Rijksmuseum-Connecting_Culture_with_Knowledge_Graph__The_Rijksmuseum_Collection_Online.pdf

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1. Collection Online Peter Gorgels, Rijksmuseum Erwin Verbruggen, Q42 Data Expo (Neo4J), Utrecht September 11, 2025
2. Nov 27, 2024
4. ~ 1,000,000 objects ~ 450,000 books ~ 800 metres of documentation & archives ~ Terrabytes of Research and Restoration Data ~ 1,500 interactive stories ~ 30,000 Online catalogue entries Collection
5. Rijksstudio – Make your own masterpiece
9. Rijksstudio – • All our collection images available in high res for the whole world • Encourage getting creative with the images Collectie online – • Make our entire collection of information, data, resources and stories available to everyone (from laypeople to professionals) — powered by linked data • Encourage them to discover and tell their own stories
10. Rijksstudio Zoom in
11. Collection Online Zoom out
12. Collection Online Zoom in Zoom out
13. Concept: Infinite Rijksmuseum, what is your story? • Infinite finding and discovery for all powered by Linked data • Infinite connected data, themes, perspectives and stories • Thousands of automatically generated visual node pages • For a wide audience, we offer approachable and appealing topic pages • Art Explorer ai tool makes access even easier What is your story? • Engage audience with new and modern tools in a world of visual storytelling
14. Collection online An infinite, visual Collection Online Discover and Inspire environment Where everyone can tell their own stories
16. Design principles • An interface for both broad and scientific audiences • Visually immerse & inspire visitors • Integrated search and browsing • Show the breadth of the collection from multiple perspectives • Invite people to find themselves in the collection
18. 1. Vervaardiger 4. Kwalificatie 3. Rol • Vermeld op object • Mogelijk • … • Schilder • Tekenaar • Fotograaf • Schrijver • … 10. Werkte in • Nederland • Amsterdam • Aerdenhout • … George Hendrik Breitner 14. Gerelateerde Personen • Jan Veth, schrijver • Arti et Amicitiae, genootschap • Marie Breitner-Jordan, vrouw • Geesje Kwak, model • … 16. Werkt in bepaalde technieken 15. Werkt met bepaalde materialen • Paneel • Olieverf • Doek • Krijt • … • Ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk • Albuminedruk • Droge naald • … 7. Beeldt onderwerp uit • Wie: Breitner, Marie Anne Henrietta • Wie: George Hendrik Breitner (zelfportret) 13. Zat in collectie van • Marie Breitner-Jordan • A. van Wezel • F.G. Waller • Lugt 2228 • … 2. Heeft objecten gemaakt • SK-A-3580 • RP-T-2021-482 • RP-F-BR-1999-11 • RP-D-1984-40-G.H.BREITNER-26 • … 12. Persoonsinformatie • Geboortedatum • Geboorteplaats • Gender • … RKD: https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/12318 Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q289441 VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/71495339 17. Externe links/vocabulaires 5. Inspireerde anderen • Naar schilderij van • Naar tekening van • … 0,2%/11,9 % 24,3%/31 % 1,8%/24,8% 6984/811836 in cms 69,8%/71 % 0,1%/5% 0,8%/8,1% 26,4%/27,2% 99,9%/97,4 % 2,8%/86% 76%/70% 4,7%/48% 100%/91,2% 36,4% 26,6% 51,5% 11. Periode • Datering van • Datering t/m • Werkzame periode 10,2% + DinC %Breitner/%CMS of vervaardigers in personen dataset 99,9%/97,1 % 99,9%/97% 19,8% 9. Beeldt tijd uit 6. Beeldt persoon uit 8. Beeldt plaats uit • Wat: iconclassnotaties • Naam gebeurtenis: Hartjesdag • Trefwoord: stadsgezicht; bloemstilleven • Waar: Singelbrug; Scheveningen • Wanneer: 1900-12-19 18. Gepubliceerd in 0,1%/11,8% • All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Am • 1800-1900 • George Hendrik Breitner in Amsterdam • …
19. Object Glas Betje Wolff Session Designing with Data By curator Maartje Brattinga Integration
21. Deepdive User Interface
27. • More than 4 minutes spend time per session • Search in the collection, node pages en and artwork pages often visited • Make your own personal collection en Make your own Gallery of Honour much used • Comparer tool less used • 2 Webby Awards for best User Interface! COLLECTION ONLINE 28 nov t/m 8 dec
28. Technical Approach
29. Rijksmuseum’s integration layer Data Services Linked Art Schema.org EDM RiC-O BIBFRAME CIDOC-CRM Collection Management Library Document Management
30. Starting points for Collection Online Data Services Linked Art Schema.org • After 10+ years of Rijksstudio: • Return control over data content back to the museum • Put the objects front and center • Use the power of Docstores to: • Ensure a powerful, fast and responsive user experience • Use the power of linked data to: • Allow for advanced search strategies in the User interface • Recommend related concepts in the User interface • Build up a network of generated content
31. Querying the Data 1. Full text search through metadata → 2. Faceted search → 1. Suggestions while typing → 2. Facet recommendations → 3. Generating Content → Elasticsearch collection objects index Neo4j graph
32. Data Pipeline Simplified Data Services Elastic Search Neo4j Enrichme nts Enrichme nts Website SPARQL CMS Linked Art Schema.org
33. Thank you! Questions? p.gorgels@rijksmuseum.nl erwin@q42.nl