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Cleveland Museum of Art Scraper
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Scrapes Cleveland Museum of Art open access collection. Returns artwork title, artist, date, medium, and image URL. Filter by keyword, department, or object type.
- Total users
- 2
- Monthly active
- 1
- Total runs
- 83
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- 0
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- Last modified
- 12 days ago
Overview
Cleveland Museum of Art Scraper
Scrape Cleveland Museum of Art open access artworks by keyword, department, or object type, up to a million per run. Every record comes with title, artist, date, medium, and CC0 image URL. No API key. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML.
The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes its collection as open access, but browsing the website means clicking through pages one artwork at a time. This Actor reads the public collection search directly, so you can pull thousands of records in one run, filtered by keyword, department, or object type, with only artworks that carry a CC0 image if you want.
| Who uses it | What they scrape Cleveland Museum of Art for |
|---|---|
| Art historians | Building a corpus of works by a specific artist or period for analysis |
| Data scientists | Creating training datasets for image recognition or style classification |
| Educators | Gathering open access images for teaching materials and presentations |
| App developers | Populating an art discovery app with CC0 images and metadata |
| Market researchers | Tracking which artworks and artists are most represented in the collection |
What it does
This Actor collects Cleveland Museum of Art artwork records by keyword, department, or object type, and returns each one as a flat row.
- 🔍 Keyword search: free text across titles, artists, and descriptions, like monet, samurai, or landscape.
- 🏛️ Department filter: limit results to one of 18 curatorial departments, from African Art to Textiles.
- 🖼️ Object type filter: narrow to Painting, Drawing, Print, Sculpture, Textile, Photograph, or any other type.
- ✅ CC0 image only: return only artworks that carry a public domain image, so every row has a usable image URL.
- 📦 Bulk export: collect up to a million records per run and export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML.
Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.
What you can do with Cleveland Museum of Art data
📚 Build an art history dataset.
A researcher enters a department like European Painting and Sculpture and collects all records with images to study stylistic trends over time.
🤖 Train a machine learning model.
A data scientist filters by object type Painting and hasImage true to gather thousands of CC0 images for a style classifier.
🎨 Create educational content.
An educator searches for samurai and downloads Japanese Art records with images to illustrate a lesson on Edo period culture.
📱 Populate an art app.
A developer scrapes the full open access collection and uses the flat JSON output to seed a mobile gallery app.
📊 Analyze collection composition.
A market researcher runs the Actor with no filters to get a complete list of artworks and counts by department and type.
Why choose this scraper
| What you get | |
|---|---|
| No API key | The collection search is public, so you can start scraping immediately. |
| CC0 images | Every returned artwork can include a public domain image URL for reuse. |
| Flexible filters | Combine keyword, department, and object type to target exactly what you need. |
| Flat output | Each artwork becomes one row, ready for spreadsheets or databases. |
How it compares
This Actor focuses on the Cleveland Museum of Art's open access collection with flexible filters and bulk export, similar to other dedicated Cleveland scrapers.
| Feature | ParseForge | Cleveland Museum of Art Scraper (2 users) | Cleveland Museum of Art Scraper (1 users) | Cleveland Museum Open Access Art Scraper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyword search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Department filter | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes |
| Object type filter | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes |
| CC0 image only filter | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Yes |
| Bulk export up to 1,000,000 records | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| No API key required | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
Configure the run
Drive the Actor from a keyword query, a department, and an object type, alone or together, and filters run as each artwork is read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.
A first run with the defaults:
{
"maxItems": 10
}
A larger pull:
{
"maxItems": 200
}
Pricing
Pay-per-result: $0.004 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.
| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $0.40 |
| 1,000 results | $4.00 |
| 10,000 results | $40.00 |
New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.
Free users
Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.
Run it
- Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
- Open the Cleveland Museum of Art Scraper.
- Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
- Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.
Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.
Use with AI agents (MCP)
Give an AI agent live access to Cleveland Museum of Art through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/cleveland-museum-of-art-scraper"
Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.
Troubleshooting
Why am I getting no results?
Check your filters. If you set a department and an object type that do not overlap, or a query that is too specific, no artworks will match. Try removing filters one at a time.
Why are some artworks missing images?
Not all collection records have images. If you need images, keep the hasImage option enabled, which is the default.
The run stops before reaching maxItems.
The Actor stops when there are no more matching artworks. If you expected more, broaden your query or remove filters.
Can I get more than 1,000,000 artworks?
The maximum is 1,000,000 per run, which is more than the entire open access collection. If you need to split the collection, run multiple times with different department filters.
FAQ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Do I need an API key from the Cleveland Museum of Art? | No. The Actor reads the public collection search, so no registration or key is required. |
| Can I download the images themselves? | The Actor returns image URLs, not the image files. You can download them separately using the URLs in the output. |
| Are the images free to use? | The Cleveland Museum of Art designates many collection images as CC0, meaning they are public domain. The Actor can filter to only artworks with images, but you should verify the license for each image before commercial use. |
| How many artworks can I scrape in one run? | You can set maxItems up to 1,000,000. The collection has over 65,000 open access records, so one run can cover the entire collection. |
| What output formats are supported? | The Actor can export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML, depending on your Apify plan and settings. |
| Can I search by artist name? | Yes. The query field searches across titles, artists, and descriptions, so entering an artist name like Monet will return their works. |
| What departments are available? | There are 18 departments, including African Art, Chinese Art, European Painting and Sculpture, Photography, and Textiles. You can select one per run. |
| Can I combine filters? | Yes. You can set a query, a department, and an object type together, and the Actor will return only artworks that match all criteria. |
| Does the Actor return provenance or exhibition history? | The Actor returns the core fields available in the collection search, such as title, artist, date, medium, and image URL. Provenance and exhibition history are not included. |
| Is the Actor fast? | It runs efficiently on the Apify platform, and you can control the number of artworks with maxItems to balance speed and completeness. |
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Browse the full ParseForge collection for more scrapers.
🆘 Need help? Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.
⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Cleveland Museum of Art. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.
Input
| Field | Type | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | Free text search across titles, artists, and descriptions. Example: monet, samurai, landscape. Leave empty to browse the whole open access collection. | not set |
| department | string (18 options) | Limit results to a single curatorial department. | not set |
| type | string | Limit results to a single object type. Example: Painting, Drawing, Print, Sculpture, Textile, Photograph. | not set |
| hasImage | boolean | When enabled, only artworks that carry a CC0 image are returned. Recommended, since image URLs are the headline field. | true |
| maxItems | integer | How many artworks to collect per run. | 10 |
Pricing
from $2.00 per 1,000 results
| Charged for | What it is | Price each |
|---|---|---|
| result | Single result in the default dataset. | $0.002 to $0.004 |
Tiered: the lower figure is the price on a higher Apify plan. Billing and the free credit live on Apify.
API
One POST returns the dataset directly. Same shape for every scraper in the library, so swapping the slug is the only change.
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~cleveland-museum-of-art-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"helloWorld": 123
}' Examples
Input that runs as-is.
{
"helloWorld": 123
} Reviews
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Issues
We build and maintain this scraper, so a problem with it comes to us. Report it on the Apify listing and the thread stays attached to the scraper where the next person can find it: open an issue.
Broken and urgent, or you would rather not post in public? Write to parseforge@protonmail.com and it reaches the people who wrote it.