Welcome to GIGI: The AAS Digital Image Archive

Browse the Image Archive

For the most robust searching, please use the AAS General Catalog (many records there will have links to images inside GIGI).
Images will download as JPGs.
If you would like an image file for reproduction/publication purposes, or you need a higher-resolution than is freely available via GIGI, please email the Society's Reproductions Department at reproductions [at] mwa [dot] org

GIGI includes over 175,000 image files of historic material from all of the Society’s collections.
See What's in GIGI for more detailed information.

GIGI, the American Antiquarian Society's digital asset database, is a storage and retrieval system for the Society's digitally-created collections and surrogates.
GIGI is an acronym for Graphic Interface of Gathered Images.
The system was first implemented in April of 2011, and was redesigned for 2021 with generous support from The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
GIGI was named in honor of the Society’s Curator Emerita of Graphic Arts, Georgia "Gigi" Barnhill, who retired in 2012. Before digitization, whenever researchers needed a particular illustration or image to advance or augment their work, the phrase, “go ask Gigi” was offered as the solution!