Open Educational Resources

A search engine from Creative Commons that finds CC-licensed images and resources across several platforms, including Flickr, Thingiverse, and several major museums. Searches can be limited by reuse terms.

VPRO, a Dutch public broadcaster, presents interviews and in-depth conversations with leading thinkers and scientists around the world to discuss our most pressing questions including robotics, space travel, and AI. All videos are available under a CC BY-SA license, and encourage users to edit, remix, and modify the videos.

NASA's collections of images, video, and audio. Not all the images are in the public domain, but are generally available to use. For more information, see NASA's media usage guidelines at the bottom of their webpage.

NOAA's extensive collection of public domain photographs. All images are available for download for any use.

Over 2 million icons are available for free use with attribution.

A database of free, open, and/or accessible images from museum works to modern patterns and stock images. Each entry gives details on how the images in a particular collection can be used.

High quality stock images and videos that are free to use without attribution.

Over 1 million free images and videos that are free to use. Like Pexels, these can be used without attribution.

A repository of free stock photos and videos. They are free to use and incorporate into projects, presentations, and more.

Public Work is a search engine for public domain content. Explore 100,000+ copyright-free images from The MET, New York Public Library, and other sources.

TED Talks are short videos presentations from researchers, experts, and professionals on nearly any topic. The presentations tend to be idea focused rather than academic lectures. TED and TEDx videos are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, and are free to access and share.

A collection of openly licensed sound effects, samples, and some music.

CC-licensed music in a variety of genres and styles. It can be streamed online, or downloaded for use in projects.

High quality textures for use with 3D modeling or animations. The growing asset library is all released under a CC0 license for use with no restrictions at all.

A collection of 3D resources, textures, and visualizations provided by NASA. They are provided as public domain items, or without copyright restrictions.

An ambitious project to 3D scan as many cultural artifacts as possible. Scans are available under various licenses, and contributed by museums around the world.

Sketchfab offers both free, CC-licensed models, and paid models through their website.

The Smithsonian Collection of 3D models. These are not CC-licensed, but openly available to download and grant broad permissions for personal and educational use. See "Terms of Service" on their website for specific terms.