Not sure of the provenance of an image? TinEye is a reverse image search engine. Submit an image to TinEye to determine it's origin, how it's being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. TinEye uses image identification technology.
To filter your Google Image search by image rights, click on the "Search Tools" button and then click on "Usage Rights" to choose how to filter your search.
Photo management and sharing site and the terms of use or a contact name are generally displayed. To easily pinpoint images for use in teaching, presentations, and classwork limit to "Commercial Use & Mods allowed."
A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 11th to mid-19th centuries. The images are meant for educational and personal purposes. They are optimized for best viewing online but not print reproduction.
Centralized access to locally created digital collections as well as additional resources for teaching, learning, and research. Collections include images, audio, and video files.
Images for online viewing only. "One of the largest on-line museums on the internet. A work in progress that features tens of thousands of high quality images of the greatest painters and sculptors in human history."
The Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.
More the 300,000 electronic images from a number of archival repositories and museums at the Smithsonian. Covers diverse subject areas including women in history, jewelry, postage stamps, and American gardens.
VADS provides services to the academic community and has built up a considerable portfolio of visual art collections comprising over 100,000 images that are freely available and copyright cleared for use in learning, teaching and research in the UK. VADS offers advice and guidance to the visual arts research, teaching and learning communities on all aspects of digital resource management from funding, through delivery and use, to preservation.
The California State University IMAGE Project containing approximately 80,000 images. global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. Images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes.