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Status Country Name of dataset Link to dataset's website Wikidata item Wikidata property Mix'n'match catalog Topic (e.g Galleries, Libraries, Archives or Museums) Source (e.g government department) Link to data import record (Wikidata:Dataset Imports) Type of information (Datasets, Map data etc) License of data Notes
* Archives Portal Europe here Archives Portal Europe (Q15427386) ? Archives Archival Portal Europe Foundation Directory CC0[1] There's an API
Belgium ISIL list of Belgium here ISIL (P791) Libraries Royal Library of Belgium Register ?? Not downloadable; no license information
Czechia Evidence knihoven here Libraries Ministry of Culture ?
Czechia ADR – Centrální adresář knihoven a informačních institucí v ČR here Database of Libraries & Information Centers in the Czech Republic (Q20427786) Libraries & Information Centers in the Czech Republic ID (P6574) Libraries National Library of the Czech Republic ?
Czechia Adresář muzeí a galerií ČR here Museums and galleries Czech Association of Museums and Galleries classical copyright
Denmark ISIL list of Denmark here ISIL (P791) Libraries Government (Palaces and Culture Agency) ?? CSV; public and research libraries
Finland ISIL list of Finland here ISIL (P791) Libraries National Library of Finland Register ?? Not downloadable; no license information
Finland Museum statistics here Museums Museovirasto Dataset CC BY 4.0 Yearly statistics, but with enough basic info about each museum to use them for this project (museum name and municipality, type [regional, art museum]).


Good downloadable data (csv).

France Museofile here Muséofile (Q13481868) Museofile ID (P539) https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/catalog/127 Museums Ministère de la culture et de la communication Register ?? 1300~ IDs already imported
France Adresses des bibliothèques publiques here - - - Municipal libraries Ministère de la culture et de la communication Dataset LO 2.0
Germany ISIL list of Germany here ISIL (P791) Libraries, archives, museums Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Register ?? 17,000 items; whole dataset possibly not downloadable, but per-item linked data API exists
Ireland Irish Museums Association here IMA museum ID (P5764) https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/catalog/1713 Museums Irish Museums Association Directory ?? No downloadable files seem to be available; no metadata
Italy Italian Schools and univerisities here P5114 Universities (will include libraries and possibly museums) Government
Latvia Archives here Archives Government CC0 No English info
Latvia Libraries here Libraries Government Editgroup CC0 No English info
Latvia Museums here Museums Government CC0 No English info
Norway BaseBibliotek here BaseBibliotek (Q61764368) ISIL (P791) Libraries National Library of Norway Directory ?? XML dump available, but no license information. Will check.
Poland Baza bibliotek here Q60662045 (Q60662045) Libraries Polish Librarians’

Association

Directory CC BY-NC-ND Not downloadable; incompatible license; 3000+ libraries, mostly public ones
Poland Wykaz muzeów w Polsce here Q60661875 (Q60661875) Museums Government (National Institute for Museums and Public Collections) Directory ?? Downloadable only as PDF; no license information.
Poland Biblioteki naukowe here Q61484289 (Q61484289) Research libraries ?? Dataset ?? Can be exported to xls; no English version – data owner and license have to be investigated
Russia Регистрационные данные кодов ISIL библиотек и родственных им организаций here ISIL (P791) Libraries Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology Directory ?? Only search interface; no way to download data. No license specified.
Spain Directorio de Museos y Colecciones de España here Directorio de Museos y Colecciones de España (Q56246649) Directorio de Museos y Colecciones de España ID (P5763) https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/catalog/1730 Museums ?? Directory ?? No downloadable files seem to be available; no English info
done Sweden Biblioteksdatabasen here Libris library database (Q55502519) Libraries National Library of Sweden wikidata:Wikidata:Dataset Imports/Libris Library Database CC0 Contains public, special, school etc. libraries.


According to data provider, data quality not good enough.

done Sweden Hembygdsförbund och -föreningar here local heritage organisations and associations (Q60644424) KulturNav-ID (P1248) Local history associations Sveriges Hembygdsförbund wikidata:Wikidata:Dataset_Imports/Hembygdsförbund och -föreningar Dataset CC0
done Sweden NFR:s lista med arkivinstitutioner here NFR:s lista med arkivinstitutioner (Q61983652) KulturNav-ID (P1248) Archives Nordiska museet Dataset CC0 Very sparse information
Switzerland Inventory of Research Libraries in Switzerland here Inventory of Research Libraries in Switzerland (Q64827913) ISIL (P791) Libraries Swissbib Dataset Open use (CC0-compatible) ca. 900 institutions with name, address, codes, URLs
Switzerland Swiss GLAM Inventory here Swiss GLAM Inventory (Q26933296) All heritage institutions OpenGLAM CH Dataset CC-0 Database compiled from various data sources.
Switzerland Swiss Museums Database here Museums Swiss Museums Association to be clarified Data partly included in the Swiss GLAM Inventory. The Swiss Museums Association is ready to give access to its API.
Switzerland Swiss ISIL Inventory Libraries and some archives and museums Swiss National Library to be clarified Data partly included in the Swiss GLAM Inventory.
Switzerland Inventory of Swiss Archives here Archives infoclio.ch to be clarified Data partly included in the Swiss GLAM Inventory.
Switzerland Register of economic fonds preserved in archives of Switzerland and Liechtenstein here Archives with economic fonds arCHeco to be clarified Data partly included in the Swiss GLAM Inventory.
Switzerland Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance here Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance (Q869941) Historical monuments, heritage collections and their corresponding institutions Federal Office of Civil Protection CC-0 Data partly included in the Swiss GLAM Inventory.
Switzerland List of monuments protection services and archaeological services here Monuments protection services and archaeological services Federal Office of Culture None Simple web page. Data partly included in the Swiss GLAM Inventory.
Switzerland Inventory of Research Libraries in Switzerland here Libraries Swissbib (University of Basel) CC-0 Does not only include heritage institutions; the heritage institutions should all be included in the Swiss GLAM Inventory. Might be available as LOD in the meanwhile.
United Kingdom Public Libraries in Scotland here Libraries Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot Dataset Open Government Licence almost certainly- needs checked by emailing.
United Kingdom Public Libraries in England here Public libraries in England: basic dataset (Q42727524) Libraries Government (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) Dataset Open Government Licence Looks like this one has been uploaded by someone already
United Kingdom Museums in the UK here (Google Drive link to dataset) Museums in the UK Dataset
United Kingdom: England The Museums Map here, GeoJSON Museums Arts Council England (funding body) Register, GeoJSON ??
United Kingdom: England Arts Council England accreditation datasets here (two separate downloads for accredited and applying institutions)
  1. This only applies to archive material accessible through the API, NOT the directory itself.