All the museums and libraries below offer millions of FREE royalty-free images of their collections. These images can be used in their entirety or as an element of your design.
Smithsonian Open Access
This archive of images includes photographs of objects in their collection. The postcards are my favorite.
The Met
Fine art is all forms and photographs of items from their collection.
Getty Museum
Historic photos from around the world and images of objects in their collection.
Library of Congress
Photos of historic figures, advertisements, posters, maps
National Gallery of Art
50,000 images of fine art that can be filtered by time period and style
NASA
Click “Trending & Popular” for stunning photos of space or search for specific things including images of astronaut life.
