# Science Museum Group

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/science-museum-group/  
**Website:** https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

The Science Museum Group operates five UK science and technology museums: the Science Museum (London), the Science and Industry Museum (Manchester), the National Railway Museum (York), the National Science and Media Museum (Bradford), and Locomotion (Shildon). The group provides an open Collection API giving developers programmatic access to over 7 million objects, people, and documents in the museum collections via a JSONAPI-compliant REST interface. The API is free to use and supports searching, filtering, and retrieval of collection items with rich metadata, images, and curatorial notes.

## Kin Score — 26.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 26.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 68.4 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 20.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 28.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **Science Museum Group Documents API** — Documents, archives, and written records in the collection
- **Science Museum Group Objects API** — Scientific instruments, industrial artifacts, and cultural items in the collection
- **Science Museum Group People API** — People associated with the museum collections including makers, scientists, and historical figures
- **Science Museum Group Search API** — Full-text and filtered search across all collection types

## Agentic access (1)

- **Science Museum Group Agentic Access** — 7 operations

## Security (1)

- **Science Museum Group Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Science Museum Group Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Museums, Collection, Cultural Heritage, Open Data, Science, Technology, United Kingdom

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/science-museum-group/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.