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name: museum-records
description: Museum, NARA, and Google Arts pages used as provenance, not pixel sources. Use when a work credits Getty, NGA, MFA, Pinakothek, Amon Carter, Cleveland, Smithsonian, MFA Houston, Norman Rockwell Museum, Uffizi, Barberini, National Gallery, Nelson-Atkins, Kimbell, Kunsthistorisches, Rijksmuseum, Mauritshuis, Hermitage, National Archives, USAF, or artsandculture.google.com.
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# Museum Records

These hosts appear on `recordUrl` and `repositoryName`. They are not in `imageSources`. Do not scrape them for pixels unless a `pull-*` skill exists and we actually download from their CDN.

After reading the object record, pull pixels with `pull-wikimedia-commons` (or Met/NASA). Then record PPI from the file we keep.

| Repository | Record host | Pixel path | Why not the museum CDN |
|---|---|---|---|
| The J. Paul Getty Museum | getty.edu | Commons. *Europa* IIIF is `9710×7540`; Commons is `42582×33430`. *Rembrandt Laughing* is on Commons. | Getty Open Content IIIF is smaller than the GAP Commons file |
| National Gallery of Art | nga.gov | Commons Google Art / IIPImage exports | `/full/max/` caps at 4096 |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | collections.mfa.org | Commons `Valley_of_the_Yosemite_by_Albert_Bierstadt_1868.jpeg`; Rembrandt *Artist in his Studio* is `File:Rembrandt The Artist in his studio.jpg` `3746×2942` | No proven larger MFA original. Ignore `File:Boston MFA Rembrandt.jpg` (gallery photo) |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | mfah.org | Commons GAP `Indians Spear Fishing` | GAP file is the original we use |
| Alte Pinakothek | sammlung.pinakothek.de | Commons `Zelfportret (1629)` `6105×7369` | Museum page is the record |
| Amon Carter Museum | cartermuseum.org | Commons GAP `Sunrise, Yosemite Valley` `12732×8815` | GAP file is the original we use |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | clevelandart.org | Commons open-access TIFFs | Already on Commons at full size |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum | americanart.si.edu | Commons Hasselblad master `10500×6298` | SAAM IIIF caps at 3000 |
| Norman Rockwell Museum | artsandculture.google.com | Commons GAP files | Do not scrape Google Arts HTML |
| Kenwood House | artsandculture.google.com | Commons GAP `Self-Portrait with Two Circles` | Same |
| Galleria degli Uffizi | uffizi.it | Commons `Bacchus by Caravaggio 1.jpg` `5700×6648` | Museum page is the record |
| Palazzo Barberini | barberinicorsini.org | Commons `Narcissus-Caravaggio (1594-96).jpg` | Museum page is the record |
| Gemäldegalerie, Berlin | artsandculture.google.com | Commons GAP `Cupid as Victor` `7120×9844` | Do not scrape Google Arts HTML |
| Wadsworth Atheneum | thewadsworth.org / sydneyplus | Commons `Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy` | Museum page is the record |
| The National Gallery, London | nationalgallery.org.uk | Commons `Supper at Emmaus-Caravaggio (1601).jpg` `11412×8117` | Museum page is the record |
| National Gallery of Ireland | nationalgallery.ie | Commons `The Taking of Christ-Caravaggio (c.1602).jpg` | Museum page is the record |
| The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | art.nelson-atkins.org | Commons `John the Baptist-Caravaggio (Kansas City).jpg` `7382×9803` | Larger than the GAP file of the same canvas |
| Kimbell Art Museum | kimbellart.org | Commons GAP `The Cardsharps` | GAP file is the original we use |
| Kunsthistorisches Museum | khm.at | Commons GAP `The Crowning with Thorns` | GAP file is the original we use |
| Rijksmuseum | rijksmuseum.nl | Commons. *Night Watch* HD `57813×48438`; *Jeremiah* GAP `3857×4902`. Operation Night Watch 717 GP is viewer-only. | Museum IIIF / Micrio is not a proven original. See `known-source-failures`. |
| Mauritshuis | mauritshuis.nl | Commons `File:Andromeda, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630-1631, Mauritshuis, The Hague.jpg` `4318×6000` | Museum page is the record |
| State Hermitage Museum | hermitagemuseum.org | Commons GAP `File:Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn - Return of the Prodigal Son - Google Art Project.jpg` `22991×30000` | Museum page is the record |
| U.S. National Archives | catalog.archives.gov | Commons NARA scan of Concorde (`File:CONCORDE_-_BRITISH_FRENCH_SUPERSONIC_TRANSPORT_AIRPLANE_-_NARA_-_17426977.jpg`, `4645×5480`) | NARA catalog is the record. Do not scrape archives.gov for pixels. |
| U.S. Air Force | commons.wikimedia.org (file page) | Commons `File:USAF_General_Kevin_Schneider_pilots_F-22_Raptor_off_the_coast_of_Oahu,_Hawaii,_April_2025.jpg` | Public-domain USAF still; no separate museum CDN |
| Annual Report Archive | annualreport.gallery | Internet Archive cover page (`pull-annual-reports`) | Gallery JPEGs are web thumbs. IA BookReader cover URLs 502. |

## If a museum CDN wins later

Add it to `imageSources` with `host`, `imageHost`, and a new `pull-*` skill. Run `node scripts/check-image-sources.mjs --write`. Until then, keep `recordUrl` pointed at the museum and `sourceImage` pointed at Commons/Met/NASA.

## Record hosts in this archive

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24 hosts on `recordUrl`. Written from `lib/collection.ts`. Do not hand-edit. Provenance hosts are not pixel CDNs.

| Record host | Works | Pixel skill | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5058.sydneyplus.com | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| americanart.si.edu | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| annualreport.gallery | 23 | pull-annual-reports | provenance only |
| art.nelson-atkins.org | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| artsandculture.google.com | 12 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| barberinicorsini.org | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| catalog.archives.gov | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| collections.mfa.org | 2 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| commons.wikimedia.org | 7 | pull-wikimedia-commons | also a pixel source |
| images.nasa.gov | 132 | pull-nasa-images | also a pixel source |
| kimbellart.org | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.cartermuseum.org | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.clevelandart.org | 2 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.getty.edu | 2 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.khm.at | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.mauritshuis.nl | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.metmuseum.org | 17 | pull-met-art-scans | also a pixel source |
| www.mfah.org | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.nationalgallery.ie | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.nationalgallery.org.uk | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.nga.gov | 3 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.rijksmuseum.nl | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.sammlung.pinakothek.de | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
| www.uffizi.it | 1 | pull-wikimedia-commons | provenance only |
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