# Rijksmuseum API

Category: [Image and photo](https://free-web-services.com/web-services/media/images/)  
Page: https://free-web-services.com/web-services/media/images/rijksmuseum-api.html  
Documentation: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/

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 key: Not needed
- 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

Example request:

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

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