Example Queries | Cooper Hewitt Collections API

What Objects did Dieter Rams make in the 1960s?


{
  objectObject (Museology) Artefact or specimen held in a museum collection.

(Computer science) A software "bundle" consisting of a set of variables which define the states the object can exist in and a set of functions that define its behavior. (makerMaker (API) Creator of an object:"Deiter Rams" yearRange:{from:1960, to:1969}) {
    id
    summary
    dateDate (Museology) The date range of the creation of the object. This value will have  'from', and 'to' key value pairs.
  }
}

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Find all the objects where “Winslow Homer” is the Subject


{
  object (subject:"Winslow Homer"){
    id
    summary
    subject{name}
  }
}

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What Objects were part of ‘The Jazz Age’ Exhibition and who made them?


{
  object(exhibitionExhibition (API) A listing of exhibitions where an object was part of the display.: "The Jazz Age") {
    id
    summary
    maker {
      summary
      roleRole (Museology) Consituent Roles can either be Person, or Organization
    }
  }
}

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Find a wooden chair from the 1950s that is on display.


{
  object(name: "chair", material: "wood", yearRange: {from: 1950, to: 1960}, onDisplay: true) {
    id
    summary
    locationLocation (Museology) The Location is the city, country, or region where the object was created
    maker {
      id
      summary
    }
  }
}

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Find french makers and the objects they made


{
  agent(nationality: "French", relationship:"maker") {
    id
    summary
    object {
      id
      summary
    }
  }
}

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