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24 alternatives to Smithsonian Open Access

2.8 million high-res images for anyone to download free.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Smithsonian Open Access launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Download Hi-Res Public Domain Art, Posters and Illustrations▲550
Browse and download high-resolution, public domain Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations and Posters.
2020 · artvee.com · its alternatives →
2
Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days▲357
Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project. Better than any royalty free or stock photos.
2013 · unsplash.com · its alternatives →
3
Good Free Photos▲290
Large free stock photo site with thousands of public photos
2016 · its alternatives →
4
Openverse▲12
Browse over 500 million images, available for reuse
2022 · openverse.org · its alternatives →
5
I made a site to catalogue 10,000 CC0-licensed stock photos▲310
The Finda Photo Service is down for maintenance and upgrading. We will return soon.
2016 · finda.photo · its alternatives →
6
BucketListly Photos 2.0▲127
7000+ Free creative common travel photos anyone can use
2018 · bucketlistly.cloudflareaccess.com · its alternatives →
7
100 Free User Pics▲280
Free avatars created for design projects
2021 · userpics.craftwork.design · its alternatives →
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Skuawk Public Domain Photos▲362
A large collection of free and artistically loud photos
2015 · skuawk.com · its alternatives →
9
3D Bay▲229
Royalty free 3D stock images
2021 · cakhiatvttbdg.tv · its alternatives →
10
Louvre Museum Online▲148
Explore the entirety of the Louvre's collection for free
2021 · collections.louvre.fr · its alternatives →
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100,000 Humans That Don't Exist▲259
Full-body model photos for your projects, free & worry-free
2022 · generated.photos · its alternatives →
12
10M▲3
Art Discovery Engine | 110,000+ Public Domain Works
Mar 2026 · 10m.co · its alternatives →
13
CC Search – search engine for 300M CC-licensed images▲375
2019 · search.creativecommons.org · its alternatives →
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CC Search by Creative Commons▲81
Aggregates images/media with creative commons licenses
2019 · search.creativecommons.org · its alternatives →
15
Low Poly Art▲220
World's largest free collection of low polygon backgrounds
2018 · its alternatives →
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Skuawk Public Domain Images▲67
Gorgeous collection of photos chosen for their originality
2021 · skuawk.com · its alternatives →
17
Ultimate Avatar Library▲165
Hundreds of free avatar illustrations for websites and apps.
2020 · its alternatives →
18
The Great 78 Project▲103
Listen to over 400,000 digitized 78rpm vinyl recordings
2023 · its alternatives →
19
Pond5 Free Collection▲128
Thousands of high-quality videos, images, and music tracks
2021 · pond5.com · its alternatives →
20
3D illustrations▲164
Over 141,000 customizable 3D illustrations
2023 · iconscout.com · its alternatives →
21
Freellustrations▲215
Illustrations for landing pages
2019 · its alternatives →
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Public Art - Street Art Museum▲111
Discover street art photos found with ML from 170+ countries
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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ISO Republic▲68
Thousands of free high-resolution CC0 photos and videos.
2019 · isorepublic.com · its alternatives →
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The New York Public Library Digital Collections▲136
67K+ tems digitized from The NY Public Library's collections
2016 · digitalcollections.nypl.org · its alternatives →

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