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Europeana APIs

Search collections and retrieve object records through documented interfaces.

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Published by: Europeana
Source: Nonprofit organisation
Collection: Cultural heritage
Resource type: API
Coverage: Europeana collections
Documented formats: JSON, IIIF
Licence / terms: Varies by resource
API access: Documented API
Record review date: 2026-09-06
Last resource update: Unknown
Technical data audit: Not performed
Documentation: Source reviewed

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Direct API queries

curl -s 'https://api.europeana.eu/record/v2/search.json?query=Romania&rows=5' | jq .

import urllib.request
import json

url = "https://api.europeana.eu/record/v2/search.json?query=Romania&rows=5"
req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "CunoastereDeschisa/1.7"})
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
    data = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
    print(json.dumps(data, indent=2)[:500])

library(jsonlite)

data <- fromJSON("https://api.europeana.eu/record/v2/search.json?query=Romania&rows=5")
str(data)

INSTALL httpfs;
LOAD httpfs;

SELECT * FROM read_json_auto('https://api.europeana.eu/record/v2/search.json?query=Romania&rows=5')
LIMIT 10;

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