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smithsonian.search

mock data$0.001 / call

Search Smithsonian Collections

Full-text search across 11M+ records from 19 Smithsonian museums — art, artifacts, scientific specimens, archives. Filter by type (objects/species/archives/books/online_media/events/places), sort by relevancy/newest/updated/random, and CC0-only by default. Covers National Museum of Natural History, Air and Space, American Art, Portrait Gallery, Freer|Sackler, and more (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0 subset)

Media & Artsprovider: Smithsonian#smithsonian#media

Input schema

qrequired

Full-text search query. Example: "dinosaur", "picasso", "apollo 11". Supports EDAN query syntax (field:value, AND/OR).

string
rows

Number of results to return (1-100, default 10).

integer
sort

Sort order for results. Default: relevancy.

string
type

Filter by record type. E.g. "objects" for 3D objects, "species" for scientific specimens.

string
start

Offset for pagination (default 0). Useful with rowCount from previous call.

integer
cc0_only

Filter results to CC0-licensed records only (default true). Set false to include all records with their license field.

boolean
online_media_type

Filter to items that have media of a specific type.

string

Call via REST

curl -X POST https://unifyapi.pro/api/call/smithsonian.search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer uak_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q":"<q>","rows":0,"sort":"<sort>","type":"<type>","start":0,"cc0_only":"<cc0_only>","online_media_type":"<online_media_type>"}'

Try it

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