Rijksmuseum Digitizes & Makes Free Online 210,000 Works of Art, Masterpieces Included! by Colin Marshall.
From the post:
We all found it impressive when Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum put up 125,000 Dutch works of art online. “Users can explore the entire collection, which is handily sorted by artist, subject, style and even by events in Dutch history,” explained Kate Rix in our first post announcing it. ” “Not only can users create their own online galleries from selected works in the museum’s collection, they can download Rijksmuseum artwork for free to decorate new products.”
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I first posted about the Rijksmuseum in 2011, High-Quality Images from the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, when the collection was “only” 103,000 items.
Significant not only for the quantity of high quality materials but also because you are free to remix the images found here to create your own! Unusual to say the least in these IP maddened times.
Remember there is an API to access this collection, see: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/api. API keys are free for the asking.
You have to register with the museum (free) and after creating your login, etc. choose “Advanced setting” while on your profile page. Describe your intended use and request a key.
BTW, the one improvement I would make to the museum pages would be to make registering in order to obtain an API key a bit more obvious. Say on the “About” page? I didn’t find an obvious page to register. Fortunately the GitHub site mentions it, so start at: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/mijn/gegevens, create a new account and then you will see “Advanced settings” at the bottom of the full registration page.
Enjoy!