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Artwork Collection Data at The Met

The document describes the Metropolitan Museum of Art's extensive collection, which spans over 5,000 years and comprises 2 million works. It emphasizes the museum's mission to connect global audiences with its artworks and interpretations, while also addressing challenges such as disparate data sources and the need for accessibility. Additionally, it highlights the use of subject keyword tags and the availability of open access resources.

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Artwork Collection Data at The Met June 17,2019
SpencerKiser LeadDeveloper PathTwo,DigitalDepartment @spenczar June 17,2019 Who am I?
Path Two: Serving The Met Mission on a Global Scale To connectglobalaudienceswithTheMetartworksandtheirinterpretations,fosteringart educationand anunderstandingofthemultipleentangledhistoriestoldbytheCollection.Byconnectingour narratives witheducationaleffortsandcontemporaryissueswewanttomakeTheMet oneofthemostaccessible andrelevantculturalvoicesfortheworldandintheworld. June 17,2019
Breadth of the Collection • Over5,000years • 2millionworks • 700,000worksdigitized • 400,000images • 17curatorial departments June 17,2019
June 17,2019 AmericanWing
June 17,2019 Ancient Near Eastern Art
June 17,2019 Arms and Armor
June 17,2019 Arts of Africa,Oceania, andthe Americas
June 17,2019 Asian Art
June 17,2019 Costume Institute
June 17,2019 Drawings and Prints
June 17,2019 Egyptian Art
June 17,2019 European Paintings
June 17,2019 European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
June 17,2019 Greek andRoman Art
June 17,2019 IslamicArt
June 17,2019 Medieval Art and the Cloisters
June 17,2019 Modern and Contemporary Art
June 17,2019 MusicalInstruments
June 17,2019 Photographs
Challenge/ Opportunity • Vast collection • Disparatedatasources/siloedcontent • Works spanninghistory andglobe • Howdowegivepeopleanentrypoint? • Howdowesurfacetheentangledstoriesandmakethemrelevant? June 17,2019
Subject KeywordTags • 980totaluniquetags • >260,000objectstagged Toptags: • Men55,000 • Women34,000 • Portraits29,000 • Flowers22,000 Funfacts: • Female Nudes3,000 • MaleNudes1,700 • Turkeys22 June 17,2019
June 17,2019 Cats
ArtworkoftheDay Storyteller June 17,2019 Tag,That’sIt The Met x Microsoft x MIT Hackathon
June 17,2019 Art Explorer
June 17,2019 Open Access https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access
June 17,2019 Open Access CSV https://github.com/metmuseum/openaccess
June 17,2019 Open Access API https://metmuseum.github.io/
Artwork Collection Data at The Met