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In [``Atlas of Finite Groups'', Oxford (1985; Zbl 0568.20001)], maximal subgroups, presentations and ordinary irreducible characters for some almost simple groups are collected. In [``An Atlas of Brauer Characters'', Oxford (1995; Zbl 0831.20001)], tables of modular characters for some groups of order up to \(10^9\) are included. In this paper the author describes as a candidate for a third ``Atlas'' a collection of several hundred explicit (permutation and matrix) representations for sporadic groups, and many related groups. This new ``Atlas of group representations'' is available on the world-wide web. The database of these representations is permanently extended. The representations can roughly be divided into the following four categories. 1. Hand constructions, or constructions involving limited use of a computer. For example, some representations of the Mathieu groups and Leech lattice groups, as well as \(J_1\) and \(Ru\). 2. Computer constructions. For example, representations of \(3\cdot J_3\), \(3\cdot McL\), the Fischer groups, \(Ly\), \(Th\) and \(J_4\). 3. Constructions of representations ab initio. For example, representations of \(4\cdot M_{22}\), \(HN\), \(B\), and new representations of \(O'N\), \(Ly\), \(Fi_{24}\) and \(He\). 4. Constructing new representations from old ones. For example, other representations of the Mathieu groups, \(J_1\), \(Ru\), \(Suz\), \(Fi_{22}\) and others. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0892.00032].