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[Rachel Cobcroft <rachel AT creativecommons.org.au>]

Hi all,

 

An exciting announcement from the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney:

Today they're joining with Flickr 'Commons,' http://www.flickr.com/commons, as the first museum in the world to release publicly-held historical photographs for access on Flickr.  PHM joins the US Library of Congress, the world's largest photo library, which released its first images for public access in January this year.  The images are designated 'no known copyright restrictions.'

 

An initial 200 black and white images from the Powerhouse's Tyrrell Collection of Sydney life in the late 1800s and early 1900s are now available for public viewing and tagging.  They had previously been accessed by specialist audiences.

 

The PHM also publishes select images from its 'Photo of the Day' blog under Creative Commons, at

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/.

They encourage you to write feedback on their blog.  For further information on the initiative, please contact Hayley Gallant on hayleyg AT phm.gov.au.

 

Regards,

Rachel

 

Research Officer

Creative Commons Clinic

Queensland University of Technology

ph:  +61 (0)7 3138 9593
fax: +61 (0)7 3138 9395

http://creativecommons.org.au
rachel AT creativecommons.org.au