# The Census Database: Overview

The database of the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture is a research project of the Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. For more about the other activities of the Census project, please visit the Census website [here](https://www.census.de/en/home/). 

In this section you will find the following key information about the database:

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[What is the Census Database?](/the-census-database-overview/what-is-the-census-database.md)
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[History of the Census Database](/the-census-database-overview/history-of-the-census-database.md)
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[Partner Projects of the Census Database](/the-census-database-overview/partner-projects-of-the-census-database.md)
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[The Census Data Model](/the-census-database-overview/the-census-data-model.md)
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[The Hierarchical Structure of the Census Data](/the-census-database-overview/the-hierarchical-structure-of-the-census-data.md)
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[CensusIDs](/the-census-database-overview/censusids.md)
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[Authority Data](/the-census-database-overview/authority-data.md)
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