Public domain assets
The Met Collection
A searchable online collection from The Metropolitan Museum of Art with many public domain images.
Open originalWhat it is
The Met Collection is useful because the image, metadata, and object page stay together, which makes citation less fragile.
Why worth a look
A searchable online collection from The Metropolitan Museum of Art with many public domain images.
Good for
- Finding art object records with image and metadata.
- Studying materials, periods, and collection provenance.
How to start
- Search a material, period, or object type.
- Filter for public domain images when you need reuse options.
Best first click
Open The Met Collection and start here: Search a material, period, or object type.
Trust facts
- Pricing
- Free
- Login required
- No
- Open source
- No
- API available
- No
- License
- Public-domain or collection-specific terms; verify the original source.
- Risk
- Pricing, login requirements, and availability can change; last human check: 2026-07-08.