Image banks

Collection of images of African rock art. The images in this online archive can be viewed or downloaded only for private research purposes, studies, lectures or seminars. The archive is classified by creator.

Collections of open access images focused on architecture. They are classified by different topics (such as "Aga Khan Collection", "Architect's Archives", "Pedagogy" or "Exhibitions"). The images are for personal, non-commercial, educational and research purposes only.

As per the bienvenidoalclub.es website, “This is a website that provides a compilation of high-resolution images from collections and artworks exhibited in various museums around the world, as well as a virtual tour of the museums/galleries that hold them. The project was introduced by Google on 1 February 2011 with 1,061 works from 17 museums, including the Tate Britain in London, the Met in New York, and the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. The museum exploration function uses the same technology as Google Street View. Although all the works are shown in high resolution, each of the 17 institutions involved in initiating the project made one of its masterpieces available to be photographed and exhibited on the site in 7,000 megapixel images.” And as per the Spanish Wikipedia, “On 17 July 2016, the project was re-launched as Google Arts & Culture, which includes a mobile app that provides access to the contents of over 1,000 museums in 70 countries.”

Search engine of art objects in different museums of the Smithsonian Institution. The collections are divided into different topics and locations: African art, Asian art, artists, ceramics, drawings, sculpture and more.

Encyclopaedia of painting and fine art. The wiki contains both works of art that are in the public domain and protected works. The protected works are published in low resolution because they are historically important and only their informational and/or teaching use is permitted.

Collection of images of nurses on Flickr. They can be freely used as long as the author is cited, they are not used for commercial purposes and are not modified.

This photo library features images of cells of different types of organisms, different types of cells and cellular processes. Each image contains information about its licence. Most are public domain or have a Creative Commons licence.

Collection of over 1,300 public domain images related to food. It has a search engine and the images are classified by different topics: coffee, pizza, cake, healthy, etc.

Open-i is an image search engine that provides access to 3.7 million images. Each image has a link indicating the type of copyright licence.

The National Cancer Institute provides images of different fields of medicine (children with cancer, anatomy, historical images, etc). Each image is labelled with information about rights. Most are in the public domain.

A project that depicts important moments in recent history through photographs. Each photograph has an explanation of when it was taken and what was happening.

Archives of the Visa Pour l'Image festival featuring the exhibitions of the participating photographers.

Collection of images from the Yale University Law Library. It contains digitized images of old documents. All images have a Creative Commons licence or are in the public domain.

Stock photos of landscapes and nature with public domain licence. These photos can be downloaded, used and modified even for commercial purposes.

Bank of free stock photographs with public domain licence updated daily with hundreds of new photographs. They can be downloaded, used and modified for any purpose.

Tumblr account that shares photos with public domain licence. These photos can be downloaded, used and modified even for commercial purposes.

Image bank with over 850,000 photographs updated daily with hundreds of new photographs, all in the public domain. They can be downloaded, used and modified for any purpose.

Bank of vector images which, depending on the licence, you can download and use in your projects. The licence for each image is included in the description.

Image collection classified by type of studies and, within these, subjects. All images have Creative Commons licences, enabling them to be shared as long as it is for non-commercial use, the original creator is acknowledged and, if modified, the same licence is retained.

Collection of UNESCO images, videos and audios for educational purposes. Every image can be viewed online and contains information about the respective image and its licence.

Collections of free images for educational purposes only. They are classified by topics: animals, biomes, literature, plants, technology, etc.

Digitized collection of the Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya (Catalan National Library). All images in the collection can be downloaded and shared as long as the creator is acknowledged and they are not modified or used for non-commercial purposes.

Collection of old book illustrations in the public domain. The images are classified by topics (animals, humour, landscapes, etc), by artists and by books.

Collection of almost 2 million vector icons grouped by packs, which can be freely used as long as the creator is cited. All packs have a link to the licence.

Smithsonian Institution collection of images of chips and electronics in general. The images can be used freely for educational purposes, but not commercially.

Gallery of 3D designs that can be modified (as long as the creator has granted modification rights) and downloaded from the website once you open a free account. All the designs have a section with information on the type of Creative Commons licence.

A visual record of 1 October 2017 in Catalonia. The images and videos in the collection are classified by town.

Collection of photographs by Diana Daves in the New York Public Library on the rights of homosexuals.

Digital archive with around 12,000 images of the French Revolution. All the images can be used for non-commercial purposes.

Collection of images of the Spanish Civil War in the Biblioteca Nacional de España (Spanish National Library).

Collections of photographs of different historical moments. Each article contains an explanation of the moment and a set of related photographs.

Collection featuring 27,892 images of the Second World War. All the photographs are classified by country.