I think this is really exciting news. The Smithsonian has released over 2.8 million images into the public domain under Creative Commons Zero (CCo) license.
Location of material: https://www.si.edu/openaccess
License description: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Original article on the release: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-releases-28-million-images-public-domain-180974263/
Edit: fixed link
OP— the original article was 404’d
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-releases-28-million-images-public-domain-180974263/
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Thanks, fixed it in the post too.