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The EXHIBITION element represents a single exhibition that occurred at the Brooklyn Museum. Returned in the context of calls to collection.search, collection.getItem

Attributes

id (Required): The numeric ID for the exhibition.
uri (Required): A link to the item on the Brooklyn Museum Web site.
on_view (Required): Indicates whether or not the exhibition is currently on view.
type (Optional): In some contexts EXHIBITION elements will include a type attribute with value "exhibition" to make the element type determinable in JSON responses.
title (Optional): The title of the exhibition, if available.
location (Optional): If the exhibition is current, this attribute will give the museum location.
start_date (Optional): The exhibition start date. Note that because many historical dates are approximate the date format may vary.
end_date (Optional): The exhibition end date. Note that because many historical dates are approximate the date format may vary.
collection (Optional): The collection or organizing department associated with this exhibition. In cases where multiple departments contributed, names will be separated by a semicolon.
rank (Optional): In many contexts where an EXHIBITION element has many siblings (e.g., calls to collection.search), the rank attribute can be used to determine relative order.