Free Coloring Books from World-Class Libraries & Museums: The Met, New York Public Library, Smithsonian & More

Call­ing all col­or­ing book lovers. You can now take part in #Col­or­Our­Col­lec­tions 2017–a cam­paign where muse­ums and libraries world­wide will make avail­able free col­or­ing books, let­ting you col­or art­work from their col­lec­tions and then share it on Twit­ter and oth­er social media plat­forms. When shar­ing, use the hash­tag #Col­or­Our­Col­lec­tions.

Below you can find a col­lec­tion of free col­or­ing books, which you can down­load and con­tin­ue to enjoy. If you see any that we’re miss­ing, please let us know in the com­ments, and we’ll do our best to update the page. To see the free col­or­ing books that were offered up in 2016, click here.

Col­or Our Col­lec­tions is orga­nized by The New York Acad­e­my of Med­i­cine Library. So please give them thanks.

• New York Acad­e­my of Med­i­cine
• The New York Botan­i­cal Gar­den Col­or­ing Book
• The New York Pub­lic Library Col­or­ing Book
• Smith­son­ian Libraries Col­or­ing Book
• Cam­bridge Uni­ver­si­ty Library Col­or­ing Book
• Chem­i­cal Her­itage Foun­da­tion Col­or­ing Book
• The Met­ro­pol­i­tan Muse­um of Art Col­or­ing Book
• New­ber­ry Library Col­or­ing Book
• Amer­i­can Book­binders Muse­um Col­or­ing Book
• Auraria Library Col­or­ing Book
• Bib­lio­thèque interuni­ver­si­taire de San­té, Paris Col­or­ing Book
• Bio­di­ver­si­ty Her­itage Library Col­or­ing Book Part 1
• Bio­di­ver­si­ty Her­itage Library Col­or­ing Book Part 2
• Bio­di­ver­si­ty Her­itage Library Col­or­ing Book Part 3
• Bio­di­ver­si­ty Her­itage Library Col­or­ing Book Part 4
• Bio­di­ver­si­ty Her­itage Library Col­or­ing Book Part 5
• Bodleian Library at Oxford Uni­ver­si­ty
• Brook­lyn Pub­lic Library, Brook­lyn Col­lec­tion Col­or­ing Sheets
• Dit­trick Med­ical His­to­ry Cen­ter Col­or­ing Book
• Dig­i­tal Library@Villanova Uni­ver­si­ty Col­or­ing Books
• Digi­ta Vat­i­cana Col­or­ing Book
• Euro­peana Art Nou­veau Col­or Book
• Euro­peana Colour­ing Book
• Frances Willard Memo­r­i­al Library and Archives Col­or­ing Sheet
• Health Sci­ences Library, Uni­ver­si­ty of North Car­oli­na at Chapel Hill Col­or­ing Book
• Hunter Col­lege Libraries – City Uni­ver­si­ty of New York Col­or­ing Book
• The Hunt­ing­ton Library, Art Col­lec­tions, and Botan­i­cal Gar­dens
• James Madi­son Uni­ver­si­ty Libraries Col­or­ing Book
• Mar­i­an Library, Uni­ver­si­ty of Day­ton
• Nation­al Library of Med­i­cine Col­or­ing Book
• Nation­al Muse­um Wales Col­or­ing Book
• New York Acad­e­my of Med­i­cine Famous Women Col­or­ing Sheet
• OHSU His­tor­i­cal Col­lec­tions & Archives Col­or­ing Sheets
• Roy­al Col­lege of Physi­cians
• Spe­cial Col­lec­tions and Archives, Trexler Library, Muh­len­berg Col­lege Col­or­ing Books
• The Rosen­bach Col­or­ing Sheets
• Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­gary Libraries and Cul­tur­al Resources
• Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton Spe­cial Col­lec­tions Col­or­ing Book
• Uni­ver­si­ty of Ore­gon Col­or­ing Book
• Uni­ver­si­ty of Scran­ton Archives and McHugh Spe­cial Col­lec­tions Col­or­ing Book
• Uni­ver­si­ty of Puget Sound, Collins Memo­r­i­al Library, Archives & Spe­cial Col­lec­tions Col­or­ing Book
• Uni­ver­si­ty of Read­ing Muse­ums and Col­lec­tions Col­or­ing Book
• Wan­gen­steen His­tor­i­cal Library of Biol­o­gy and Med­i­cine, Uni­ver­si­ty of Min­neso­ta Libraries
• Williams Col­lege Libraries Col­or­ing Sheets

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