The Smithsonian Institution is releasing 2.8 million high-res images from its massive collection into the public domain, putting them online for anyone to use and download for free.
“2.8 million high-res images for anyone to download free.”
Smithsonian Open Access launched on Product Hunt on February 27th, 2020 and earned 159 upvotes and 7 comments, placing #9 on the daily leaderboard. The Smithsonian Institution is releasing 2.8 million high-res images from its massive collection into the public domain, putting them online for anyone to use and download for free.
Smithsonian Open Access was featured in Art (20.1k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Smithsonian Open Access?
Smithsonian Open Access was hunted by ctrlplay. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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