[ **up: [[Research tools]]** ] --- # Digital image libraries (CC or public domain content) ## External resources - [Openverse](https://openverse.org/)— An extensive library of free stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use. (==All Openverse content is under a [Creative Commons license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/) or is in the public domain.==) --- ### Museums (diverse content, but especially great at historical images, artifacts, etc) - [Wellcome Collection](https://wellcomecollection.org/collections) — Free to use. Everything I’ve looked at so far has been licenced under the Public Domain Mark. - [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://www.clevelandart.org/art/collection/search) — Lots of antiquities etc under the Public Domain Mark. Copyright is either way very clearly labelled, and downloading is made easy. --- ### Nature - [Saxifraga Gallery: Free Nature Images](http://www.freenatureimages.eu/) — Free stock photos of animals, plants and landscapes. All images are available on the website at a resolution of 1200 pixels. Bias towards European results. English searches work well, but I have noticed it’s often also worth trying in German. Plants seem searchable by their searched by their binominal names.