Smithsonian art collection coming soon to an app near you | TechHive

"Looking to visit the Smithsonian American Art Museum without actually going to the Smithsonian? You might soon be able to do so from the comfort of your own smartphone. On Friday, the White House announced in a blog post that the Smithsonian American Art Museum would soon open up its digitized collection to developers so they can build it into educational apps. According to the White House, 'even museum curators do not have easily accessible information about their art collections. This information will soon be available to everyone.' According to the US Government’s Open Data Action Plan (PDF), the Museum will release information on works in the collection such as the artist or medium used, and will release images 'without copyright or other restriction [...] for non- commercial, educational use.' It plans to complete the process by December ..."