CC0 is a legally formalised version of public domain, and this can be useful. The partnerships are to get the word out and make the images readily available fo

CC0 is a legally formalised version of public domain, and this can be useful. The partnerships are to get the word out and make the images readily available for use, so they do the job of spreading the works and publicising the works and the museum. Wikimedia blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/07/the-met-public-art-creative-commons/ https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/07/the-met-public-art-cre... tl;dr this is actually pretty awesome, and we have a Wikimedian In Residence there to help.