Cooper Hewitt (Smithsonian Open Access)
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Cooper Hewitt design-museum objects and images, now served through the Smithsonian's Open Access API.
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curl -s 'https://api.si.edu/openaccess/api/v1.0/search?q=chair&api_key=$API_KEY'
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Free self-serve API key ('Get one at https://api.si.edu'); the shared public DEMO_KEY works but is currently over its rate limit, and the exact per-key quota could not be confirmed.
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