Website: http://catalogue.bnf.fr/recherche-uni-images-cartes.do?pageRech=imc Conditions: in summary Some commercial use of images may be free. There are two sources on the website: one says free, one says a charge Non commercial use is definitely free Images which are already digitised and online are available at high-res free of charge If a reproduction charge is made, there is an 80% reduction … Continue reading BnF – Bibliothèque nationale de France
Europe
Europeana Collections
Website: http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en Conditions: Europeana is the digital platform for European cultural heritage. Many of the images have no use restrictions on them and are free to use for any purpose. To search for these, tick the Free Re-use box on the left side of the search filters. The re-use conditions for free may be affected … Continue reading Europeana Collections
University of Leiden / Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
Website: https://socrates.leidenuniv.nl/R/?func=search-simple&local_base=gen01-disc Conditions: The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) has brought in more than 2,400 photos to Wikipedia. Leiden University Libraries (UBL), which manages this photo collection, has made this donation possible together with the Working Group on Special Scientific Libraries (WSWB). Imports of these images in Wikimedia Commons (the "Image … Continue reading University of Leiden / Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
Livrustkammaren / The Swedish Armoury
Website: http://emuseumplus.lsh.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=literature&moduleFunction=search&lang=en Collection: Here you can search in the Royal Armoury, Skokloster Castle and Hallwyl museum collection online database. You can find information on museum collections, images of objects and museum environments and the people who have made, owned and used the objects. These include paintings, weapons, furniture and costumes but also the accounts, books and … Continue reading Livrustkammaren / The Swedish Armoury
The British Library’s Flickr Photostream
Website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/ Conditions: The British Library’s collections on Flickr Commons offer access to millions of public domain images, which we encourage you to explore and re-use. Source: https://www.flickr.com/people/britishlibrary/ (via @kylenano)
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Website: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search Conditions: They are so cool and Dutch they don't even have conditions. Just get out there and use their images any way you like is their attitude. Source: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/organisation/terms-and-conditions
Yale Center for British Art
Website: http://britishart.yale.edu/collections/search Conditions: Thousands of images of works in the Center’s collection believed to be in the public domain are available for free through the Center’s online collection catalogue. Under Yale University’s Open Access Policy, anyone may use the Center’s open access material without further application, authorization, or fees due to the Center or to Yale. Source: http://britishart.yale.edu/collections/using-collections/image-use
NPG, National Portrait Gallery, London
Website: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/ Conditions: For reproduction within (but not on the cover of) a specified book, journal article or booklet, provided that the publication is non-commercial in purpose and has a combined print-run/download total of not more than 3,000 copies. We consider a project to be scholarly only when its primary intention is to broaden knowledge. Scholarly … Continue reading NPG, National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Gallery, London
Website: http://www.nationalgalleryimages.co.uk Conditions: This waiver is intended for projects in which the scholar is personally responsible for paying reproduction fees and is not available to commercial organisations. We consider a project to be scholarly when its primary intention is to broaden knowledge and when it is based on original research. Exclusions - the following uses are … Continue reading The National Gallery, London
The British Museum, London
Website: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore.aspx Conditions: Reproduction within (but not on the cover of) an academic and scholarly (peer reviewed) book, journal article or booklet, provided that the publication is published by an organisation set as a charity, society, institution or trust existing exclusively for public benefit and that the publication has a print-run of no more than 4,000 … Continue reading The British Museum, London
