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Art discovery API for creative apps

Package museum collection search as an API for designers and content creators. Offer filtering by color, era, and style.

Why now

Digital creators need fresh visual references but struggle to search across institutions.

Who for
Design tools and educators
Business model
API subscription tiers
Effort
A few months

Designers waste time digging through multiple museum sites for inspiration.

Offer a clean API that returns artwork metadata and thumbnails with semantic search capabilities.

Charge SaaS subscriptions to design tools and educational platforms embedding the service.

MVP: Basic search endpoint with 100k works from open-access collections.

Risk: Copyright limitations on high-res images may restrict use cases.

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