465,000+ open images from the Metropolitan Museum now on JSTOR

Fon. Elephant figure. 19th c. Image and data from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

More than 465,000 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York are now freely available on JSTOR. The Museum has made all images of public domain works in its collection available under Creative Commons Zero (CC0), which means that all JSTOR users are free to download, share, and remix them without restriction.

The release is part of the ongoing integration of Artstor on JSTOR, and they join the millions of freely accessible articles, books, and primary sources on the platform.

By combining scholarship, images, and primary sources in the same environment, JSTOR strengthens the depth and quality of research, inspires innovative connections, and sparks unexpected discoveries.