Art, music and literature
These illustrations and photographs are free for any kind of educational use - whether you are a teacher creating topic worksheets or looking for ideas to spark creative writing, or a pupil who needs illustrations for a presentation or website.
Just select the collection you are interested in and have a look at the thumbnail images.
Most of the illustrations are available in both full-colour versions and in black and white.
Copyright
You can use these images for educational purposes without worrying about cost or copyright. All we ask is that you don't sell them and you credit LTS when you use them. For full details, please see the copyright statement.
Fairytales and stories
Mermaids, knights, princesses, pirates, astronauts, and other characters from stories and fairytales along with animals, scenes and common items from stories.
Paintings of fantasy and imagination
Enter the world of the imagination, stories and legends, with these paintings of fantasy and imagination from the Royal Scottish Academy. A reproduction of every painting can be downloaded and there's more information about each one online.
Musical instruments for young children
Instruments often used in educational settings, such as maracas, tambourine, drum, triangle and recorder.
Musical instruments
Handy pictures of musical instruments from flutes, pianos and cellos to bagpipes, accordions and electric guitars, plus more unusual instruments such as ouds and kalimbas.
Burns Night
A portrait of Rabbie Burns, and a plate of haggis, neeps and tatties to help your school celebrate the well loved Scottish poet.
Images from the Royal Scottish Academy
A selection of the works of 140 artists, who are either Scottish or have a strong Scottish connection. Every image can be downloaded or printed and each one is accompanied by brief information about the work, an artist's biography and a critical commentary.
Literary genre posters
A series of eye-catching posters designed to help pupils understand the main features of different literary genres. Each poster contains a description of the traits of a specific genre coded to indicate whether the trait relates to the plot, characters, setting or other aspects of writing such as style and tone. The posters can be downloaded and printed in A4 and A3 size.
The Murthly Hours
Feast your eyes on the people, animals and activities of medieval times with illustrations from The Murthly Hours, a richly decorated manuscript from the 13th century. Zoom in to see the details on the pages and get the historical and cultural context from National Library of Scotland curators.
Copyright
These images are the copyright of Learning and Teaching Scotland and are provided as a royalty-free educational resource for educational use in Scotland. By downloading an image you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this licence.
You may copy, distribute and display an image, and make derivative works based on the image. Learning and Teaching Scotland must be credited as the source of the original image. You may not sell or permit third parties to sell or license an image. If you alter, transform, or build upon an image, you may distribute the resulting image only under a licence identical to this one. For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the licence terms of this work.
Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from Learning and Teaching Scotland.