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Are you ready to build a digital masterpiece? Whether you want to curate a virtual gallery using The Met, track near-earth objects with NASA, or dive into the digital archives of the Natural History Museum, this is your playground.
There’s no set prompt—only a treasure trove of world-class APIs and a room full of creative minds. You pick the data, you pick the stack, and create your own adventure.

The Mission
You have one day to build a project using at least one culture, science, or other cool API. We’ll provide a curated list of fun APIs to get your gears turning, but the final destination is up to you.
Potential Quests:

• The Curator: Build a "Daily Masterpiece" bot using The Metropolitan Museum of Art API.
• The Astronaut: Create a live asteroid tracker or a Mars Rover gallery using NASA Open APIs.
• The Explorer: Map out biodiversity hotspots using the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• The Historian: Connect the dots of the past using the Smithsonian or Library of Congress data.

Location & Logistics

• Make sure to bring your laptop and charger.
• Where: The Coffee Shop NE, 2852 Johnson St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418
• When: 10AM on March 14th

Why join? Because the world’s most interesting data is sitting behind an API key, waiting for someone to do something awesome with it. Why not you?