National Gallery of Art: Open Collection Metadata from the United States

Art collection metadata from the National Gallery of Art provided in CSV format. While the total record count is not specified, this repository maintained by the National Gallery of Art serves as the primary open data source for the institution's holdings as of March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of art types within the gallery's collection metadata.
• Building search applications using the provided artist and artwork records.
• Researching institutional history through the gallery's open data records.

Strengths

• Official data from the National Gallery of Art
• CC0-1.0 license allows for unrestricted commercial and non-commercial use
• Provided in CSV format for standard database ingestion

Limitations

• Specific column definitions and schema are not provided in the source metadata
• Does not include high-resolution image files, only text-based metadata

Provenance

Source

National Gallery of Art

Collection Method

Institutional record-keeping and archival digitization

Freshness

Last updated March 2026

Geography

United States