Princeton University · Schema

Princeton University Art Museum art object

Record shape for an art object returned by data.artmuseum.princeton.edu. Derived from the Museum's published prose documentation (puam-api-docs) and verified against live responses on 2026-08-19. The Museum publishes no schema of its own.

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Properties

Name Type Description
type string
objectid integer
objectnumber string Accession number, e.g. x1954-13.
sortnumber string
displaytitle string
department string
classification string
datebegin integernull
dateend integernull
datecomputed integernull
daterange stringnull
displaydate stringnull
medium stringnull
dimensions stringnull
creditline stringnull
markings stringnull
inscribed stringnull
signed stringnull
catalograisonne stringnull
restrictions stringnull
nowebuse stringboolean Rights flag serialised as the string "False"/"True" rather than a JSON boolean.
campuscollections stringboolean
on_view boolean
accessionyear stringnull
titles array
makers array
depicted array
texts array
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JSON Schema

princeton-art-museum-object.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/princeton/refs/heads/main/json-schema/princeton-art-museum-object.json",
  "title": "Princeton University Art Museum art object",
  "description": "Record shape for an art object returned by data.artmuseum.princeton.edu. Derived from the Museum's published prose documentation (puam-api-docs) and verified against live responses on 2026-08-19. The Museum publishes no schema of its own.",
  "x-provenance": {
    "generated": "2026-08-19",
    "method": "derived",
    "source": "https://github.com/Princeton-University-Art-Museum/puam-api-docs",
    "verified_against": "https://data.artmuseum.princeton.edu/objects/9449",
    "x-operator": "institution"
  },
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["objectid"],
  "properties": {
    "type": { "type": "string", "examples": ["artobject"] },
    "objectid": { "type": "integer" },
    "objectnumber": { "type": "string", "description": "Accession number, e.g. x1954-13." },
    "sortnumber": { "type": "string" },
    "displaytitle": { "type": "string" },
    "department": { "type": "string" },
    "classification": { "type": "string" },
    "datebegin": { "type": ["integer", "null"] },
    "dateend": { "type": ["integer", "null"] },
    "datecomputed": { "type": ["integer", "null"] },
    "daterange": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "displaydate": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "medium": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "dimensions": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "creditline": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "markings": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "inscribed": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "signed": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "catalograisonne": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "restrictions": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
    "nowebuse": { "type": ["string", "boolean"], "description": "Rights flag serialised as the string \"False\"/\"True\" rather than a JSON boolean." },
    "campuscollections": { "type": ["string", "boolean"] },
    "on_view": { "type": "boolean" },
    "accessionyear": { "type": ["string", "null"], "format": "date" },
    "titles": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "title": { "type": "string" },
          "titletype": { "type": "string" },
          "displayorder": { "type": "integer" }
        }
      }
    },
    "makers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": { "type": "integer" },
          "displayname": { "type": "string" },
          "displaydate": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
          "datebegin": { "type": ["integer", "null"] },
          "dateend": { "type": ["integer", "null"] },
          "prefix": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
          "suffix": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
          "role": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
          "displaymaker": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
          "displayorder": { "type": "integer" }
        }
      }
    },
    "depicted": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object" } },
    "texts": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object" } }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}