Public Domain Media

A document compiling resources of public domain media Compiled by Di Amador; this document itself is released into the public domain General

• Wikimedia Commons PD category: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Public_domain
• Wikimedia Commons Free media sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Free_media_resources
• Wikipedia PD image sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources
• Wikipedia PD resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_resources
• Wikisource Help:Public domain: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Help:Public_domain
• Online journal and catalog of PD works: https://publicdomainreview.org/
• r/publicdomain (forum for discussion of PD): https://www.reddit.com/r/publicdomain/
• Public domain files: https://www.publicdomainfiles.com/
• Free culture sources: https://freedomdefined.org/Portal:Index
• Catalogue of PD works: https://fossilbank.wikidot.com/status:pd
• Copyright rules by territory: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory
• PD by government: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Public_domain_by_government US Federal Government
• Under US law, all works of the US Federal Government are in the public domain
• Archive of US Gov documents: https://archive.org/details/USGovernmentDocuments
• Official US Gov flickr accounts: https://www.flickr.com/groups/usagov/
• White House flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/whitehouse/
• US Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/discover/
• LoC flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/library_of_congress/
• US National Archives: https://www.archives.gov/
• US National Archives flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/usnationalarchives/
• NASA image and video library: https://images.nasa.gov/
• NASA flickr commons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons
• Smithsonian open access: https://www.si.edu/openaccess
• National Park Service image collection: https://www.nps.gov/media/multimedia-search.htm
• Fish and Wildlife Service digital library: https://digitalmedia.fws.gov/
• USDA gallery: https://photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov/res/sites/photogallery/
• US Antarctic Program photo library: https://photolibrary.usap.gov/
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration photos: https://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
• WWII posters: https://dc.library.northwestern.edu/collections/faf4f60e-78e0-4fbf-96ce-4ca8b4df597a
• Voice of America news (some content is from AP and other sources, have discretion): https://www.voanews.com/
• Voice of America files: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:PD_VOA
• FEDLINK: https://archive.org/details/fedlink
• “FedFlix”, US Gov film archive: https://archive.org/details/FedFlix?tab=collection
• Military manuals: https://archive.org/details/military-manuals
• FBI library: https://www.fbi.gov/resources/library
• FBI vault: https://vault.fbi.gov/
• CIA publications: https://www.cia.gov/resources/publications/
• CDC PHIL (some images are copyrighted, check license): https://phil.cdc.gov/ Art
• Museums that give open access pd images: https://creativelawcenter.com/museums-open-access-images/
• Collection of PD graphic illustrations: https://www.rawpixel.com/category/53/public-domain
• Another collection of vintage PD graphic illustrations: https://www.heritagetype.com/collections/free-vintage-illustrations
• Rijksmuseum gallery, over 700,000 art pieces in the PD: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio
• Art Passions, pd art by dead artists: https://www.artpassions.net/
• Karen’s Whimsy, scanned pd images: https://karenswhimsy.com/public-domain-images/
• Old Book Art (scanned pd art): https://www.oldbookart.com/
• Old Book Illustrations (scanned pd art): https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/
• From Old Books (scanned pd art): https://www.fromoldbooks.org/
• British Library flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/
• Art of Alphonse Maria Mucha: https://www.alfonsmucha.org/
• Internet Archive Book Images flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/
• Public Domain and CC silhouettes of flora and fauna: https://phylopic.org/
• The Famous Artists: https://www.thefamousartists.com/
• Web Gallery of Art: https://www.wga.hu/index1.html
• CopyrightExpired: https://www.copyrightexpired.com/
• NY Public Library: https://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain
• Reusable art: https://www.reusableart.com/
• Biodiversity Heritage Library flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/
• Compendium of Illustrations in the Public Domain: https://archive.org/details/CompendiumOfIllustrationsInThePublicDomain Photos
• Flickr “The Commons”: https://www.flickr.com/commons
• Public Domain Pictures: https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/index.php
• The Public Domain Project: https://allpublicdomain.wordpress.com/
• Picdrome public domain pictures: https://www.picdrome.com/
• Dreamstime Public Domain: https://www.dreamstime.com/free-public-domain-images
• Free images: https://free-images.com/
• Natural History Museum digitized collections in the PD: https://nhm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/collectionDiscovery?vid=44NHM_INST:44NHM_V1
• The Getty open content: https://search.getty.edu/gateway/search?q=\&cat=highlight\&f=%22Open+Content+Images%22\&rows=10\&srt=a\&dir=s\&pg=1
• CC0 photos: https://cc0.photo/
• BurningWell, pd images (mostly photos): https://www.burningwell.org/
• Pixnio: https://pixnio.com/
• DC Public Library commons flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/dcplcommons/
• Galt Museum & Archives flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/galt-museum/
• 5000 free photos: https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/
• Mexico City govt flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/140660272@N07 Clip Art
• PDclipart: https://www.pdclipart.org/
• WPClipart: https://wpclipart.com/browse.html
• Openclipart: https://openclipart.org/
• Public domain vectors: https://publicdomainvectors.org/
• ClipartSpy: https://www.clipartspy.com/
• Clker: https://www.clker.com/
