The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 400,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
On Friday, The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that 'more than 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website for non-commercial use.' Even better, the images can be used at no charge (and without getting permission from the museum). In making this announcement, the Met joined other world-class museums in putting put large troves of digital art online.