---
title: "Access Sitecore media items"
slug: "access-sitecore-media-items"
abstract: "How to access Sitecore media items using the Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem class."
---
# Access Sitecore media items

You can use the `Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem` class to access media items. For example, you can use this class to obtain an image in the Site Media Library to display in a component. Pass a `Sitecore.Data.Items.Item` representing the media item as the first parameter to the constructor for `Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem`. For example, to access the */Sitecore/Media Library/Files/Sample* media item in the Master database:

```

Sitecore.Data.Database master = Sitecore.Configuration.Factory.GetDatabase("master");

Sitecore.Data.Items.Item item = master.GetItem("/sitecore/media library/files/sample");

Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem media = new Sitecore.Data.Items.MediaItem(item);

```