# US Tourist Attractions & Museums Directory Scraper (`straightforward_hydra/us-attractions-museums-directory`) Actor

Extract tourist attractions in any US state: museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks, monuments, castles & landmarks — name, subtype, address, website & GPS. From OpenStreetMap. No key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/straightforward\_hydra/us-attractions-museums-directory.md
- **Developed by:** [Dev D](https://apify.com/straightforward_hydra) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Travel, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 attractions

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## US Tourist Attractions & Museums Directory Scraper 🏛️

**Extract tourist attractions in any US state — museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks, monuments, castles, memorials and landmarks — with name, type, address, website and GPS coordinates. Data from OpenStreetMap. No API key.**

A ready-to-use list of things to see for travel apps, itinerary planners, tourism boards, content sites, and location datasets. Pick a state (or a city bounding box), optionally narrow to one type, and get structured rows in seconds.

***

### What you get

Each row: `name` · `subtype` (museum / attraction / gallery / zoo / theme\_park / viewpoint / castle / monument / memorial / ruins / archaeological\_site) · `address` (plus split `street` / `city` / `state` / `postcode`) · `phone` · `website` · `opening_hours` · `lat` / `lon` · `osm_url`.

### Examples

**All attractions in California**

```json
{ "state": "CA", "maxResults": 5000 }
```

**Only museums in New York**

```json
{ "state": "New York", "type": "museum" }
```

**Everything in one city (bounding box)**

```json
{ "bbox": "38.88,-77.05,38.91,-77.00" }
```

### Use cases

- **Travel & tourism apps** — populate destination guides and maps.
- **Itinerary planning** — feed a "things to do" recommendation engine.
- **Content & SEO** — build city / state attraction pages.
- **Location datasets** — enrich with categorized points of interest and coordinates.

### Notes

- **No API key.** Data comes from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org) via the Overpass API (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL).
- **Coverage varies.** OpenStreetMap is community-maintained; completeness is highest in populated and touristic areas.
- **Canadian provinces** work too (e.g. `"ON"`, `"BC"`).
- Covers `tourism=museum/attraction/gallery/zoo/theme_park/viewpoint/artwork` and `historic=castle/monument/memorial/ruins/archaeological_site`.

***

#### Keywords

tourist attractions, museums, galleries, landmarks, monuments, points of interest, POI, things to do, travel data, tourism, sightseeing, zoos, theme parks, historic sites, attractions directory, travel app data, OpenStreetMap, GPS, no API key.

# Actor input Schema

## `state` (type: `string`):

US state as a 2-letter code (e.g. "CA", "TX", "NY") or full name. Canadian provinces (e.g. "ON") also work.

## `type` (type: `string`):

Limit to one kind. Leave empty for all.

## `bbox` (type: `string`):

Optional geographic box "south,west,north,east" (decimal degrees) to use instead of a state.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on attractions returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "state": "CA",
  "type": "",
  "maxResults": 1000
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "state": "CA"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("straightforward_hydra/us-attractions-museums-directory").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "state": "CA" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("straightforward_hydra/us-attractions-museums-directory").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "state": "CA"
}' |
apify call straightforward_hydra/us-attractions-museums-directory --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,straightforward_hydra/us-attractions-museums-directory"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/tmSsuJ6j2N9TNsfOm/builds/euSSUMCZindyUDj4X/openapi.json