You can now download 150,000 copyright-free art works from Paris’ museums

guest · Jan 30, 2020

You can now download 150,000 copyright-free art works from Paris’ museums
January 30, 2020
https://thenextweb.com/creativity/2020/01/30/paris-museums-digital-images-free/

The internet just got over 150,000 high-definition images of historic art to turn into memes — without any fear of breaking copyright laws. Well, sort of.

As part of its Open Content initiative, Paris Musées — a consortium of 14 Parisian museums — revealed it’s making 150,000 digital reproductions of art works from its collection available for use entirely free of charge. The images include pieces from legendary names like Rembrandt and Van Dyck, as well as many others.

“The launch of Open Content will mark a new stage in Paris Musées’ digitisation [sic] policy,” the institution said.
“Making this data available guarantees that our digital files can be freely accessed and reused by anyone or everyone, without any technical, legal or financial restraints, whether for commercial use or not,” the statement read further.
What’s particularly useful is that you can filter the Open Content collection by author, genre, date, and even color. Pretty cool.
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In the meantime, you can browse Open Content by clicking here.
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PetaPixel: Paris Museums Put 60,000+ Historic Photos Online, Copyright-Free

Paris Musées, a group of 14 public museums in Paris, has made a splash by releasing high-res digital images for over 100,000 artworks through a new online portal. All the works were released to the public domain (CC0, or “No Rights Reserved”), and they include 62,599 historic photos by some of the most famous French photographers such as Eugene Atget.

“Paris Musées is a public entity that oversees the 14 municipal museums of Paris, including the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Petit Palais, and the Catacombs,” writes Hyperallergic.
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Paris Musées: Open content: 150,000 works from the museum collections of the city of paris, freely available

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