Getty makes 4600 images available to the public

At Hampshire, we get excited about all open content projects that serve to benefit our library patrons.      We have added this new link to Getty Open Content Program on our libguide for finding images.

Read below for more information on this exciting new development:

On August 12, the Getty announced that it was lifting restrictions on the use of images to which the Getty holds all the rights or are in the public domain. Getty President and CEO Jim Cuno made the announcement in a post on The Iris, the Getty’s blog.”As of today, the Getty makes available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds all the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose,” wrote Cuno, citing the new program.

As a result, there are roughly 4,600 images from the J. Paul Getty Museum available in high resolution on the Getty’s website for use without restriction—representing 4,689objects (some images show more than one object), including paintings, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, antiquities and sculpture and decorative arts. The Getty plans to add other images, until eventually all applicable Getty-owned or public domain images are available, without restrictions, online.

“This is part of an ongoing effort to make the work of the Getty freely and universally available,” said Cuno.