• Public Domain Pagan Clipart: https://www.angelfire.com/pa2/sacredspiral/
• Graphix Slayer: https://twitter.com/GraphixSlayer/status/1327058267751804928
• FreeSVG: https://freesvg.org/ Literature
• Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/
• Project Runeberg (PD texts from Nordic countries): https://runeberg.org/
• French-language PD books: https://www.noslivres.net/
• Italian-language PD books: https://www.liberliber.it
• Catalog of illuminated manuscripts: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/welcome.htm
• Authorama: https://www.authorama.com/
• Sacred texts: https://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm
• Wikisource: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Public domain comic strip library: https://comicstriplibrary.org/
• Public domain comic books: https://comicbookplus.com/
• Digital Comic Museum: https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/ Audio
• FreePD for music tracks: https://freepd.com/
• Freesound CC0: https://freesound.org/search/?q=\&f=license%3A%22Creative+Commons+0%22\&s=score+desc\&advanced=0\&g=1
• LibriVox for PD audiobooks: https://librivox.org/
• Choral PD Library: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/
• Musopen, pd music: https://musopen.org/
  • Archive: https://archive.org/details/musopen
• ccMixter, CC music (including CC0): https://ccmixter.org/
• Open Music Archive: https://www.openmusicarchive.org/index.php
• Sound Effects Public Domain: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsJ4z8Whwy5W9OAFyAP-XA/videos
• Music No Copyright: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkOx77TSQ6z0ZWnP-Pq5yog/videos
• The Public Domain Project, gramophone recordings: https://pool.publicdomainproject.org/index.php/Main_Page
  • Commons file list of this same project: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Pdproject
• VOAMusic (US Gov): https://www.youtube.com/user/VOAMusic/featured
• US Navy Band (US Gov): https://www.youtube.com/c/usnavyband/videos
• Audio files of music by the US Navy Band: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_music_by_the_United_States_Navy_Band
• Free Music Archive public domain: https://freemusicarchive.org/search?adv=1\&music-filter-public-domain=1
• Tom Lehrer music: https://web.archive.org/web/20210713134630/https://tomlehrersongs.com/ Film
• Public Domain Movie Torrents: https://www.publicdomaintorrents.info/
• Prelinger film archives: https://archive.org/details/prelinger
• Public Domain Films: https://www.youtube.com/user/PublicDomainFilms27
• Public Domain Movies: https://publicdomainmovie.net/
• PDcomedy: https://web.archive.org/web/20211204230324/https://www.pdcomedy.com/
• Public domain footage: https://publicdomainfootage.com/
• Public domain footage (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/c/PublicDomainFootage/videos
• National Park Service B-roll: https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/photosmultimedia/b-roll_hd_index.htm
• Fesfilms: https://www.fesfilms.com/public-domain.html
• Wikiflix - PD & CC https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Spinster/WikiFlix Video Game Resources
• Public Domain 3D models: https://www.3dmodelscc0.com/
• Quaternius 3D assets (CC0): https://quaternius.com/
• Game Assets Garden: https://www.gameassetsgarden.com/
• Poly Haven: https://polyhaven.com/
• Sketchfab CC0 3D models: https://sketchfab.com/search?features=downloadable\&licenses=7c23a1ba438d4306920229c12afcb5f9\&sort_by=-relevance\&type=models
• OpenGameArt, various licenses including CC0: https://opengameart.org/
• Public domain textures: https://pdtextures.blogspot.com/
• Public domain textures: https://publicdomaintextures.com/
• CC0 textures: https://cc0textures.com/
• Abuse, a public domain video game: https://abuse.zoy.org/
• Duion: https://duion.com/art/main
• ShareTextures: https://www.sharetextures.com/
• Public domain game stuff: https://virtualworlds.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Public_Domain
• Glitch art assets: https://www.glitchthegame.com/public-domain-game-art/ Tabletop Game Resources
• https://fossilbank.wikidot.com/status:pd/p/1
• https://fossilbank.wikidot.com/category:tabletop-game-libre
• Ouroboros Cycle (TTRPG): https://sites.google.com/site/amagigames/the-ouroboros-cycle
• Hoard RPG: https://archive.org/details/Hoard-RPG
• Public domain art for TTRPGs (everything else on the website is CCBYNCSA): https://recedingrules.blogspot.com/p/public-domain-images.html
• Board games in the public domain: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepublisher/171/public-domain
• Quick-Play, a diceless RPG: https://student20productions.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/quick-play.pdf
• 4C system Superhero Roleplaying: https://archive.org/details/4cSystemSuperheroRoleplayinglibreEdition/4cSystem
• Blood, Guts, and Glory game: https://fossilbank.wdfiles.com/local–files/entry%3Ablood-guts-glory/Blood%2C%20Guts%20%26%20Glory.pdf
• Enchanted Realms: https://fossilbank.wdfiles.com/local–files/work%3Aenchanted-realms/Enchanted%20Realms%202008.pdf
• Little Wars by HG Wells: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3691
  • Floor Games by HG Wells: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3690
• Piecepack: https://piecepack.net/
  • Hexpack: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/37529/hexpackpiecepack
• Codename: Spandex (art is not pd, only text is): https://gurbintrollgames.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/codename-spandex.pdf
• Super Hero Fun: https://fossilbank.wdfiles.com/local–files/entry%3Asuper-hero-fun/Super%20Hero%20Fun.pdf
• Generator for creating coats of arms: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/599998543712878621/715256478516248726/PdnCltN.png, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heraldic_design_generator.png
• Weasels! The Game: https://web.archive.org/web/20210626025328/https://brentnewhall.com/games/doku.php?id=games:weasels
• D\&D 4E generic antagonist sheet: https://brentnewhall.com/games/Generic_Antagonist_Sheet.pdf
• Pantheon game: https://web.archive.org/web/20190211193119/https://www.1km1kt.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Pantheon_web.pdf
• Printable paper minis: https://diama1.itch.io/120-free-printable-tabletop-minis