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  • Museums with CC0 Collections

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    Only images from these collections that are explicitly marked as CC0 can be used without further research. Not every painting at every listed museum is CC0; you must confirm the presence of a CC0 deed for the specific image you want to use.

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    Where available, these links go directly so search results for public domain paintings.

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    Met Museum
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    CC0 items have an “OA Public Domain” icon under the picture, which leads to the Met’s Open Access Initiative page that clarifies a CC0 license.
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    The Smithsonian
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    CC0 items say CC0 under Restrictions & Rights in the item details.
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    National Gallery of Art
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    CC0 items have a “0 Public Domain” icon under the picture, which leads to an Open Access policy mentioning a CC0 license.
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    Getty Museum Collection
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    CC0 items have a “0 public domain” icon that links to a CC0 license. Beware, some items say “no copyright” which is not the same as CC0 and cannot be used!
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    Yale Center for British Art
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    CC0 items have a “0 Public Domain” icon under the picture, which links to the CC0 license.
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    Yale University Art Gallery
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    CC0 items say “No Copyright - United States” under the “Object copyright” section, which links to a CC0 license.
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    Art Institute of Chicago
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    CC0 items say CC0 in the lower left of the painting in the art detail page.
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    The Walters Art Museum
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    CC0 items are listed as "CC Creative Commons License" which links to a CC0 rights page.
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    Grand Rapids Public Museum
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    CC0 items have a CC0 logo and link near the download button.
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    Minneapolis Institute of Art
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    Public domain items are listed as such under “Rights.”
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    Cleveland Museum of Art
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    CC0 items have the CC0 logo in the search results and near the download button.
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    RISD Museum
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    CC0 items have a link to the CC0 license in the “Use” section.
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    Rijksmuseum
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    Open the “Object Data” section and check the “Copyright” entry under the “Acquisition and right” section. If it says "Public domain," click through to confirm CC0.
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    Musea Brugge
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    CC0 items indicate the images are published under the CC0 license in the “Copyright” line.
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    CC0 items have “No copyright” icon and a “Free to use” notice, and the About page states that such images are released via CC0.
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    Nivaagaards Malerisamling
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    CC0 items say “Public Domain” by the picture, which leads to a license details page, which links to a CC0 license.
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    Thorvaldsens Museum
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    CC0 items have a “0” icon under the picture, which links to the “Copyright” page, which links to the CC0 license.
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    CC0 items say “Copyright Free,” and the general rights statement in the original Finnish indicates that such images are CC0 licensed.
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    Paris Musées
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    CC0 items have the CC0 logo near the download button.
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    Lenbachhaus
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    CC0 items say CC0 below the picture with a link to the CC0 license.
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    Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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    CC0 items have a CC0 icon below the picture.
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    Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
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    CC0 items say “This image may be downloaded for free” in the “Copyright and legal” section, which has a link to a disclaimer stating that KMSKA releases the photo under a CC0 license.
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    Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
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    CC0 items say “License: CC CC0 1.0” under the “License information” section. In the art metadata, “Owner of collection” must be “Lillehammer Kunstmuseum.” Any other art on digitaltmuseum.no or digitaltmuseum.se must be cleared separately.
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    National Museum in Krakow
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    CC0 items say "CC0 - Public Domain" under the Copyright section.
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    National Museum in Stockholm
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    CC-PD items have the CC-PD mark in the lower left of the item’s detail view.
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    Birmingham Museums
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    CC0 items say CC0 under the Usage Rights section in the item details.
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    Brighton & Hove Museums
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    CC0 items have the URL of the CC0 license in the “License” field.
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    Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums
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    CC0 items say “Out of copyright - CC0” on the copyright line.
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    Only images in our approved list of museums can be used without further research. These museums have explicitly released their images under the CC0 license. Not every painting at every listed museum is CC0; you must confirm the presence of a CC0 deed for the specific image you want to use. Museums not in our list may not be used as public domain proof.

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