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* British Library, 1,000,000 images on Flicker, https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary | * British Library, 1,000,000 images on Flicker, https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary | ||
** also see: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/introduction.asp | |||
** Although still technically in copyright in the UK (and a number of other common law territories) the images are being made available under a Public Domain Mark* which indicates that there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, adaptation, republication or sharing of the content available from the site. | |||
* The Getty Museum, 87,000 Art Images, http://www.getty.edu/about/opencontent.html | * The Getty Museum, 87,000 Art Images, http://www.getty.edu/about/opencontent.html | ||
* LA County Museum of Art, 20,000 Images, http://collections.lacma.org | * LA County Museum of Art, 20,000 Images, http://collections.lacma.org | ||
Revision as of 23:18, 28 July 2015
There are a lot of images from museums and libraries that have been scanned and have specifically been identified by the owners as in the public domain. Here are some those places.
- British Library, 1,000,000 images on Flicker, https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary
- also see: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/introduction.asp
- Although still technically in copyright in the UK (and a number of other common law territories) the images are being made available under a Public Domain Mark* which indicates that there are no copyright restrictions on reproduction, adaptation, republication or sharing of the content available from the site.
- The Getty Museum, 87,000 Art Images, http://www.getty.edu/about/opencontent.html
- LA County Museum of Art, 20,000 Images, http://collections.lacma.org
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, 400,000 Images, OASC = Open Access for Scholarly Content http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online
- Rijksmuseum, 125,000 Dutch masterpieces, https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/explore-the-collection
- The Vatican Library, 4,000 Ancient mss, https://www.vatlib.it/home.php?ling=eng&res=1920x1080
