musemeta introduction

Scott Chamberlain

2020-07-24

Currently musemeta can get data from:

• The Canadian Science & Technology Museum Corporation (CSTMC) (see functions cstmc_())
• The Getty Museum (see function getty())
• The Art Institute of Chicago (see function aic())

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

Install

install.packages("musemeta")

OR

remotes::install_github("sckott/musemeta")

library("musemeta")

CSTMC data

List changes

cstmc_changes(limit = 1)
#> [[1]]
#> [[1]]$user_id
#> [1] "27778230-2e90-4818-9f00-bbf778c8fa09"
#> 
#> [[1]]$timestamp
#> [1] "2016-06-14T21:31:28.306231"
#> 
#> [[1]]$object_id
#> [1] "99f457c9-ea24-48a1-87be-b52385825b6a"
#> 
...

List datasets

cstmc_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

out <- cstmc_package_search(q = '*:*', rows = 2, as = 'table')
lapply(out$results$resources, function(x) x[,1:3])
#> [[1]]
#>                      resource_group_id cache_last_updated
#> 1 6869e3d9-5dfe-47bc-9ee7-e057ce0f13da                 NA
#> 2 6869e3d9-5dfe-47bc-9ee7-e057ce0f13da                 NA
#> 3 6869e3d9-5dfe-47bc-9ee7-e057ce0f13da                 NA
#> 4 6869e3d9-5dfe-47bc-9ee7-e057ce0f13da                 NA
#> 5 6869e3d9-5dfe-47bc-9ee7-e057ce0f13da                 NA
#> 6 6869e3d9-5dfe-47bc-9ee7-e057ce0f13da                 NA
#> 7 6869e3d9-5dfe-47bc-9ee7-e057ce0f13da                 NA
#>           revision_timestamp
#> 1 2016-06-14T19:59:16.022814
#> 2 2014-11-03T18:06:16.533032
#> 3 2014-11-05T18:39:52.229126
#> 4 2014-11-05T18:41:27.296672
#> 5 2016-06-14T20:00:42.660517
#> 6 2016-06-14T21:31:27.982837
#> 7 2016-06-14T21:30:26.277583
#> 
#> [[2]]
#>                      resource_group_id cache_last_updated
#> 1 aa9de49e-db0b-42f9-83dc-38464f6066ad                 NA
#> 2 aa9de49e-db0b-42f9-83dc-38464f6066ad                 NA
#> 3 aa9de49e-db0b-42f9-83dc-38464f6066ad                 NA
#> 4 aa9de49e-db0b-42f9-83dc-38464f6066ad                 NA
#> 5 aa9de49e-db0b-42f9-83dc-38464f6066ad                 NA
#>           revision_timestamp
#> 1 2016-06-14T18:53:55.201070
#> 2 2014-11-04T03:12:35.317249
#> 3 2014-11-05T21:53:33.722479
#> 4 2014-11-05T21:54:39.145752
#> 5 2016-06-14T18:59:17.785513

Getty Museum

Get metadata for a single object

getty(id = 140725)
#> <Getty metadata> Collection
#>   Artist: 
#>   Culture: 
#>   Date: 
#>   Dimensions: NA
#>   Classification: 
#>   Place created: 
#>   Object type: 
#>   Object number: 
#>   Thumb image: NA
...

Get metadata for many objects

lapply(c(140725,8197), getty)
#> [[1]]
#> <Getty metadata> Collection
#>   Artist: 
#>   Culture: 
#>   Date: 
#>   Dimensions: NA
#>   Classification: 
#>   Place created: 
#>   Object type: 
#>   Object number: 
...

There is no search functionality yet for this source.

Art Institute of Chicago

Get metadata for a single object

aic(41033)
#> <AIC metadata> 41033
#>    Artist: Charles Edmund Brock
#>    Link: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/41033
#>    Title: 'The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his Agent,' Chapter I
#>       frontispiece for Jane Austen's Persuasion
#>    Origin: England
#>    Date: 1898
#>    Medium: Pen and black ink with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove card
#>    Dimensions: 298 222 mm
#>    Credit line: Gift of James Deering
...

Get metadata for many objects

lapply(c(41033,210804), aic)
#> [[1]]
#> <AIC metadata> 41033
#>    Artist: Charles Edmund Brock
#>    Link: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/41033
#>    Title: 'The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his Agent,' Chapter I
#>       frontispiece for Jane Austen's Persuasion
#>    Origin: England
#>    Date: 1898
#>    Medium: Pen and black ink with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove card
#>    Dimensions: 298 222 mm
...

There is no search functionality yet for this source.

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Get metadata for a single object

aam(11462)
#> <AAM metadata> Molded plaque (tsha tsha)
#>   Object Number: 1992.96
#>   Object name: Votive plaque
#>   Place of Origin: Western Tibet
#>   Historical Period: 
#>   Location: Gallery 12
#>   Culture: 
#>   Date: approx. 1992
#>   Artist: 
#>   Materials: Plaster mixed with resin and pigment
...

Get metadata for many objects

lapply(c(17150,17140,17144), aam)
#> [[1]]
#> <AAM metadata> Boys sumo wrestling
#>   Object Number: 2005.100.35
#>   Object name: Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
#>   Place of Origin: 
#>   Historical Period: 
#>   Location: 
#>   Culture: 
#>   Date: approx. 1769
#>   Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725 - 1770)
...

There is no search functionality yet for this source.