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College of Built Environments at the University of Washington.

Visual Resources Collection

Enter the BE Digital Image Collection (MDID) Click here to log in and access digital images user name and password required Note: this account is separate from your UW NetID To establish an account or for access help, contact the VRC: vrcbe@uw.edu

The Visual Resources Collection of the College of Built Environments serves faculty, students, and staff by providing digital images, scanning services, and slides to meet the classroom and research needs of the College.

The Collection consists of approximately 90,000 digital images and 130,000 circulating 35mm slides, representing the worlds of architecture and related fields, design, and art history. The digital image database is available online; please contact the Director for an account to access this resource.

The Collection is always growing. New accessions include commercial image purchases, images requested by faculty from printed materials, on-site photography, donations of original images from faculty, and retrocataloged images from uncataloged sections of the Collection.

The Visual Resources Collection is staffed by one full-time professional director and employs graduate assistants and Work Study students. It is located in 330 Gould Hall, and is open 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.