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Europeana

Europeana MCP Connector for Claude

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Explore millions of cultural heritage items — search artworks, books, and records from European museums and libraries directly through your AI agent.

4 tools Official Updated Oct 1, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner
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Connect to Europeana, the digital heart of Europe's cultural heritage. This MCP server allows your AI agent to search and retrieve metadata for millions of digitized items from thousands of European galleries, libraries, archives, and museums.

What you can do

  • Advanced Search — Use search_records to find specific items using boolean operators and filters (e.g., searching for 'Paris' AND 'Louvre' with image filters).
  • Detailed Metadata — Retrieve deep technical and descriptive metadata for specific cultural objects using get_record with collection and record IDs.
  • Entity Exploration — Discover linked information about People, Places, Topics, and Organizations associated with cultural records via get_entity.
  • Bulk Harvesting — Access professional-grade metadata harvesting through the oaipmh_request tool for large-scale data analysis.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. Enter your Europeana API Key (WSKey)
  3. Start exploring European history and art from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client

Who is this for?

  • Researchers & Academics — Quickly find primary sources and metadata for historical research.
  • Educators — Discover high-quality cultural assets and descriptions for lesson planning.
  • Developers & Data Scientists — Access structured cultural data for applications or analysis via OAI-PMH.
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4 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

search_records

Search Europeana metadata

oaipmh_request

Returns XML data. Bulk harvesting of metadata via OAI-PMH

get_entity

Retrieve information about linked entities

get_record

Get detailed information about a specific cultural heritage object

See how to talk to your AI agent using Europeana.

Search Europeana for records related to 'Vermeer' and 'Delft'.

I found several records. Notable items include 'View of Delft' and 'The Little Street'. Would you like the detailed metadata for any of these specific records?

Get the full record details for collection 9200365 and record BibliographicResource_1000055440343.

Fetching record details... This is a bibliographic resource from the National Library of France. It includes descriptions in multiple languages and links to the digital object. Would you like to see the full metadata profile?

Retrieve information about the entity 'Leonardo da Vinci' using the entity tool.

I've retrieved the entity data for Leonardo da Vinci. It includes his biographical dates, professional roles (painter, engineer, scientist), and links to related records in the Europeana database.

You can use the `qf` (Query Filter) parameter in the `search_records` tool. For example, setting `qf=TYPE:IMAGE` will narrow your results to visual media only.

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