Open Access Images from the Met

Edo culture (Court of Benin, Nigeria), Queen Mother Pendant Mask: Iyoba, 16th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made more than 400,000 images of public domain works in its collection available for non-commercial use through its new Open Access for Scholarly Content (OASC) initiative. You may now download images from its website and use them for scholarly purposes–including print and online publication–without having to request permission or pay a fee. The Museum is letting users decide if their own projects qualify as “scholarly” or “non-commercial”; you can find definitions and examples on the Met’s OASC FAQ page. You may also want to consult the fine print in the Terms and Conditions for the Met’s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.

This is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor’s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP) since that program’s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met’s images.
{"cc_re__cc_re__cc_publicdomain_zero_1_0": ["arget=\"_blank\">Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)</a>\u00a0programs, which limited their scope to\u00a0academic and non-commercial uses. The Met&#8217;s images may now be used freely for any purposes, including commercial ones. As always in questions of copyright, this policy applies only to images of artworks which are themselves in the public domain, so most modern and contemporary art is excluded.</p>\n<p>Images that are covered by the Open Access Policy are marked on the Met&#8217;s website with a <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons Zero (CC0)</a> symbol, meaning that the Museum has waived copyright and dedicated these images to the public domain. <a href=\"https://artstor.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/the-boundless-treasures-of-the-met/\" target=\"_blank\">Artstor</a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/07/the-met-public-art-creative-commons/\" target=\"_blank\">Wikimedia Foundation</a>, and <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/2017/02/07/met-announcement/\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons</a>&#8211;all "], "copyright__copyright__copyright": [" and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images.", " and Conditions for the Met\u2019s website. Commercial use of these images is not permitted.\n\nThis is not the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art has made its images available for free. You have been able to download large images for personal use since its website was redesigned a few years ago, and its collection has been the cornerstone of Artstor\u2019s Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)\u00a0since that program\u2019s creation. OASC gives users yet another avenue for accessing and using the Met\u2019s images."]}