Free Art, Photos, and Maps (Public Domain, CC0)

This page links to various online collections of public domain and Creative Commons-licensed art and photo resources.

Be sure to check the usage rights for any individual item that you intend to use, along with the overall site Terms of Use, especially for commercial projects. Not all resources at these sites may be in the public domain.

New (02-13-2017): Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access (public domain artworks) , Met announcement

New York Public Library Public Domain Collections

Open Access Maps at NYPL

Wellcome Library, London (art, medicine images)

British Library Images

National Gallery of Art NGA Images

Getty Museum Open Content Program (collection images) 

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Images Collection

National Library of Norway PD photo collections  (usage: https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/)

Digital Comics Museum (free PD Golden Age comics) 

Using Public Domain Materials in the Classroom -  NYPL

Pixabay (free images)

Publicdomainpictures.net (PD photographs and art)

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