Open Content Program
Making images from Getty’s collections freely available for study, teaching, and enjoyment
Project Details
- Category
- Years 2013 – present
- Status
- Organizer
An Allegory of Painting, 1661, Frans van Mieris the Elder. Oil on copper, 5 × 3 1/2 in. Getty Museum, 82.PC.136
About
Goal
The Open Content Program makes high-resolution images of public domain artwork from the Getty collections freely available, without restrictions, to advance the research, teaching, and practice of art and art history.
The initiative also aims to support and promote the open-access movement among museums and cultural heritage institutions in removing barriers to the use of cultural heritage images.
Outcomes
Since 2013, over 160,000 images of public-domain art and archives in the Getty collections have been made freely available. Cataloging, digitization, rights review, and publishing of the collections are ongoing, adding more images to the Program monthly.
Images in the Open Content Program regularly appear in academic and commercial publications, products and merchandise, and movies and TV.
Getty Search Gateway
Thousands of free images from Getty collections available for download and reuse
Contact the Team
Getty Museum Rights & Reproductions
For inquiries about Open Content images from Getty’s art collection
Getty Research Institute Rights & Reproductions
For inquiries about Open Content Program images from Getty’s archival and special collections
News
- 2020
Article
How to Use Getty Open Content for Your Custom Zoom Background
- 2016
Article
Digitized Images by Wim Swaan Available as Open Content
- 2013
Press Release
Getty Releases Second Batch of Open Content Images, More Than Doubling Number Available to the Public
- 2013
Article
5,400 Images from the Getty Research Institute Now Available as Open Content
- 2013
Press Release
Getty Announces Open Content Program Lifting Restrictions on Use of Digital Images
