Institute of Museum and Library Services

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is an independent federal agency that advances, supports, and empowers America's museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development. IMLS provides data access to grant and museum information through its APIs.

Institute of Museum and Library Services publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Federal Government, Grants, Libraries, and Museums.

Institute of Museum and Library Services’ developer surface includes support, engineering blog, and 4 more developer resources.

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19.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Federal GovernmentGrantsLibrariesMuseums

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 19.0/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

IMLS Data Catalog API

The IMLS Data Catalog provides public access to IMLS grants data and museum information through an API, enabling researchers and developers to access grant information, museum l...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Institute Of Museum And Library Services Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Institute Of Museum And Library Services Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Institute Of Museum And Library Services Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Institute Of Museum And Library Services Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: institute-of-museum-and-library-services
name: Institute of Museum and Library Services
description: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is an independent federal agency that advances, supports,
  and empowers America's museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development.
  IMLS provides data access to grant and museum information through its APIs.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/institute-of-museum-and-library-services.png
tags:
- Federal Government
- Grants
- Libraries
- Museums
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/institute-of-museum-and-library-services/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: institute-of-museum-and-library-services:imls-data-catalog
  name: IMLS Data Catalog API
  description: The IMLS Data Catalog provides public access to IMLS grants data and museum information through an API, enabling
    researchers and developers to access grant information, museum locations, and program data.
  humanURL: https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/museum-data-files
  tags:
  - Federal Government
  - Grants
  - Libraries
  - Museums
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/museum-data-files
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/institute-of-museum-and-library-services-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/imls
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-imls
- type: Website
  url: https://www.imls.gov/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.imls.gov/contact
- url: https://www.imls.gov/blog
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com