EMBL-EBI recently launched a new central, open data resource for biological images, called BioImage Archive. Here, researchers are able to freely store, share and access biological images, with the goal to accelerate scientific discoveries. Pilot projects, such as the Electron Microscopy Public Image Archive (EMPIAR), and collaborations, such as the Cell- and Tissue- Image Data Resource (IDR), have laid the groundwork for the creation of the BioImage Archive. BioImage Archive can be accessed here.