Art: Images

Source for high-resolution public domain images, including paintings, movie posters, political cartoons, and fashion illustrations.

Includes public photo collections. A good place to search for Creative Commons images.

The Getty Museum's Open Content Program provides access to thousands of open access, public domain images.

Under 'Tools' on the search results page, set the Usage Rights to 'Creative Commons license' to find images for reuse.

The MET provides tens of thousands of public domain, high quality images that can be downloaded, shared, and modified.

Download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images with no restrictions or permissions necessary. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to more than 4.4 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This collections is comprised of more than 4.4 million 2D and 3D digital items, images, and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

Wikimedia Commons hosts millions of media files (images, sounds, and videos) that have been contributed by people around the world. Be sure the copyright notice with each file allows for the type of usage you'd like.