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Art Institute of Chicago API
Searchable museum collection with IIIF images and CC0 works, no key
The Art Institute of Chicago API is a keyless REST/JSON service over the museum's public collection data, with full-text and faceted search, IIIF image manifests, and tens of thousands of public-domain (CC0) images. No registration or key is required. It is well documented and supports filtering results to public-domain works.
Free tier
Free, no key; courtesy AIC-User-Agent header requestedRate limits
Anonymous throttle ~60 requests/minute per IP; send an AIC-User-Agent with contact info (email [email protected] for higher limits)Auth
No keyBase URL
https://api.artic.edu/api/v1What you'd build with it
- Build art-discovery features with high-quality IIIF imagery
- Source CC0 fine-art images for generated content
- Faceted museum-data exploration as an agent tool
Key endpoints
- GET
/artworks/searchFull-text search over artworks (?q=) - GET
/artworks/{id}Get a single artwork with metadata and image_id - GET
/artworksList/paginate artworks with field selection
Members
Members get the runnable recipe
Sign in free to copy the example request, see a sample response, and read the gotchas.
Tags
artimagespublic-domainmuseumiiif