Objects in the Rijksmuseum collection by type: most prints (425,961 objects), then photographs and drawings

Objects in the Rijksmuseum collection by type, October 2026, in objects. Total: 841,378; the largest 12 of 15 categories are shown. Prints is 51% of the total. Counted with the API's type search field (English terms). It is a partial match: prints include photomechanical prints, and an object can fall under more than one type. Library and archive records are not in the search API.

Source: Rijksmuseum, Search API (data.rijksmuseum.nl, Linked Art Search) · opgehaald 25 oktober 2026 · selection: type=print, photograph, drawing, letter, poster, medal, map, painting, book, coin, sculpture, album, manuscript, furniture, jewelleryOpen the table Single block

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The Rijksmuseum shares its collection data through six services without a key (plus the deprecated SRU): a search API, a resolver for its persistent identifiers (Linked Art), OAI-PMH, a change stream (LDES), IIIF for images and data dumps. On 16 October 2026 the search API counted 841,378 objects, 735,784 of them with a digital image, 425,961 under prints and 5,337 paintings.

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Access: Open
Licence: Publiek domein of CC0; CC BY 4.0 waar auteursrecht geldt; enkele stukken met beperkingen (per object aangegeven)
Table: search/collection
Latest figure: oktober 2026
Fetched: 25 October 2026

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curl "https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/search/collection?type=drawing"

Objects in the Rijksmuseum collection by type: most prints (425,961 objects), then photographs and drawings

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