American Art Collaborative Explained

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

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

Notes and References

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