diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72be121f..81e3215e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ The following endpoints are currently available at http://localhost:3000/api/lan
 - [/photographs](http://localhost:3000/api/lanes/photographs)
 - [/prints-and-drawings](http://localhost:3000/api/lanes/prints-and-drawings)
 - [/recently-digitized-collections](http://localhost:3000/api/lanes/recently-digitized-collections)
+- [/items](http://localhost:3000/api/lanes/items)
 
 ### Individual Lane - GET /api/lanes/[...slug]
 
@@ -81,6 +82,12 @@ Returns respective JSON for that lane.
 
 Returns JSON containing all lanes' metadata.
 
+### Featured Items - GET /api/featuredItems
+
+---
+
+Returns JSON containing all featured items' image data.
+
 #### Note for future
 
 These endpoints will change (as DC homepage is built out) to be dynamically generated from another source instead of getting static data.
diff --git a/__tests__/featureditems.test.tsx b/__tests__/featureditems.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af7786e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/featureditems.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { getItemsData } from "@/pages/api/featuredItems";
+import itemsDataHandler from "@/pages/api/featuredItems";
+import { NextApiRequest } from "next";
+
+describe("Featured items API endpoint handler", () => {
+  it("should respond with 200 status and items data for a GET request", () => {
+    const request: NextApiRequest = {
+      method: "GET",
+    } as NextApiRequest;
+
+    const mockResponse: any = {
+      status: jest.fn(function () {
+        return this;
+      }),
+      json: jest.fn(),
+    };
+
+    itemsDataHandler(request, mockResponse);
+
+    expect(mockResponse.status).toHaveBeenCalledWith(200);
+    expect(mockResponse.json).toHaveBeenCalledWith(getItemsData());
+  });
+
+  it("should respond with an error for non-GET requests", () => {
+    const request: NextApiRequest = {
+      method: "POST",
+    } as NextApiRequest;
+
+    const mockResponse: any = {
+      status: jest.fn(function () {
+        return this;
+      }),
+    };
+
+    itemsDataHandler(request, mockResponse);
+
+    expect(mockResponse.status).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(200);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/data/featureditems.json b/src/data/featureditems.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59a9b679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/featureditems.json
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+{
+  "featuredItems": {
+    "images": [
+      "105180.jpg",
+      "105196.jpg",
+      "105224.jpg",
+      "105226.jpg",
+      "1108684.jpg",
+      "1161044.jpg",
+      "1161045.jpg",
+      "1221632.jpg",
+      "1260009.jpg",
+      "1269908.jpg",
+      "1536497.jpg",
+      "1536861.jpg",
+      "1549431.jpg",
+      "1557804.jpg",
+      "1558053.jpg",
+      "1657176.jpg",
+      "1693502.jpg",
+      "4000175.jpg",
+      "405476.jpg",
+      "417074.jpg",
+      "419720.jpg",
+      "433221.jpg",
+      "433223.jpg",
+      "434110.jpg",
+      "434408.jpg",
+      "464341.jpg",
+      "465012.jpg",
+      "482599.jpg",
+      "482603.jpg",
+      "482752.jpg",
+      "482815.jpg",
+      "483644.jpg",
+      "5013067.jpg",
+      "5082781.jpg",
+      "5086214.jpg",
+      "5104191.jpg",
+      "5131004.jpg",
+      "5150304.jpg",
+      "5164274.jpg",
+      "5164604.jpg",
+      "5164631.jpg",
+      "5179778.jpg",
+      "5179798.jpg",
+      "5180605.jpg",
+      "5273165.jpg",
+      "5339958.jpg",
+      "53926.jpg",
+      "54528.jpg",
+      "54795.jpg",
+      "700179F.jpg",
+      "79781.jpg",
+      "79849.jpg",
+      "836151.jpg",
+      "G91F075_038F.jpg",
+      "M_1260849.jpg",
+      "T000725.jpg",
+      "nypl_mss_901.jpg",
+      "ps_mss_831.jpg",
+      "ps_prn_cd31_456.jpg",
+      "ps_prn_cd32_461.jpg",
+      "psnypl_dan_1757.jpg",
+      "psnypl_mss_1228.jpg",
+      "psnypl_spn_610.jpg"
+    ],
+    "noIndex": {
+      "images": [
+        "105069.jpg",
+        "1558052.jpg",
+        "1582228.jpg",
+        "435037.jpg",
+        "465016.jpg",
+        "482602.jpg",
+        "5002508.jpg",
+        "5013067.jpg",
+        "5086214.jpg",
+        "5164590.jpg",
+        "5164599.jpg",
+        "5164608.jpg",
+        "5316870.jpg",
+        "53901.jpg",
+        "87300.jpg",
+        "G91F380_080F.jpg",
+        "den_1409v.jpg",
+        "psnypl_the_4323.jpg",
+        "swope_246124.jpg",
+        "th-16090.jpg",
+        "trouvelot_003.jpg",
+        "trouvelot_010.jpg"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/api/featuredItems.ts b/src/pages/api/featuredItems.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2dfd189f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/api/featuredItems.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import itemsData from "@/data/featureditems.json";
+import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
+
+export const getItemsData = () => {
+  return itemsData;
+};
+
+const itemsDataHandler = (
+  request: NextApiRequest,
+  response: NextApiResponse
+) => {
+  const { method } = request;
+  if (method === "GET") {
+    return response.status(200).json(getItemsData());
+  }
+};
+export default itemsDataHandler;
+
+// http://localhost:3000/api/featuredItems