# SMK API — Statens Museum for Kunst

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

## Access profile

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Category | API |
| Sector | Media |
| Access type | Direct |
| Auth required | Public |
| Reliability | Stable |
| Official | Yes |
| Status | active |
| Agent can | read, search |

## Links

- Website: https://www.smk.dk/article/smk-api/
- Docs: https://api.smk.dk/api/v1/art/search
- Directory entry: https://agentaccess.dk/smk-api

## 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.

## Agent use cases

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

## Notes

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

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Source: [AgentAccess](https://agentaccess.dk/) — directory of agent interfaces for Denmark.