[EN] Extract data from Goskatalog - State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation

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Goal

Scrape metadata and data from Goskatalog - State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation (National Museum Database).

Data Source

Name: Goskatalog - State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation
URL: https://goskatalog.ru
Type: National Museum Database

Tasks

• Analysis: Analyze the detailed structure of the Goskatalog - State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation website.
• Extraction: Develop a scraper/parser to extract the following fields (if available):
  • Title / Name
  • Date / Period
  • Author / Creator
  • Description / Abstract
  • URL to original object
  • • Dimensions
  • Medium/Technique
  • Provenance
• Processing: Clean the data and save it as a structured file (CSV, JSONL).
• Publication: Push the code and data to a new public GitHub repository.

Context

Goskatalog is the central database for all state museum collections in Russia. It contains a vast number of Armenian cultural artifacts, including paintings by major artists like Ivan Ayvazovsky. The Open Data Armenia community has created a dedicated dataset of Armenian-related artwork from Goskatalog, making this data easily accessible.

Deliverables

1. Code: Python script (or other language) used for extraction.
2. Data: The extracted dataset in a standard format (UTF-8 encoded).
3. Documentation: A simple README.md explaining how to use the script and describing the data columns.

Resources

• https://goskatalog.ru