American Art Collaborative

Consortium of U.S. art museums working on linked open data

American Art CollaborativeAbbreviation| AAC

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Established| 2014 (10 years ago)
Website| americanartcollaborative.org

The American Art Collaborative (AAC) is a consortium of 14 art museums in the United States, whose mission is the establishment of "a critical mass of linked open data (LOD) on the semantic web."[1][2][3][4][5]

As of 2024, the AAC has converted over 230,000 museum object records to linked open data.[6]

## Membership

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As of 2024, the 14 members are:[7]

* Amon Carter Museum of American Art
* Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
* Autry Museum of the American West
* Colby College Museum of Art
* Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
* Dallas Museum of Art (DMA)
* Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA)
* Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art
* National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
* National Museum of Wildlife Art
* Princeton University Art Museum
* Smithsonian American Art Museum
* Walters Art Museum
* Yale Center for British Art

## References

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1. ^ Fink, Eleanor E. "American Art Collaborative Linked Open Data Initiative: Overview and Recommendations for Good Practices" (PDF).
2. ^ Knoblock, Craig; et al. (October 2017). "Lessons Learned in Building Linked Data for the American Art Collaborative" (PDF). ISWC 2017 – 16th International Semantic Web Conference. Vienna, Austria.
3. ^ "The Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces the Formation of the American Art Collaborative | Architectural Digest". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
4. ^ Dunne, Susan. "Yale Museums Making Thousands Of Artwork Images Available For Free Downloading". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
5. ^ "The American Art Collaborative and USC Information Sciences Institute: An Unexpected Partnership". USC Viterbi | School of Engineering. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
6. ^ "The American Art Collaborative Linked Open Data Consortium". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
7. ^ "American Art Collaborative". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved June 25, 2024.

## External links

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* Official website

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