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# Smithsonian Open Access

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**Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access,**where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to more than 4.9 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 21 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

What will you create?

#SmithsonianOpenAccess
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About Open AccessFAQValuesUsage StatisticsUpdatesFeatured PlatformsDeveloper Tools
Tap into nearly two centuries of data using the Smithsonian API and GitHub repository.
3D Voyager
View, interact, and download Smithsonian 3D content.
Smithsonian Learning Lab
Build lesson plans and projects with open access resources.
Smithsonian Figshare
Discover research datasets from Smithsonian researchers in a variety of disciplines.
Explore Remixes with Smithsonian Open Access ContentDownload an Illustrated Book Designed by AstroNutsListen to Music Recorded by Teens and Chris FunkExplore Artworks by Amy Karle Using 3D Data**Remixes by:**Access Smithsonian, Amazon Web Services-Sumerian, Amy Karle, An Open Book Foundation, AstroNuts, Autodesk Tinkercad, Cesium, Chris Funk & N M Bodecker Foundation, Creative Commons, Duke University-MorphoSource, Georgetown University Maker Hub in Lauinger Library, Google Arts & Culture, The Khronos Group, MHz Foundation, Michael Joo, Matthew Putman, and James J. Williams III, Sketchfab, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, Smithsonian Data Science Lab, Smithsonian Libraries & Museum in a Box, Wikimedia DCSee Remixes »
The Smithsonian Open Access launch event is presented in partnership with:

Data hosting provided by AWS Public Dataset Program

Contact: openaccess@si.edu

The Smithsonian Open Access launch event is presented in partnership with:

Data hosting provided by AWS Public Dataset Program

Contact: openaccess@si.edu
  Open Access Highlights-  Lockheed Vega 5B, Amelia Earhart 
-  The Girl I Left Behind Me 
-  Cathedral Window Quilt 
-  Peacock Side Chair 
-  Treaty of Greenville medal 
-  Alto saxophone owned and played by Charlie Parker 
-  Olivetti Studio 46 Typewriter Used by Octavia Butler 
-  Cymbidium Crowning Moment 'Orange Princess' 
-  Pinback Button, Home Rule Charter, Yes! 
-  Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur 
-  Banded iron 
-  Command Module, Apollo 11 
-  Buddha draped in robes portraying the Realms of Existence 
-  Jar 
-  Placard stating "HONOR KING: END RACISM" carried in 1968 Memphis March 
-  African Lion 
-  24c Curtiss Jenny invert single 
-  *The Negro Motorist Green-Book* 
-  Wilson Bentley Photomicrograph of Stellar Snowflake No. 990 
-  Bell X-1 
-  Buddha Amitabha (Amita) and the Eight Great Bodhisattvas 
-  Tin for Madame C.J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower 
-  Smithsonite 
-  In the Sunlight 
-  The Death of Cleopatra 
-  Patent Model, Multiple Effect Vacuum Evaporator 
-  1903 Wright Flyer 
-  George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) 
-  Boxing headgear worn by Muhammad Ali 
-  Banner with motto of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs 
-  Frederick Douglass 
-  Cat in Eakins's Yard 
-  Sea Post Clerk John Starr March's pocket watch 
-  Pocahontas 
-  Owney the dog 
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