Victoria and Albert Museum

V&A Explore the Collections The V&A's online database opens more than a million catalog records and over half a million object images. It rewards precise searching: phrase searches, AND, OR, exclusions and fuzzy matching narrow a broad term like "mantua" quickly, and a date range trims it further. Images download at up to 2,500 pixels on the long side and are free for personal study, teaching and student coursework. Non-commercial websites and academic e-publications may use them for up to five years, shown at no more than 768 pixels on the long side. Anything commercial, from exhibition displays to products and advertising, goes through the museum's image licensing team.