What data is there?

Each row in the CSV file is an object from the catalogue, and has a number of fields. There are:

id_NUMBER:

a unique identifier

ITEM_NAME:

a simple name, often from an established thesaurus

TITLE:

a short caption

MAKER:

the name of who made the object

DATE_MADE:

when the object was made, which may be a range, approximate date or unknown

PLACE_MADE:

where the object was made

MATERIALS:

what the object is made of

MEASUREMENTS:

the dimensions of the object

DESCRIPTION

a description of the object

COLLECTION:

the collection the object came from (eg: Science Museum - Space Technology)

There are obviously a number of different types of data here: free text, identifiers, dates, places (which could be geocoded to geo coordinates), and dimensions. Additionally, COLLECTION and MAKER both come from a list of possible values.