Country: Jordan
Collection Type: Research center
Collection Size: > 50,000
Period: 1960-1980Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White imagesColour imagesDigital filesFilm-based negativesPrints
Website: http://acorjordan.org/index.php/en/
The American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) in Amman, Jordan was founded in 1968. ACOR promotes study, teaching, and increased knowledge of ancient and Middle Eastern studies with Jordan as a focus. ACOR’s permanent headquarters opened in 1986 near the University of Jordan.
ACOR houses a collection of more than 10,000 slides and images of Jordanian archaeological sites, excavations, and artifacts, including slides documenting ACOR’s Petra Church Project, from its inception to completion. These include slide collections of Jim Sauer (ACOR Director 1975-81) and the complete archive of Phillip Hammond who worked in Petra from 1963 to 2002.
A portion of the collection is currently being scanned for academic and eventually accessible to scholars.

Contact Details:
Name: Dr. Barbara A. Porter, ACOR Director
Email: [email protected]
Address: POB 2470 Amman 11181 Jordan
Tel: +962 6 534 6117

Country: Jordan
Collection Type: Research center
Collection Size: 10,000-50,000
Period: 1930-1960 1960-1980 Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Film-based negatives Prints
Website: http://cbrl.org.uk/british-Institute-amman

The British Institute in Amman (BIA) is an independent research organization in Jordan. The BIA works to build academic cooperation between British and local universities and other organizations engaged in research; organizes events including conferences, workshops, public lectures and seminars; provides facilities for researchers including a library, study space, guest accommodation, equipment, and fieldwork vehicles; and offers Arabic language training in cooperation with the Qasid Language Institute.

The institute’s origins are as an archaeological field station of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, which became an independent institute in 1978.
The core of the collection derives from the archive of the institute’s founder, Crystal-M Bennett (1918-1987) and dates from her years active in the field, principally the 1960s to early 1980s. The Institute also possesses numerous photographs donated by associated researchers. The collection includes around 15,000 photographs, which depicts themes of archaeology and heritage as well as ethnography.

Contact Details:
Name: Carol Palmer (Director) and Rudaina Momani (Librarian)
Email: [email protected] and [email protected]
Address: 102 Uhod Street Tla’ Al-Ali Amman, Jordan
Tel: .+ 962 6 534 1317

Country: Jordan
Collection Type: Foundation or Association
Collection Size: < 1,000 Period: Later than 1980 Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Prints Website: http://daratalfunun.org Darat al Funun aims to provide a platform for contemporary Arab artists, support critical discourse and research, stimulate artistic exchange, document and archive Arab art, and spread awareness and appreciation of contemporary visual arts. Khalid Shoman Collection is a private collection that was never created with the idea to 'invest' or establish a collection covering a specific period or style, but more an investment in the artists and support of their practice. This gained particularly significant impact during the eighties and nineties when there was very little support for contemporary Arab art, particularly within the private sector. Begun in the early eighties, the collection reflects the shifts and transformations of artistic practices in the region. It now represents around 800 works by over 140 modern and contemporary artists and a wide range of media. The collection is the Khalid Shoman Private Collection, which is legally separate from Darat al Funun-The Khalid Shoman Foundation. The collection is on public view on a rotating basis to the general public. Researchers could have access with special request. Contact Details: Name: Mohammed Zakaria / Eline Van Der Vlist (Artistic Director) Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Address: 13, Nadeem al Mallah st., Jabal al-weibdeh, Amman, Jordan Tel: +962 6 4643251/2 Website: www.daratalfunun.org

Country: Jordan
Collection Type: Research center State agency/ Ministry
Collection Size: 1,000-10,000
Period: 1900-1930 1930-1960 1960-1980 Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Film-based negatives Prints
Website: http://www.doa.gov.jo/En/index.php

The Department of Antiquities aim is the protection of antiquities as well the presentation of antiquities, including research, survey, excavation and site management.

Founded in 1923, the Department of Antiquities of Jordan was established under the management of Mr. Ridha Tawfeq who relocated it from Jarash to Amman. The main goal of the Department of Antiquities (DoA) at that time was to protect all antiquities defined according to the law as any movable or immovable object made, written, inscribed, built, discovered, or modified by human beings including caves, sculpture, coins, pottery, manuscripts and other kinds of manufactured products which indicate the beginning and development of science, arts, handicrafts, religions, traditions of previous civilizations, or any part added or rebuilt after that time. Additionally, the goal included research, survey, excavation and site management.

Leading British archaeologist, Lancaster Harding, was appointed as Director General of the DoA in 1936. His well-known book “The Antiquities of Jordan” is a reference to all those who wish to learn about the archaeology of Jordan.

