Rijksmuseum API

by data.rijksmuseum.nl

Image and photo Added on October 31st, 2026 Checked and working on November 2nd, 2026

What it does

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam offers its collection as open data: a Search API to find objects by title, creator, type and more, a resolver for full object metadata, OAI-PMH and LDES for harvesting, and IIIF for high-resolution images. Metadata is Linked Art (JSON-LD). Free, no key needed; most images are in the public domain.

API
HTTP-GET
JSON
REST

At a glance

API key: Not needed · More APIs with no key
Pricing: Free, no key needed; most images are in the public domain.
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Formats: JSON
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
Provider: data.rijksmuseum.nl
Last checked: Working on November 2nd, 2026

More information: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/

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HTML

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Example request

curl

curl 'https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/search/collection?title=Nachtwacht'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/search/collection?title=Nachtwacht");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/search/collection?title=Nachtwacht",
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.