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+# Smithsonian Open Access Data
+
+Pre-processed data dumps from the [Smithsonian Open Access](https://www.si.edu/openaccess) initiative, covering millions of objects across Smithsonian Institution museums and archives.
+
+## What is this?
+
+The Smithsonian publishes their Open Access metadata on S3, but the raw data is split across 255 individual `.txt` files per unit. This dataset consolidates each unit's data into a single `.jsonl.gz` file for easier downloading and processing.
+
+## Files
+
+Each file corresponds to a Smithsonian unit:
+
+| File | Unit |
+|------|------|
+| `aaa.jsonl.gz` | Archives of American Art |
+| `acah.jsonl.gz` | Archives Center, American History |
+| `acm.jsonl.gz` | Anacostia Community Museum |
+| `cfchfolklife.jsonl.gz` | Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage |
+| `chndm.jsonl.gz` | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
+| `eepa.jsonl.gz` | Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives |
+| `fbr.jsonl.gz` | Smithsonian Field Book Registry |
+| `fsa.jsonl.gz` | Freer-Sackler Archives |
+| `fsg.jsonl.gz` | Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery |
+| `hac.jsonl.gz` | Horticulture Archives Collection |
+| `hmsg.jsonl.gz` | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden |
+| `hsfa.jsonl.gz` | Human Studies Film Archives |
+| `naa.jsonl.gz` | National Anthropological Archives |
+| `nasm.jsonl.gz` | National Air and Space Museum |
+| `nmaahc.jsonl.gz` | National Museum of African American History and Culture |
+| `nmafa.jsonl.gz` | National Museum of African Art |
+| `nmah.jsonl.gz` | National Museum of American History |
+| `nmai.jsonl.gz` | National Museum of the American Indian |
+| `nmnhanthro.jsonl.gz` | NMNH - Anthropology |
+| `nmnhbirds.jsonl.gz` | NMNH - Birds |
+| `nmnhbotany.jsonl.gz` | NMNH - Botany |
+| `nmnheducation.jsonl.gz` | NMNH - Education |
+| `nmnhento.jsonl.gz` | NMNH - Entomology |
+| `nmnhfishes.jsonl.gz` | NMNH - Fishes |
+
+## Usage
+```bash
+# Clone the entire dataset
+git clone https://huggingface.co/datasets/museado/smithsonian-data
+
+# Or download individual files
+wget https://huggingface.co/datasets/museado/smithsonian-data/resolve/main/nmah.jsonl.gz
+
+# Decompress and explore
+gunzip -c nmah.jsonl.gz | head -1 | jq .
+```
+
+## Data Format
+
+Each line is a JSON object representing a single Smithsonian record. The structure follows the Smithsonian's EDAN (Enterprise Digital Asset Network) schema.
+
+## Source
+
+Original data from: `https://smithsonian-open-access.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/metadata/edan/`
+
+## License
+
+The underlying data is released by the Smithsonian under [CC0](https://www.si.edu/openaccess/faq).
+
+## Maintainer
+
+[Museado Foundation](https://museado.org)
+