ropensci/musemeta

Name: musemeta

Owner: rOpenSci

Description: R Client for scraping museum metadata

Created: 2014-11-11 16:18:24.0

Updated: 2017-07-07 03:49:14.0

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R client for museum metadata

Currently musemeta can get data from:

Other sources of museum metadata will be added…check back later & see issues.

Install

Get ckanr first, not on CRAN yet (I'll get ckanr up to CRAN before this is on CRAN)

ools::install_github("ropensci/ckanr")

Then install musemeta

ools::install_github("ropensci/musemeta")


ary("musemeta")
MET data

To get actual metadata for an object, you can use met() or scrapi_get() functions. The latter gets much more data, and uses a REST API, while the former scrapes the html directly, and can be more fragile with any changes in the html on the site.

Scraping site directly

Data for a single object

559490)
Museum metadata> Siphon nozzle
 Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
 Dynasty: Dynasty 19 20
 Date: ca. 1295 1070 B.C.
 Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, MMA excavations, 1913 14
 Medium: Bronze
 Dimensions: l. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in)
 Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
 Accession Number: 22.1.962

Or index to name of object, or values in the description

559490)$name
1] "Siphon nozzle"


559490)$values[1:2]
[1]]
[1]]$name
1] "Period"

[1]]$value
1] "New Kingdom, Ramesside"


[2]]
[2]]$name
1] "Dynasty"

[2]]$value
1] "Dynasty 19 20"

A different object

246562)
Museum metadata> Terracotta guttus (flask with handle and spout)
 Period: Classical
 Date: 4th century B.C.
 Culture: Greek, South Italian, Campanian
 Medium: Terracotta; black-glaze
 Dimensions: 2 7/8in. (7.3cm)
 Classification: Vases
 Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1896
 Accession Number: 96.18.35

Get many objects

ly(c(479283, 228901, 436876), met)
[1]]
Museum metadata> Papyri Fragments
 Date: 7th century
 Geography: Made in Thebes, Byzantine Egypt
 Culture: Coptic
 Medium: Papyrus and ink
 Dimensions: Framed: 11 1/4 x 15 in. (28.5 x 38.1 cm)
 Classification: Papyrus
 Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
 Accession Number: 14.1.616
Using the scrapi API

Note: the /random endpoint is down.

This is again, for The Metropolitan Museum of Art only

Get a specific object

pi_info(123, fields = c('title', 'primaryArtistNameOnly', 'medium'))
timelineList
timelineList[[1]]
timelineList[[1]]$name
1] "The United States, 1600-1800 A.D."

timelineList[[1]]$count
1] 0

timelineList[[1]]$orderId
1] 0

Search for objects

pi_search(query = 'mirror')
links
[1] "http://scrapi.org/object/207785" "http://scrapi.org/object/50444" 
[3] "http://scrapi.org/object/313256" "http://scrapi.org/object/467733"
[5] "http://scrapi.org/object/267055" "http://scrapi.org/object/49591" 
[7] "http://scrapi.org/object/156225" "http://scrapi.org/object/545128"
[9] "http://scrapi.org/object/452364" "http://scrapi.org/object/460423"
11] "http://scrapi.org/object/244558" "http://scrapi.org/object/452852"
13] "http://scrapi.org/object/248153" "http://scrapi.org/object/54118" 
15] "http://scrapi.org/object/60142"  "http://scrapi.org/object/436839"
17] "http://scrapi.org/object/3977"   "http://scrapi.org/object/255391"

Get an object, with a scrapi.org url

<- scrapi_get("http://scrapi.org/object/427581")
primaryArtist
role
1] "Artist"

name
1] "Daniel Marot the Elder"

nationality
1] "(French, Paris 1661?1752 The Hague)"

or an object id

<- scrapi_get(427581)
primaryArtist
role
1] "Artist"

name
1] "Daniel Marot the Elder"

nationality
1] "(French, Paris 1661?1752 The Hague)"
CSTMC data

List changes

c_changes(limit = 1)
[1]]
[1]]$user_id
1] "27778230-2e90-4818-9f00-bbf778c8fa09"

[1]]$timestamp
1] "2015-03-30T15:06:55.500589"

[1]]$object_id
1] "f4406699-3e11-4856-be48-b55da98b3c14"

List datasets

c_datasets(as = "table")
[1] "artifact-data-agriculture"                                  
[2] "artifact-data-aviation"                                     
[3] "artifact-data-bookbinding"                                  
[4] "artifact-data-chemistry"                                    
[5] "artifact-data-communications"                               
[6] "artifact-data-computing-technology"                         
[7] "artifact-data-domestic-technology"                          
[8] "artifact-data-energy-electric"                              
[9] "artifact-data-exploration-and-survey"                       
10] "artifact-data-fisheries"

Search for packages

<- cstmc_package_search(q = '*:*', rows = 2, as = 'table')
ly(out$results$resources, function(x) x[,1:3])
[1]]
                    resource_group_id cache_last_updated
 4cff3cdf-7174-46f1-b2cf-da84a2478583                 NA
 4cff3cdf-7174-46f1-b2cf-da84a2478583                 NA
 4cff3cdf-7174-46f1-b2cf-da84a2478583                 NA
 4cff3cdf-7174-46f1-b2cf-da84a2478583                 NA
         revision_timestamp
 2015-03-30T15:06:55.217106
 2014-11-04T02:23:51.866763
 2014-11-05T19:05:31.328801
 2014-11-05T19:09:35.883635

