The Hammer Online Collections project is made possible by the Mellon Foundation and the Perenchio Foundation.

The Hammer Museum at UCLA maintains thousands of records related to its collection holdings. As part of our efforts to increase public access to the Museum’s collection data through the Hammer Online Collections website, the Hammer is committed to the continued research and updating of the historical information which can be found within some artwork pages. Users accessing or utilizing this information acknowledge there may be potential discrepancies or inaccuracies. You may contact us if you find an error or would like to request further research for a particular artwork.

The Hammer also acknowledges that harmful and discriminatory language may exist within some collection records due to outdated scholarship practices and social attitudes from the time these artworks were collected, researched, and/or cataloged. This language does not reflect the Hammer's values or cataloging standards. The Hammer carefully considers best practices within the museum field at the time such language is identified within our data. We strive to make the Hammer a welcoming experience for all art lovers, and we appreciate your feedback.

As a leading institution among university art museums, the Hammer Museum at UCLA believes in supporting scholarship by broadening public access to its collections, programs, and exhibitions information. Visitors to the Hammer’s digital platforms, including Hammer Channel and Hammer Online Collections, are free to access and utilize a variety of material from collection data and curator essays to video recordings of past public programs. We encourage users to cite the Museum for these materials with the following credit line: Courtesy of Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.

The Hammer has additionally made available for download over 6,000 collection images of artworks identified in the public domain. These images qualify for unrestricted use under Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Anyone may download, edit, share, and utilize these images for personal or commercial use without the Hammer’s prior approval. You may search for these images via the Hammer Online Collections advanced search.

The Hammer also makes available for viewing certain copyrighted collection material depending on individual restrictions and other determining factors. Many collection artwork images are available in low resolution and/or high resolution. While the Hammer does not retain copyright for many artworks in its collection, and is thus limited in its ability to share downloadable files pertaining to such works, users looking for more information on copyright for specific artworks may submit a Rights & Reproduction request to rightsandrepro@hammer.ucla.edu.

UC students, staff, and faculty: please see additional guidelines on UC copyright policy compiled by the UCLA Library.