Art & Design — entry 005 of 20
Cooper Hewitt
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum's API exposes object, person, and exhibition records from its design collection — the same structured data behind its own collection website — through free, registered API-key access. A live GET against the real gateway, api.collection.cooperhewitt.org, returned a genuine JSON error response carrying Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, resolving cors unknown -> yes while reconfirming API Key auth.
AuthenticationAPI KeySign up with the provider to obtain credentials.
HTTPSSupportedTraffic is encrypted in transit.
CORSEnabledCallable directly from browser JavaScript.
PricingFreeNo paid tier — free for the documented use case.
FormatsJSONResponses can be requested as JSON.
GreatAPIs Score
Score64
Authentication15/25API key required
Pricing20/20Free to use
Docs0/20No docs or spec available
Formats9/15Single response format
Freshness20/20Verified within 6 months
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<a href="https://greatapis.com/api/cooper-hewitt/"><img src="https://greatapis.com/badge/cooper-hewitt.svg" alt="Scored 64 on greatapis.com"></a>Auth quickstart
- Sign up with the provider to get an API key.
- Send it on every request as a header
Authorization: <key> - The exact header isn't documented — Authorization is a common default; confirm in the provider's docs.
Stored keyNo key stored
Your key is stored only in this browser (localStorage) and sent directly to the API — never to greatapis.