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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art MCP Connector for Claude

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Explore the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection — search artworks, creators, and exhibitions via Open Access API.

9 tools Official Updated Oct 1, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner
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Access over 60,000 artworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art directly through your AI agent. This server connects to the CMA Open Access API, allowing for deep exploration of one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums.

What you can do

  • Artwork Search — Filter the collection by keyword, department, technique, or even specific artist demographics like African American or LGBTQ artists.
  • Visual Discovery — Use image similarity search to find visually related pieces within the collection.
  • Creator Insights — Retrieve detailed biographies and associated works for thousands of artists and creators.
  • Exhibition History — Search and inspect past and current exhibitions held at the museum.
  • Metadata Access — Get precise accession numbers, dimensions, and copyright statuses for any piece.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. No API key is required for public access
  3. Start exploring art history from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

Who is this for?

  • Art Historians & Researchers — quickly cross-reference metadata and exhibition histories
  • Educators — find high-quality CC0 images and artist biographies for lesson plans
  • Designers & Creatives — use similarity search to find visual inspiration from historical masterpieces
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9 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_artwork

Retrieve a specific artwork by its Athena ID or accession number

get_creator

Retrieve a specific creator record by ID

get_exhibition

Retrieve a specific exhibition by ID

search_artworks

Search for artworks and associated metadata

search_creators

Search for creators in the collection

search_may_show_creators

Search for artists who participated in the Cleveland Museum of Art "May Shows"

search_similar_artworks

Uses POST but acts as a read-only query. Image Similarity Search. Find visually similar artworks

get_may_show_creator

Retrieve a specific May Show creator by ID

search_exhibitions

Search for exhibitions

See how to talk to your AI agent using Cleveland Museum of Art.

Search for Impressionist paintings in the Cleveland Museum collection.

I've searched the collection using `search_artworks`. I found several notable Impressionist works, including pieces by Claude Monet and Berthe Morisot. Would you like the details for 'Water Lilies' (1915.634)?

Get full metadata for artwork with accession number 1953.424.

Using `get_artwork`, I've retrieved the record for 'The Crucifixion'. It is a 14th-century tempera on wood by an unknown Florentine artist, currently located in Gallery 204a.

Find information about the creator 'Vincent van Gogh'.

I've used `search_creators` to find Vincent van Gogh (ID: 1048). He was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter (1853–1890). The museum holds several of his works, including 'The Large Plane Trees'.

You can use the `search_artworks` tool and set the `currently_on_view` parameter to true. This will filter the results to show only pieces you can see in person at the museum.

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