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Open Access at The Met
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in GeneralData about The Met collection, including over 492,000 images of public-domain artworks, available for free and unrestricted use. Browse more than 492,000 Open Access works in The Online Collection by selecting the Open Access filter in search. All Open Access images also have an “OA” icon, , at the lower left of the image.
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The Voynich Manuscript
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in GeneralThere are countless objects that defy understanding, but the Voynich manuscript is perhaps one of the most confounding. Named after the rare books collector Wilfrid Voynich, who acquired it in 1912, the manuscript continues to baffle skilled cryptologists to this day. In fact, it’s never even been deciphered.
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Lilies & Roses Restored illustrations of Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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in GeneralFrom Open Culture:Behold a Digital Restoration of 655 Plates of Roses & Lilies by Pierre-Joseph Redouté: The Greatest Botanical Illustrator of All Time Pierre-Joseph Redouté made his name by painting flowers, an achievement impossible without a meticulousness that exceeds all bounds of normality. He published his three-volume collection Les Roses and his eight-volume collection Les Liliacées between 1802 and 1824, and…
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Metropolitan Museum of Art – Open Access
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in GeneralNew York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is making all public domain works in its collection available online for both scholarly and commercial purposes, it announced today. The new Open Access policy also introduces partnerships between the museum and Creative Commons, Wikimedia, Artstor, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Art Resource, and Pinterest. https://www.metmuseum.org/policies/image-resourcesTo identify these images, look for the…