APA 7th Citation Guide

General Guidelines

• Ensure your punctuation is correct

  • Artwork title: Write the title of the artwork in sentence case. 
  • Museum title: In italics and in title case, e.g. The Museum of Metropolitan Art

• Ensure your formatting is correct
  • ​Follow our red format structure and view our examples in black. E.g. For the elements of the reference we have italicized, you also italicize that same element in your reference.

• Insert the stable URL to the artwork - not to the database link - at the end: If a stable URL does not appear in the address bar, then find a "Share" or "Email" button under or next to the artwork to see if you can obtain the stable URL that way. 

Format

Creator, A. A. (Year of creation). Title of work [Type of artwork]. Museum Name, City, Country.

Examples

Rodin, A. (1902). The thinker [Bronze and marble sculpture]. Musée Rodin, Paris, France.

Crosman, R. (1735). Chest with drawer. [Painted white pine, white cedar furniture]. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States.

Citing In-Text: Example of one of the references

(Crossman, 1735) OR Crossman (1735).  

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

Specific Guidelines

Location

• ​Provide the city; state, province, or territory, and the country. Input the two-letter postal code abbreviations for U.S. states, and the analogous abbreviations for states, provinces, or territories in other countries, if they use them. 
  • e.g. Atlanta, GA, United States
  • e.g. Melbourne, VIC, Australia
• If the country has no states, provinces, or territories, then write the city and the country, e.g.
  • e.g. London, England
  • e.g. Paris, France

Format

Creator, A. A. (Year of creation). Title of work [Type of artwork]. Museum Name, City, State Initials, Country. http://xxxxx

Examples

O'Keefe, G. (1922). A storm [Drawing]. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482299

Creti, D. (ca. 1713-1714).  Artemesia drinking the ashes of Mausolus [Painting]. The National Gallery, London, England. https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/donato-creti-artemisia-drinking-the-ashes-of-mausolus

• https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482299
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• https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482299
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• https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482299
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For more details and examples on how to reference journal articles, including for types not covered here, consult the following section in the APA 7th Publication Manual:

Section 10.14 Visual Works 97. Artwork in a museum or on a museum website

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If you use EndNote to input your references, then choose the reference type underneath. If you export or import your citations, then check that EndNote automatically categorized them to the below reference type:

Artwork  or  Online multimedia