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National Gallery of Art open data (collection CSVs)

National Gallery of Art collection: artworks, artists, locations and images, as CSV files

Freeauth: noneCC0-1.0✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree CSV files.
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Commercial use?: YesCC0-1.0, with credit

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License note: The provider README links Creative Commons Zero to the CC0 1.0 deed. Files are hosted on GitHub, whose terms do not restrict lawful access to public repository contents. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Not required under CC0; crediting the National Gallery of Art is good practice.

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// Overview

National Gallery of Art open data (collection CSVs)

The US National Gallery of Art publishes its collection dataset in its own GitHub repository: CSV tables of artworks, constituents, locations and image metadata.

Coverage

National Gallery of Art collection: artworks, artists, locations and images, as CSV files.

Good for

#research-grey-literature#museums#art#collections#files

Verdict

A museum-collection dataset for art research and analysis, alongside cleveland-museum-of-art-open-access-api. Licence: CC0-1.0: the README says "To the extent permitted by law, the National Gallery of Art waives any copyright or related rights that it might have in this dataset" and links the CC0 1.0 deed. GitHub's Terms say "Unless specifically set forth herein, these Terms do not restrict lawful access to or use of the contents of public repositories by third parties, or by GitHub or its Affiliates." Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

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Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free CSV files.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	CC0-1.0
License note	The provider README links Creative Commons Zero to the CC0 1.0 deed. Files are hosted on GitHub, whose terms do not restrict lawful access to public repository contents. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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// Full record · catalog.json

name: National Gallery of Art open data (collection CSVs)
slug: nga-open-data
category: Research & Grey Literature
domain: Research & Grey Literature
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/nga-open-data
providerUrl: https://github.com/NationalGalleryOfArt/opendata
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free CSV files.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://github.com/NationalGalleryOfArt/opendata
coverage: National Gallery of Art collection: artworks, artists, locations and images, as CSV files.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://github.com/NationalGalleryOfArt/opendata
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NationalGalleryOfArt/opendata/main/README.md
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NationalGalleryOfArt/opendata/main/data/objects.csv
https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service
tasks: research-grey-literature
museums
art
collections
files
license: CC0-1.0
licenseUrl: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
licenseNote: The provider README links Creative Commons Zero to the CC0 1.0 deed. Files are hosted on GitHub, whose terms do not restrict lawful access to public repository contents. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Not required under CC0; crediting the National Gallery of Art is good practice.

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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "nga-open-data"
    }
  }
}

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