June 2025

The Met Collection

Scratch Notes

example search URL that includes a list of object IDs in the result:

https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/search?hasImages=true&q=dragon

Can also add `&isHighlight=true`

example object URL:

https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/471062

Note: these URLs can be called directly from a page on other sites (i.e. no issues with CORS)

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection

https://metmuseum.github.io/

CVS FILE here:

https://github.com/metmuseum/openaccess

The CSV file is 300+MB. TBD if that's basically everything in the API?

https://github.com/metmuseum

https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/met-collection-api-2

TODO: Check out: https://artsandculture.google.com/

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