Image Collections & Tools for Academic Use

Enables searching of images (and other types of content) licensed under Creative Commons, on a range of platforms

Includes images from artworks in collections from all over the world. Use licensing varies, but generally, most may be used for educational purposes. Attribution is customary.

A collection of over a million images from Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo

An open access collection of digital images from the collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

A large collection of open content from many institutions. Images in the Artstor Digital Library may be used for non-commercial, educational purposes.

The University of Michigan Library provides access to this collection for educational and research purposes. Allan T. Kohl, the creator of this collection, has dedicated any copyright he might hold in the collection to the public domain, via the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication. Citation of Art Images for College Teaching/Allan T. Kohl for use of these images and their related information content in scholarly publication is customary (and appreciated), but is not a legal requirement of use.