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Rijksmuseum Collection API

Search and browse the Rijksmuseum collection.

Rijksmuseum Collection API is one of 5 APIs that Rijksmuseum publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Collection. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/api.

1 operations 1 paths 5 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/api
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Rijksmuseum Collection API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as key (ApiKeyQuery). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyQuery — Free API key issued on creating a Rijksstudio account at https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio. The key is available from the account's advanced settings.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Collection 1

Search and browse the Rijksmuseum collection.

GET
/{culture}/collection
Search The Rijksmuseum Collection
searchCollection 15 params → 200401429

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ArtObjectSummary (12 properties), WebImage (6 properties), CollectionSearchResponse (3 properties), ArtObjectLinks (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ArtObjectLinks
object
Hypermedia links for an art object.
3 properties
Error
object
Standard error payload (shape inferred from API responses).
2 properties
WebImage
object
Reference to a CDN-hosted web image with offset and size metadata.
6 properties
ArtObjectSummary
object
Lightweight art-object record returned by the search endpoint.
12 properties
CollectionSearchResponse
object
A page of summary art-object records.
3 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

rijksmuseum-collection-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Rijksmuseum publishes across the network.

OAI-PMH Harvesting API
Rijksmuseum Images API
Rijksmuseum Object Details API
Rijksmuseum User Generated Content API