Art

Use this multimedia search engine to find various types of CC licensed items from sources such as Google Images, Fotopedia, Jamendo, Flickr and more.

Search engine for free photos. Search options allow you to specify license type and source.

Limit to "free to use or share" at the bottom of Advanced Search (next to "usage rights").

Historical images, paintings, and vintage posters.

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More than 406,000 images of artworks from The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, which you may use, share, and remix—without restriction.

Limit to "public domain" or one of the "free to use" options in the License drop-down at the top of the results page.

A public image reference archive.

Images, audio and videos related to space flight, most of which are free to re-use.

Free and open access to over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.

Map images organized by region, type, and theme. Most are free for students to use.

Over 580,000 free photos, vectors, and art illustrations.

Download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. Includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s museums, research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

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Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos.

A database of 27,453,103 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.

Use this multimedia search engine to find various types of CC licensed items from sources such as Google Images, Fotopedia, Jamendo, Flickr and more.

NCS Music is free to use for creators of content for publishing on YouTube and Twitch.

The world’s biggest free music library.

This portion of moby.com, Film Music, is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music.

A database of sound effects. Register for free to download sounds.

Images, audio and videos related to space flight, most of which are free to re-use.

A social sound site that gives users access to the world’s largest community of music.

Hundreds of free tracks to use in your work.

A library of high quality, legal audio downloads.

Huge podcast database with advanced search and list functios to follow, share and rate your favorite podcasts and episodes.

Take a trip through our collective past with the BBC archives and discover themed collections of radio and TV programmes, documents and photographs from as far back as the 1930s.

Films, texts, images, and audio recordings related to the Civil Rights movement in the United States in the 1950's and 1960's.

Use this multimedia search engine to find various types of CC licensed items from sources such as Google Images, Fotopedia, Jamendo, Flickr and more.

A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures streamed with essays about the traditions and filmmaking. The site includes transcriptions, study and teaching guides, suggested readings, and links to related websites.

Provides streaming video of select Frontline programming.

Classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

An online collection of more than 100,000 free videos and films.

A searchable database to help you determine which streaming platform contains the film you want to watch. Searches across Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and many others.

A collection of short presentations and speeches presented by acclaimed individuals at the annual TED conference.

Video clips from all over the world. You can use the free stock footage clips in any project.