Not too far back, I had something here on MattChat about the Smithsonian making available a HUUUUUGE database of digital images for viewing/download.
See: https://matthonnold.blogspot.com/2020/02/smithsonian-archive.html
Well now, the British have expanded theirs too:
To help slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the British Museum will sadly remain shuttered for the foreseeable future. But officials at the London institution are still serving up a daily dish of culture via the museum’s website, which houses a vast repository of digitized items from its collections.
A total of 1.9 million British Museum images—280,000 of which are new additions—are now available to view online, reports Sarah Cascone for artnet News. Released under a Creative Commons 4.0 license, all of these photographs are free to download, adapt and use for non-commercial purposes—so long as the museum is credited. And, for the first time since the online catalog launched in 2007, users can explore the 4.5 million objects digitized to date on mobile phones and tablets.
(https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-museum-makes-19-million-images-free-download-180974799/)
Check out that new British archive here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
See: https://matthonnold.blogspot.com/2020/02/smithsonian-archive.html
Well now, the British have expanded theirs too:
To help slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the British Museum will sadly remain shuttered for the foreseeable future. But officials at the London institution are still serving up a daily dish of culture via the museum’s website, which houses a vast repository of digitized items from its collections.
A total of 1.9 million British Museum images—280,000 of which are new additions—are now available to view online, reports Sarah Cascone for artnet News. Released under a Creative Commons 4.0 license, all of these photographs are free to download, adapt and use for non-commercial purposes—so long as the museum is credited. And, for the first time since the online catalog launched in 2007, users can explore the 4.5 million objects digitized to date on mobile phones and tablets.
(https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-museum-makes-19-million-images-free-download-180974799/)
Check out that new British archive here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt