Research Archives

prometheus - The distributed digital image archive for research and teaching is used for scientific image research and is primarily aimed at scientists and students in cultural history and image-based subjects. In contrast to other image archives, prometheus is not a centralised image database from a technical point of view. Rather, prometheus brings together image material and information from decentralised image databases. In doing so, prometheus can basically integrate all forms of metadata and is therefore an open system into which imaging institutions can integrate their own data. In addition to image searches based on metadata, prometheus also offers various tools for collecting images in project folders, for downloading, presenting and publishing images and for creating own uploads. These tools are primarily intended for use in academic teaching.