Getty Vocabularies API

Access to Getty Research Institute's structured vocabularies including AAT (Art & Architecture Thesaurus), TGN (Thesaurus of Geographic Names), ULAN (Union List of Artist Names), and CONA (Cultural Objects Name Authority). Supports SPARQL queries, Linked Data access via content negotiation, and bulk downloads.

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Base URL: https://vocab.getty.edu/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 8
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 16:09:43.521693

Links

Homepage: https://vocab.getty.edu/
API Base: https://vocab.getty.edu/
Documentation:

100.0%

Uptime (7d)

769ms

Avg latency (7d)

21

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Topics

ART, KNOWLEDGE

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET /aat/{id} Get AAT concept by ID — 200 438ms
GET /activity-stream Get activity stream — — —
GET /queries Get example SPARQL queries — 404 914ms
GET /sparql SPARQL query endpoint — 200 727ms
GET /sparql.json Execute SPARQL query (JSON) — 200 725ms
GET /tgn/{id} Get TGN place by ID — 200 418ms
GET /ulan/{id} Get ULAN agent by ID — 200 681ms
GET /{vocabulary}/{term} Retrieve vocabulary term — — —