# Rijksmuseum Open Data

The Rijksmuseum's open data portal: metadata for 800,000 collection objects, high-resolution photos of 600,000 of them, library records and vocabularies, served by keyless APIs, IIIF and bulk downloads.

- Category: Museums and open art · by Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
- Website: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/
- Live data: no
- Checked on the official pages: 2026-10-23

## API

- Official API: yes, docs https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/docs/
- Key needed: no
- Price: Free
- Base URL: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/search/collection
- Formats: json-ld, n-triples, iiif, xml

Example request:

```
https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/search/collection?creator=Vermeer&type=painting
```

## Data and license

- Download: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/docs/data-dumps (n-triples (tar.gz))
- License: Public Domain / CC0 for most items; CC BY 4.0 where copyright applies (https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/policy/); covers Collection data and images marked Public Domain or CC0 (CC BY 4.0 items need credit; items still under copyright are excluded)
- Commercial use OK
- Credit depends on the item
- Can be embedded
- Quote (api_official): "You can use the OAI-PMH API , the Search API or the LDES API to harvest collection data. The complete collection is also available for download ." (https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/docs/)
- Quote (api_key): "The API is available at the following URL. No API key is needed. GET https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/search/collection" (https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/docs/search)
- Quote (formats): "The metadata is represented in the CIDOC-CRM (scoped to Linked Art ) and Schema.org conceptual models, and serialized as application/n-triples ." (https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/docs/data-dumps)
- Quote (commercial): "According to our policy, much of the information and data on the Rijksmuseum's collection website and through our open data services can be freely used, including for commercial purposes, without needing to request permission." (https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/policy/)
- Quote (attribution): "In some cases, copyright does apply. If so, a Creative Commons BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence is indicated. This allows you to use the material, as long as you acknowledge the Rijksmuseum as the source." (https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/policy/)
- Quote (embed): "For much of the information and data on the collection website, you will find a Public Domain or Creative Commons Zero (CC0) Public Domain Dedication under the copyright notice, meaning you can use the material freely" (https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/policy/)
- Quote (restrictions): "The collection website also contains information and data that are not freely available, such as photographs of objects that are still under copyright." (https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/policy/)
- Quote (endorsement): "The use of Rijksmuseum data and services does not imply the Rijksmuseum's approval, endorsement, or support of any particular project, organization, or application built using this data." (https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/)
- Quote (api_price): "So that everyone can use our data services, the Rijksmuseum operates an Open Data policy." (https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/)

## Rules for an agent

- The Search API needs no key but returns only Linked Art identifiers (id.rijksmuseum.nl/...); resolve each id for details and image links, and page with pageToken.
- Check each object's copyright notice: PD/CC0 is free, CC BY 4.0 needs 'Rijksmuseum' credit, and copyrighted photos are off-limits.
- Do not imply Rijksmuseum endorses your app.
- Use the data dumps or OAI-PMH/LDES for full harvests rather than paging the Search API.

## Build ideas on AgentGid

- [Art of the day from public-domain museum collections](https://agentgid.com/resources/ideas/art-of-the-day/agent.md)

Human page: https://agentgid.com/resources/rijksmuseum-data-services/
Source: AgentGid (agentgid.com). Facts are quoted from the site's own pages; check the license page before you ship.