The Metropolitan Museum of digitized and posted in the open access 400 thousand exhibits

A year ago, new York's Metropolitan Museum embarked on an ambitious project to digitize and completely spread open access to its permanent collection. Very generous step for the third visited Museum in the world.

Now, if you want to use images for commercial or artistic purposes, you do not need to worry about copyright infringement — and in the collection of the Metropolitan is a place to roam, art lovers, because it has more than half a million artifacts.

To date, there have been digitized over 400 works of art in different genres. The collection includes ancient and modern art, painting, photography, sculpture, historical documents, dresses and even furniture. Users can search by their works by author name, creation time or materials used.

Terracotta head of a woman, probably of the Sphinx. Greece, fifth century BC.

Banjo — pipe with side exhalation, nationality ekonda, 1915

Caspar David Friedrich "Two men contemplating the moon", 1819

Max Beckmann "the Beginning", 1946-1949 gg.

Arched harp. 1390-1295 BC.

Relief panel, Mesopotamia, the IX century BC.

The sculpture of the three graces marble. Rome, II century BC.

Boris Grigoriev "Model", 1926

Jean Tinguely "Narva", 1961

Arkhip Kuindzhi "Red sunset on the Dnepr", 1905-1908 gg.

Photo: Shinichi Suzuki, 1870

Necklace made of gold, turquoise and lapis lazuli, Ancient Egypt, IV-III century BC.

Bowl in the shape of a Lotus, Ancient Egypt, XX-VII century BC.

"Theodosius arrives at Ephesus", France, XIII century.

Henri Rousseau, "the Repast of the lion", 1907

Henri Matisse "Olive trees", 1906

"Lion" statue of marble, IV century BC, Greece.

Head of king David, France, XII century.

Georgia O'keeffe, "cow's Skull: red, white, blue", 1931

The seated figure, the Caroline Islands, the end of XIX — beginning of XX century.

Louise Bourgeois "Eye" marble. 1982

ZAO Gongen, Japan, XI century.

Egon Schiele self-Portrait, 1914

Pablo Picasso, "Reading at a table", 1934

King Sahur and God Noma, Ancient Egypt, 2458 BC.