The Image Library consists of digital images, color transparencies, 35mm slides, and black-and-white photographs documenting the Museum's vast and rich collection. Many of these images are available to license for study, editorial, and commercial usage.

* Please note that as of July 1, 2009, Art Resource is acting as the Museum's primary agent for the worldwide distribution and fulfillment of all external licensing requests for Metropolitan Museum of Art images.

Art Resource will supply high-quality digital images made by the staff of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. To submit a request, please use our image request form, which will be submitted directly to Art Resource.

If you have a pending transaction with us, we will continue to assist you with your current order.

Scholarly Publishing

ARTstor Images for Academic Publishing (IAP): The Museum has made available a number of high-resolution digital images of Met objects to the scholarly community for specific uses only. Selected Museum images are distributed via the Images for Academic Publishing (IAP) service of ARTstor under terms of a limited license called the Scholars License. These selected images are available for free to scholars affiliated with ARTstor and who are publishing journal articles, small print-run publications (up to two thousand copies), electronic reference materials, or classroom materials.

Unaffiliated scholars may contact either the Museum at scholars.license@metmuseum.org or ARTstor at iap@artstor.org for temporary access to this collection.

Digital images or analog material may be licensed for study, publication, or commercial use. All requests for new photography are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Upon approval, additional fees will apply.

Please use the image request form for all requests. Instructions are included on the form. If you prefer to submit your request by mail or by fax, you may print the form and send it to:

Art Resource
536 Broadway, 5th fl. (at Spring St.)
New York, NY 10012
Tel: 212-505-8700
Fax: 212-505-2053
Email: requests@artres.com

News Media
Journalists requesting images to accompany media coverage of Museum exhibitions, installations, or events may email the Communications Department at communications@metmuseum.org. More information for journalists is available in the Press Room.

The Image Library
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
Phone: 212-650-2368 or 212-650-2562
Fax: 212-396-5050
Email: image.licensing@metmuseum.org

Please note that the Museum reserves the right to deny any request at its sole discretion.

Digital images and 35mm slides of selected works of art from the Museum's collection as well as from other museums and collections around the world may be purchased from commercial vendors. These images may be used for educational purposes only and may not be published or reproduced. For permission to reproduce images of art from the Metropolitan Museum's collection, please refer to the information above.

Selected sources of images that include works of art in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art are listed below. Catalogues and further details can be obtained from the individual sources.

Saskia, Ltd./Scholars Resource
5 Horizon Lane
Freeport, ME 04032
877-SASKIA2 or 877-727-5422
http://www.scholarsresource.com/browse/image_set/790

Selected digital images of objects in the Museum's collection are now available on the Scholars Resource website for licensing by educational institutions for study and presentation purposes.

Davis Art Images
50 Portland Street
Worcester, MA 01608
800-533-2847
http://www.davis-art.com/Portal/DAI/DAIdefault.aspx?curPage=DAI_AdvancedSearch

For images specific to the Museum's collection, scroll down to "Museum(s)" and select "Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York."