What it does
NPGallery brings together National Park Service digital collections, including photographs, video, audio and maps. Browse an individual park archive or follow themes such as night skies, monuments and submerged resources.
A park archive offers a keyword field and collection selectors. Once you open an asset, its metadata lists the park, description, photographer, dates and usage constraints. Download choices can include an original JPEG and smaller versions, with pixel dimensions and file sizes shown before opening the file. Select a version, then save it from your browser.
The Acadia coastal-cliffs record, for example, has a 3,072 × 2,048 original and a Public domain constraint. Read those fields on each asset: NPS also hosts third-party material, and a publicly visible page does not make every file unrestricted. NPS credit is appreciated; commercial publications must distinguish original government work from any new copyright claim.
Strengths
- Park archives and thematic collections support different research needs.
- Asset records show download dimensions and usage constraints together.
Watch out for
- Rights vary across hosted material, including third-party photographs.
Best for
- Publishers documenting national parks and public lands
- Designers sourcing park photographs with location and date context
Sources
- NPGallery Search (Oct 27, 2026)
- Search NPGallery: Yosemite (Oct 27, 2026)
- NPGallery Asset Detail: Acadia National Park, Maine (Oct 27, 2026)
- Disclaimer | U.S. National Park Service (Oct 27, 2026)