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by speps 787 days ago
I really wish these projects, usually financed partially by European grants and other such schemes (aka tax payers), would release the raw data and let people develop their own experience with it.

Open data from museums are the only way I can see it being archived for the long term benefit of society.

PS: why the downvotes? It's literally written at the end but there's no download link anywhere...

> Funded with the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRPP), Spain’s Next Generation EU financing and according to the initiatives within the component C.24.I3 Digitization and valorization of major cultural services, included in Prado Training as an Inclusive experience of visit.

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Many, many museums release their collections databases as open API’s, and many of the artworks are licensed under open licenses.

That’s not to say they couldn’t do more - but it’s a very active area in many museums.