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Te Papa releases these datasets openly to allow others to analyse and build on our research findings.

Open data helps researchers speed up the research process and provides opportunities for people to make innovative new services and products by mashing up datasets from different sources.

Te Papa also lists these datasets on data.govt.nz

  • A black and white photo with an older man standing in the middle of a lot of traditional Pacific art pieces
    W.O. Oldman Business Records Transcription

    W.O. Oldman Business Records Transcription

    This dataset has been created from the transcribed business records of the William Ockleford Oldman, a British dealer of ethnographic material, arms, and armour.

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    Collections API

    Collections API

    Instagram and Slack have APIs – and now so do we. Over the past couple of years our team have been mining the deepest recesses of our collections metadata in order to offer it to you for creative use.

  • A person on a laptop looking at images on Te Papa's Collections Online website
    Collections Online image download survey data

    Collections Online image download survey data

    This dataset is collected from users when they download the high-resolution images available for reuse on Collections Online.

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    At-Sea Observations of Seabirds dataset

    At-Sea Observations of Seabirds dataset

    This is a dataset of at-sea observations of seabirds dating from 1969 to 1990.

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    How do you embed 14,500 images into a spreadsheet?

    How do you embed 14,500 images into a spreadsheet?

    With many of our teams wanting various information about our collections as a spreadsheet – preferably with thumbnail images – we’re always looking at how we can streamline requests. Collections Data Manager Gareth Watkins answers the question: how do you embed 14,500 images into a spreadsheet in less than 10 minutes?