructure.

Xeno-canto

Worldwide bird sound archive. Community-contributed recordings of over 10,000 species.

scene.org Demo Archive

Direct access to the scene.org demo file archive. Browse by year, party, or platform.

CSDb

Commodore 64 Scene Database. Complete archive of C64 demos, cracks, and releases.

Amiga Music Preservation

Archive of Amiga demoscene music. Tracker modules, musician profiles, and music disk collections.

The Mod Archive

Massive collection of tracker music modules. MOD, XM, S3M, IT files from the demoscene and beyond.

scene.org

The demoscene's primary file archive. Decades of demos, intros, music, and graphics freely downloadable.

Anna's Archive

The world's largest open library. Search engine for shadow libraries, providing access to books, papers, and comics.

textfiles.com

Jason Scott's archive of BBS-era text files. Thousands of documents from the pre-web internet preserved for posterity.

16colors

Archive of ANSI and ASCII art from the BBS scene. Thousands of artpacks preserved from the 80s and 90s.

Defacto2

Archive of the PC cracking and warez scene. NFO files, cracktros, and digital artifacts from underground computing.

CourtListener

Free legal research from Free Law Project. Search millions of court opinions and oral arguments.

The Criterion Collection

Curated classic and contemporary cinema. The gold standard for film preservation and curation.

archive.today

Webpage archiving service. Save snapshots of pages before they change or disappear.

Inside the Great Pyramid

3D scan of the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Explore ancient architecture from your browser.

Internet Archive Audio

Free audio archive. Live concerts, old radio, audiobooks, and podcasts.

Internet Archive Software Library

Thousands of old programs, games, and operating systems playable in your browser. Computing history preserved.

Oldskool.org

Jim Leonard's retro computing resource. PC demos, vintage hardware documentation, and digital preservation.

Library of Congress Collections

Digital collections from the world's largest library. Photos, maps, recordings, and documents from American history.

Europeana

Digital heritage from European museums, libraries, and archives. Millions of cultural artifacts online.

Google Arts & Culture

Explore art and history from institutions worldwide. Virtual museum tours and high-resolution artwork.

PubMed Central

Free archive of biomedical research. Millions of full-text articles.

bioRxiv

Preprint server for biology. New research before peer review.

arXiv

Preprint server for physics, math, and CS. Where new research appears first.

Library Genesis

Free access to books and papers. Shadow library for research and textbooks.

Project Gutenberg

The original free ebook library. Over 70,000 public domain books, started in 1971.

LibriVox

Free public domain audiobooks read by volunteers. Thousands of classic books in audio format.

Internet Sacred Text Archive

Encyclopedic collection of religious, mythological, and folkloric texts. World's religions and esoterica.

JSTOR Open Content

Free access to thousands of academic articles and books. Scholarly research without paywalls.

Rhizome ArtBase

Archive of digital art from 1999 to present. Net art, software art, and born-digital works preserved.

Public Domain Review

Curated essays on public domain works. Rediscovering forgotten treasures.

Old Maps Online

Portal to historical maps from libraries around the world. See how places looked centuries ago.

Computer History Museum

Exploring the history of computing. Online exhibits, timelines, and oral histories from tech pioneers.

Windows 3.1 Online

Run Windows 3.1 in your browser. Complete with Program Manager, File Manager, and classic apps.

Wayback Machine

Browse 800+ billion web pages saved over time. See how any website looked years ago.

RetroGames

Retro gaming database. Information on classic games and consoles.

Cameron's World

Web collage of text and images excavated from GeoCities. A memorial to the early web's creative chaos.

Internet Archive

Digital library offering free access to books, movies, software, and the Wayback Machine for web history.

Standard Ebooks

Free, carefully formatted ebooks of public domain literature. Beautiful typography, meticulous proofreading.