Over 200 years of visual culture in trusted hands.
What will you discover?
What will you discover?
Step into the Archive
Build deeper connections with your audience through visual storytelling that draws on material you won’t find anywhere else.
Start by exploring our online library of archival treasures, alongside comprehensive collections from major partners like the BBC, NBC, AFP, and Condé Nast.
Our physical collections in the UK, the US and France house millions more historic videos and glorious analog images—all looked after and made accessible by specialist teams.
“The Getty Images Archive collection completely shaped our project. We made two hours of film based on all those photos that had never been seen before.”
Tas Brooker, Producer
The past is closer than you think
Connect with audiences hungry to see more of the recent past by telling stories with our content from the 80s, 90s, and post‑2000.
If you want imagery that reaches further back, our archive can take you to the early photography of the 1800s and beyond through etchings and ephemera.
Our team can help you access our extensive offline material—including content from the BBC and NBC.
Our Archive locations
The Hulton Archive, London, UK
The biggest single concentration of our archival material—the world’s largest commercial collection of photography under one roof—awaits you in London’s Canning Town.
“I remember first walking into the Hulton Archive and being blown away by the sheer vastness of its collections and just imagining the kinds of exhibitions and books that could be birthed from its holding.”
Renée Mussai, Curator‑Scholar
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