Image Services and Permissions

The National Museum of Asian Art has released approximately 5,000 images of collections objects with a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. These images are not protected by copyright and may be used for commercial and noncommercial purposes without a fee or copyright restriction. The CC0 license pertains only to the copyright status of the images. Images may be subject to other laws, such as rights of publicity or privacy. For more information about this initiative please refer to our Terms and Conditions.

Image Requests

To request image services or permission to commercially reproduce images not marked CC0, please contact our rights and reproductions office. Include as much of the following information as possible in your request:

• Contact name
• Company name
• Mailing and billing addresses
• Phone and fax numbers
• Email address
• Information about the object requested (i.e., object number, artist, title, medium, country of origin, date)
• Photographic material format and size/resolution requirements (digital or printed image, new photography services, etc.)

If you are requesting permission to commercially reproduce an image with usage conditions, please include the following information:

• Project or publication name and description (for publications, please provide as much bibliographical information as possible including title, author(s), publisher, etc.)
• Quantity (print run or estimated number of subscriptions if an online publication), Distribution, and Languages of the project.
• Please indicate if this is an educational or nonprofit project.
• Any other information that explains how you plan to use the images or media.
• If you are requesting permission to reuse an image you already have, please indicate when and where you obtained it. If applicable, include an invoice or permission number.

All requests for image services are subject to fees. Digital images are delivered via Dropbox or WeTransfer.

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Image Credits

CC0 does not require attribution, but if you wish to properly cite collection objects you will find credit details on each object page. Our suggested format for credits includes:

Freer Gallery of Art Objects or Freer Study Collection Objects:

Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: [collection or donor information], [accession number]

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Objects:

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: [collection or donor information], [accession number]

For example, an image of the Peacock Room would be credited as:

Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC: Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1904.61

Questions and Contact Information

If you have any questions or wish to send us a copy of the publication or work where you used our CC0 assets please contact our Rights and Reproductions office at the following addresses:

Rights and Reproductions Office
reprorights@si.edu

Mailing Addresses

National Museum of Asian Art
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 707
Washington, DC 20013-7012

Package and Courier Deliveries
National Museum of Asian Art
Imaging and Photographic Services
1050 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20560

Featured Image Credit

Detail, Pilgrim monks ascending a hill, from set 3 of a Hana Kurabe series of 10 sets, Bequest of John Winter, Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, FSC-GR-727.6