Open Access

• Public API
  

  The Art Institute of Chicago provides access to all of our public data through a single, unified API (Application Programming Interface).

• Open Source Code
  

  The Art Institute provides our code as open source in keeping with our identity as a place of active learning, dedicated to investigation, innovation, education, and dialogue.

• Open Access Images
  

  The Art Institute of Chicago offers free, unrestricted use of over 50,000 images of works in the collection under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) designation and the Terms and Conditions of this website.

Contact Us

To contact our engineers regarding our open data API or any of our open source projects, contact engineering@artic.edu. To help improve artwork information, please email collections@artic.edu.

Related Content

• Reference

  What is a Data Hub?

  Listen to a talk that was presented at a museum technology conference about our data hub and open access API. Learn about the strategy and philosophy that led us to the data hub, how it aligns with our mission, and challenges we faced.

• Reference

  Building a Data Hub

  Read a paper on our data hub that was presented at a museum technology conference. Learn what considerations went into building the system and the strategic value it brings to the museum.