SiteFigma, Assets & Media · Public domain archives
Not-for-profit journal curating and contextualising strange public-domain art, prints and books, with downloadable collections.
Why it’s a gem
Editorial curation of the public domain - the source of most 'where did they find that' imagery.
Hundreds of thousands of scientific plates, botanical and zoological illustrations pulled from digitised natural history literature.
Consolidated searchable archive of NASA imagery and video with EXIF data and multiple resolutions, generally free to use.
Aggregated search across thousands of European galleries, libraries, archives and museums with per-item reuse rights.
CC0 collection of restored and digitally enhanced public-domain artwork, vintage illustration and pattern scans.
One million public-domain illustrations mechanically extracted from digitised 17th-19th century books, released for open reuse.
5.1 million CC0 2D and 3D digital items from Smithsonian museums, libraries, archives and the National Zoo, with an API.