Subject Guides: Art, Art History, &amp; Design: Finding Images

FINDING IMAGES

Artstor
Media from top museums, archives, scholars, and artists -- all rights-cleared for education and research. To save images, register for an account.
MDID
Image Database of Lake Forest College featuring work lead by Cathy Benton, Associate Professor of Religion, Emerita.

The Met: Open Access Artwork
Searchable images of the Met's collection. Filterable for open access images.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Digital scans of photos and documents from US and world history held by the Library of Congress.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Scans from the NYPL collection including a substantial amount of public domain images.
archINFORM
A free online database devoted to architecture including many Creative Commons licensed photos of buildings.

Colourbox
Stock images repository. Request an activation key from a librarian for free downloads.
Wikimedia Commons Images
Collections of images covered under different Creative Commons licenses.
Unsplash
Free-to-use downloadable images and photos.
Pexels
Free-to-use downloadable images and photos.
Openverse
Millions of Creative Commons licensed images. Filter by license type.
Pixabay
Images and photos released under their license which does not require attribution or permission.
Lukasz Adam Free Illustrations
Free SVG images under the CC0 license (waives all copyright protection).
Flickr: Public Domain Images
Searchable public domain photos on Flickr.