Photograph collections of the DoA include the private collection of Lancaster Harding (1936-1956) containing 4130 photos, as well as Horsfield collection (1919) containing 119 photos, the Department of Antiquities of Jordan Collection (1955-1975) containing 989 photos, the Jerusalem Collection (1965-1970) containing 88 photos and the Jordan Archaeological Collection containing 367 photos.

In 2004, the DoA began archiving negatives and digitizing part of their collection. The photographs depict archaeological sites, artifacts or objects, and city views.

The collection is available to researchers.

Contact Details:Name: Hala Al-Syoof, Photo Specialist
Email: [email protected]
Address: Jebel Amman Street, Sultan al-Atrash P.O. Box 88, Amman
Tel: +962 2 4644336, 4641275, 4644482, 4642669

Country: Jordan
Collection Type: Press
Collection Size: > 50,000
Period: 1960-1980 Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Film-based negatives Prints
Website: http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public/Main_english.aspx?lang=2&site_id=1

Established in 1969 as an independent body linked to the Ministry of Information, Petra News is the largest and oldest press agency in Jordan and the official news agency for the Kingdom. The photograph archive holds around 250,000 photographs, consisting of 50,000 images taken between the 1960s and the 1990s which have been digitized, and 20,000 digital photos taken since 1998. Items include film-based negatives, positives, Black and White and color prints in addition to digital files.

Petra’s more recent picture archive started in 1995, with photographs taken by staff photojournalists, and the archive continues to expand as images are added daily from journalistic news production.

The archive is used by most Jordanian newspapers, including Al-Ghad, Al-Rai, Al-Dustour, and Jordan Times. The collection is accessible for researchers by appointment.

Contact Details:
Name: Fayez Abadi, Director General; Majid Abu Khaled, Managing Editor photography and design; Rasamieh El Kobba, Director of Department
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Address: Jamal Abdel-Nasser Circle, Amman, Jordan / 6845 Code 11118, Amman, Jordan
Tel: +962 65609700

Country: Jordan
Collection Type: Library
Collection Size: 10,000-50,000
Period: 1860-1900 1900-1930 1930-1960 1960-1980 Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Film-based negatives Slides (positives)
Website: http://www.nl.gov.jo

The National Library of Jordan is attached to the Ministry of Culture and works towards the protection and preservation of Jordan’s cultural heritage, with the aim to serve researchers and scholars interested in the cultural and intellectual aspects of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
The National Library was created in 1994 from the merger of the Center for Documents and Documentation and the Department of the National Library, itself having replaced the Department of Libraries and National Documents founded in 1977.
The Documents and Photograph Archiving Section within the National Library holds a collection of around 10,000 photos comprised of 17 private collections from the 1860s to the present day, mostly donations. The collections cover primarily Egypt, Palestine, Syria and mostly Jordan; they include Film-based negatives, digital files, positives, and Black and White and color prints.

Contact Details:
Name: Muntaha Ibrahim Al-Diri, Documents & Photo Archiving Section
Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected]
Address: Arjan, Building Number 9 , Haroun Al-Rasheed St. (Opp Ministry of Interior) P.O.Box: (6070) Amman 11118
Tel: +962 6 5662 791/819/845/854/748/871/758

Country: Jordan
Collection Type: Museum
Collection Size: < 1,000 Period: 1960-1980 Later than 1980 Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Prints Website: http://www.royalautomuseum.jo/default.aspx?Lang=en His Majesty King Abdullah II wished The Royal Automobile Museum to be built to pay tribute to his father the late King Hussein's eventful life and to commemorate his interest in cars. The museum does not have its own private photograph collection, thus making use of the Royal Protocol’s collection. However, some individuals have donated a small quantity of photographs to the museum. Contact Details: Name: Mohammad Darwish Abusair, Amira Faisal Al Hammad (Training and Development Coordinator) Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] Address: The Royal Hashemite Court, Al-Istiqlal Road Tel: 962-6-4637341 Ext5839, Mob 00962-777-943166 Other: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRoyalAutomobileMuseumJordan

Country: Jordan
Collection Type: State agency/ Ministry
Collection Size: > 50,000
Period: 1900-1930 1930-1960 1960-1980 Later than 1980
Type of Material & Format: Black and White images Colour images Digital files Film-based negatives Prints
Website: http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/photobank.html

The Royal Protocol was initially charged with collecting photographic material for the King’s memoire Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril. It first acquired the King’s personal photograph collection then sought out other private collections, with the aim to collect all photographs of the Hashemite royal family in Jordan. The collection holds over 1 million photographs, dating as far back as the early 1900s to the present day, and representing royal audiences, stately occasions, official visits and the awarding of decorations. The holdings include film-based negatives, positives, Black and White and color prints as well as digital files. Photograph licensing for the collection is managed by the Media Department .

Contact Details:
Email: [email protected]
Address: The Royal Hashemite Court, Al-Istiqlal Road
Tel: +962 646 37341 Ext 5839; Mob: +962 777 943166