Rijksmuseum gives access to the collection via api

The Rijksmuseum has an api available that allows programs or websites can access data and images of about a hundred thousand objects. Using the api allows various applications to be built.

According to the Amsterdam-based museum exists in the dataset via the api accessible object descriptions and digital images of objects and kustobjecten from the middle Ages to the late nineteenth century. The images are offered in jpeg format, while the descriptions according to the metadatastandaard Dublin Core.

The Rijksmuseum says the api to have developed his collection of Dutch heritage better with the public to be able to share. Developers who want to access the api must have a key. The Rijksmuseum already has a number of web applications built on the basis of its api. In addition, the museum is also virtually through the Google Art Project to visit.