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The Met Museum

The Met Museum MCP Connector for Claude

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Explore 470,000+ artworks from The Metropolitan Museum of Art — search by artist, title, culture, date and department.

8 tools Official Updated Oct 1, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner
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Connect to The Met Museum and explore one of the world's largest art collections through natural conversation — no API key needed.

What you can do

  • Artwork Search — Search 470,000+ artworks by artist name, title, culture, medium or any term
  • Artwork Details — Get full metadata including title, artist, date, medium, dimensions, credit line and images
  • Department Browse — Explore artworks by department (European Paintings, Egyptian Art, Asian Art, etc.)
  • Highlights — Discover curator-selected highlights from the collection
  • On-View Objects — Find artworks currently displayed in the museum galleries
  • Date Range Search — Filter artworks by century or specific date ranges
  • Image Discovery — Find artworks with Open Access CC0 images

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. No API key needed — all data is open access
  3. Start exploring art from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

Who is this for?

  • Art Enthusiasts — discover artworks, explore artists and learn about art history
  • Educators — use artwork metadata and images for teaching and presentations
  • Researchers — analyze art collections, provenance and cultural heritage data
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8 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_objects_by_department

Use get_departments first to find the department ID. Returns list of object IDs which can be used with get_object for full details. Get all object IDs for a specific department

get_departments

Useful for filtering searches by department (e.g. European Paintings, Egyptian Art, Asian Art, Arms and Armor). Get all museum departments

get_object

Returns title, artist, culture, date, medium, dimensions, credit line, repository URL, image URLs and more. All Open Access images are CC0 public domain. Get detailed info for a specific artwork by object ID

search_by_century

Returns object IDs which can be used with get_object for full artwork details including images. Search for objects created in a specific century

search_highlights

These represent some of the most significant and popular works in the collection. Search for highlighted (curator-selected) objects

search_objects

Supports filtering by department, date range, medium, images, highlights and on-view status. Returns object IDs which can be used with get_object for full details. Search The Met collection for artworks

search_on_view

Useful for planning museum visits. Search for objects currently on view in the museum

search_with_images

Useful for finding visual artworks. Supports all standard search filters plus has_images=true. Search for objects that have images

See how to talk to your AI agent using The Met Museum.

Search for paintings by Monet.

Found 84 Monet paintings in the Met collection including: Water Lilies (1906), The Japanese Footbridge (1920), Rouen Cathedral series, and many Impressionist masterpieces with high-resolution images.

Show me the highlights from Egyptian Art.

Found 200+ Egyptian Art highlights including: Temple of Dendur (reconstructed in the museum), statues of pharaohs, sarcophagi, jewelry and papyrus scrolls spanning 3,000 years of Egyptian civilization.

Find sculptures from the 1800s.

Found 300+ sculptures from 1800-1899 including works by Rodin, Carpeaux and other 19th century masters. Each with dimensions, materials, credit lines and images.

No! The Met Museum API is completely free and open. No authentication required. 80 requests/second rate limit.

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