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Museum Science & Heritage Management

Creative Commons

Search for Creative Commons Content that can be copied, distributed, edited, remixed, and built upon without violating copyright law.

Creative Commons
Find music, video, writing, code, or other creative works licensed for sharing.
Flickr Creative Commons
Browse or search Flickr content licensed under a Creative Commons license. Flickr is the largest source of CC-licensed content online, with over 200 million CC-licensed images.

Art & Image Collections

Search the following image collections to locate photography, paintings, and more.

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Over one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities and sciences.
British School at Rome Library & Archive Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
This collection includes photographs, maps, prints, documents, postcards, drawings, paintings, and manuscripts.

Google Art Project
From web page: Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Search the combined content of Grove Art Online and Oxford's art databases to find resources supporting art or art-history research.

Citing Images

Even though most information found online is publically accessible, you must cite online or electronic sources anytime you use them, even for informal publications like email, blogs, and PowerPoint presentations.
If authors/creators grant permission for you to use their work, you must still give credit to them.
Consult style manuals for guidance on citing electronic resources.

This flowchart discusses what factors you should consider before posting images you found online.

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