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SMK API — Statens Museum for Kunst

Open REST and IIIF API for artworks, artist biographies, and high-res museum imagery.

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About

Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) provides an open REST and IIIF API providing full search access to over 250,000 digitized artworks, provenance records, and high-resolution public domain digital images.

Actionable Use Cases

  • 01Search artwork metadata, creation dates, mediums, and artist biographies
  • 02Download high-resolution Public Domain / CC0 image reproductions of classical masterworks
  • 03Extract color palettes and 3D scan data for visual artwork research

Technical Details & Limits

Free, public API without authentication required for standard querying and image access.

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