[2]]
                    resource_group_id cache_last_updated
 9d1467e6-4e87-4ebf-bd73-35326fd46491                 NA
 9d1467e6-4e87-4ebf-bd73-35326fd46491                 NA
 9d1467e6-4e87-4ebf-bd73-35326fd46491                 NA
 9d1467e6-4e87-4ebf-bd73-35326fd46491                 NA
         revision_timestamp
 2015-01-09T23:33:13.972143
 2014-10-31T22:37:58.762911
 2014-11-05T18:23:00.789562
 2014-11-05T18:25:16.764967
National Gallery of Art (NGA)

Get metadata for a single object

id = 33267)
NGA metadata> Paradise with Christ in the Lap of Abraham
 Artist: German 13th Century
 Inscription: on verso late thirteenth-century copy of a letter from Pope Gregory
         IX to Elizabeth of Thuringia
 Provenance: R. Forrer (Lugt Supp.941a)
 Description:
    created: c. 1239
    medium: tempera and gold leaf on vellum, NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 33
    dimensions: overall: 22.4 x 15.7 cm (8 13/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
    credit: Rosenwald Collection

Get metadata for many objects

ly(c(143679,27773,28487), nga)
[1]]
NGA metadata>  Barrington bore it all with exemplary patience 
 Artist: Du Maurier, George
 Inscription: by artist, lower right in pen and brown ink: Barrington bore it all
         with exemplary patience / P.7 Par VI / Mlle de Mersac /
         [Not deciphered]; by later hand, upper right on flap in
         graphite: [Not deciphered] (cut off) / Reduce [to?] 6 1/4;
         by later hand, lower center verso in pen and blue ink: [Not
         deciphered] (effaced)
 Provenance: (Fry Gallery, London); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York,

There is no search functionality yet for this source.

Getty Museum

Get metadata for a single object

y(id = 140725)
Getty metadata> A Young Herdsman Leaning on his "Houlette"
 Artist: Herman Saftleven the Younger [Dutch, 1609 - 1685]
 Provenance
    : Gustav Nebehay [Vienna, Austria]
    - 1941: Franz W. Koenigs [Haarlem, Netherlands], by inheritance to his heirs.
    - 2001: Private Collection (sold, Sotheby's New York, January 23, 2001, lot 20, to Bob Haboldt.)
    2001: Bob P. Haboldt, sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001.
 Description:
    Artist/Maker(s): Herman Saftleven the Younger [Dutch, 1609 - 1685]
    Date: about 1650

Get metadata for many objects

ly(c(140725,8197), getty)
[1]]
Getty metadata> A Young Herdsman Leaning on his "Houlette"
 Artist: Herman Saftleven the Younger [Dutch, 1609 - 1685]
 Provenance
    : Gustav Nebehay [Vienna, Austria]
    - 1941: Franz W. Koenigs [Haarlem, Netherlands], by inheritance to his heirs.
    - 2001: Private Collection (sold, Sotheby's New York, January 23, 2001, lot 20, to Bob Haboldt.)
    2001: Bob P. Haboldt, sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001.
 Description:
    Artist/Maker(s): Herman Saftleven the Younger [Dutch, 1609 - 1685]

There is no search functionality yet for this source.

Art Institute of Chicago

Get metadata for a single object

41033)
AIC metadata> 41033
  Artist:
     Name: Charles Edmund Brock English
     Years: 1870-1938
  Link: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/41033
  Title: "'The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his Agent,' Chapter I"
     frontispiece for Jane Austen's Persuasion, 1898
  Description: Pen and black ink with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove card 298 x
     222 mm Signed lower right, in pen and black ink: "C.E.Brock .
     1898"; inscribed, lower center: "'The unwelcome hints of Mr.

Get metadata for many objects

ly(c(41033,210804), aic)
[1]]
AIC metadata> 41033
  Artist:
     Name: Charles Edmund Brock English
     Years: 1870-1938
  Link: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/41033
  Title: "'The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his Agent,' Chapter I"
     frontispiece for Jane Austen's Persuasion, 1898
  Description: Pen and black ink with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove card 298 x
     222 mm Signed lower right, in pen and black ink: "C.E.Brock .

There is no search functionality yet for this source.

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Get metadata for a single object

11462)
AAM metadata> Molded plaque (tsha tsha)
 Object id: 1992.96
 Object name: Votive plaque
 Date: approx. 1992
 Artist: 
 Medium: Plaster mixed with resin and pigment
 Credit line: Gift of Robert Tevis
 On display?: yes
 Collection: Decorative Arts
 Department: Himalayan Art

Get metadata for many objects

ly(c(17150,17140,17144), aam)
[1]]
AAM metadata> Boys sumo wrestling
 Object id: 2005.100.35
 Object name: Woodblock print
 Date: approx. 1769
 Artist: Suzuki HarunobuJapanese, 1724 - 1770
 Medium: Ink and colors on paper
 Credit line: Gift of the Grabhorn Ukiyo-e Collection
 On display?: no
 Collection: Prints And Drawings

There is no search functionality yet for this source.

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This work is supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Grant Number U24TR002306. This work is solely the responsibility of the creators and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.