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Dear Colin and the rest of the MCG list, To add to the other excellent suggestions may I also recommend you look at the new Intute: Arts and Humanities service: http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/ Take a look at the Image Banks section http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=artifact72 It is a vast area and covers a lot more than what you are asking for. You might be interested, though, in a section within Image Banks on 'Finding Images', which would point you to TASI (the Technical Advisory Service for Images), which is always a good place to start when looking for images. The section, though, that you're really asking for is 'Museum and Gallery Images' http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=artifact917 This is part of 'Image Databases'. This includes the collections of the Tate, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, V&A, Manchester Art Gallery etc. I would have thought that you would have to check the individual websites about the permissions though. See also my note about a subject booklet for *the Visual Arts* below. *Some background about Intute* As you may know, July 13th saw the relaunch of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN) as Intute with a complete overhaul of its organisation and online services. Intute: Arts and Humanities is one of four subject groups in the new service and results from a merging of the Humbul Humanities Hub and Artifact. Intute: Arts and Humanities is led by Oxford University in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University. An official press release from Intute is included below. Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research, selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists. Improving on the services offered by the RDN, Intute now offers sophisticated cross-disciplinary and advanced searching, and allows users to save, tag and export Intute records by means of a free personal MyIntute account. *Visual Arts subject booklet* Intute: Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce the publication of 'Internet Resources for the Visual Arts'. Sponsored by the publishers CSA and the H.W. Wilson Art Collection, this free 16-page booklet is a guide to the best of the Web the Visual Arts. It is available to download as a PDF from http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/support.html You may also order FREE copies from Intute: Arts and Humanities via http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/feedback.html. *New Intute feature: Limelight* Limelight, from Intute: Arts and Humanities, is a regular feature which showcases topical subjects, new and noteworthy websites, or forthcoming events, exhibitions or festivals. Each feature gives information, links to related sites in the Intute: Arts and Humanities database and suggestions for possible searches. Recently, Limelight focused on Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), and Ian Hamilton Finlay, and the Italian Renaissance http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/limelightfront.pl More arts-related topics will be in the Limelight soon, so watch this space! *New Web address* The new Web address for Intute: Arts and Humanities is http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/ If you maintain a website which links to Humbul, Artifact or the Resource Discovery Network then we would be grateful if you could update the links to point to the new Intute Website. The Humbul and Artifact websites still remain but will no longer be updated. *New email list* As part of the reorganisation we have merged together the [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] into a single email list for announcements, [log in to unmask] The archives for both lists are available, together with instructions for leaving or joining the list, at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/intute-artsandhumanities. We would be very pleased to receive your comments and suggestions about Intute: Arts and Humanities. Please send feedback about any aspect of the service here: http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/feedback.html. Please feel free to circulate this email within your institution and subject associations. Kind regards, Alun Edwards Service Manager Intute: Arts and Humanities ---- *Press release* Intute: the best of the Web London. 13th July 2006. Intute was launched today at an event held at the Wellcome Trust. Intute is the new face of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN), and is a free national service enabling lecturers, researchers and students to discover and access quality Internet resources. Intute exists to advance education and research by promoting the most intelligent use of the Internet. Caroline Williams, Executive Director of Intute said, "the environment in which we operate is rapidly changing. Issues of trust and quality are real concerns for our users, and we have responded to this by creating a new service which takes the best of the RDN and streamlines it into one easy to use interface." She explains, "the Intute database makes it possible to discover the best and most relevant resources on the Internet. You can explore and discover trusted information, assured that it has been evaluated by subject specialists." Intute is hosted by MIMAS at The University of Manchester, and is a collaboration between a whole host of partners and contributors. At the heart of the organisation is a consortium of seven universities, bringing together a wealth of expertise and knowledge. Intute is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), with support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Intute is freely available at http://www.intute.ac.uk/ -- Alun Edwards Service Manager Intute: Arts and Humanities Oxford University Computing Services 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN Tel: 01865 283 347 Fax: 01865 273 275 Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/ Colin Hynson wrote: > Apologies for cross-posting > > Dear all, > > I have been commissioned to write an article on on-line image banks that > schools can access and use in the classroom. These need to be image > collections where schools have permission to copy for classroom use only and > without infringing copyright at all. > > I already have some good websites and CD-ROMs but I am on the look-out for > some good museum/gallery/library/archive websites or CD-ROMs that have image > collections that pupils can use in their own work. > > All the best, > > Colin Hynson > T: 01603 479463 > M: 07776 121172 > > ************************************************** > For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk > ************************************************** > ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************