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met-museum-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/met-museum-mcp-server

MET Museum collection via MCP — 500K+ artworks, metadata, provenance, open-access images.

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Uptime
100.0%
4 direct probes · 30d
Response
1547ms
last probe
Tools
4
callable
Resources
0
readable
Prompts
0
available
Score: 100/100
Handshake verified by our own probe.
why this score
pass Answers the MCP handshake 50/50
The handshake and the list calls succeeded on the primary URL.
pass Lists tools, resources or prompts 30/30
4 tools, 0 resources, 0 prompts returned.
pass 3 or more catalogue items 10/10
4 items in total; 3 or more earns these points.
pass Describes itself 10/10
89 characters; more than 30 earns these points.

Tools · 4

met_list_departments

Return the 19 curatorial departments at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, each with its numeric departmentId and display name — the valid values for the departmentId filter on met_search_collections and…

met_search_collections

Search the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection by keyword and optional filters. Returns the total match count and one page of matching object IDs, which met_get_object resolves to full records. Rele…

met_list_objects

Browse the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection without a keyword: every object ID in one curatorial department, every object whose record was created or revised on or after a date, or both together.…

met_get_object

Fetch full records for one or more Met Museum object IDs. Fetches up to 20 distinct IDs per call; a list of up to 500 (a full search or list page) is accepted, and the distinct IDs past the first 20 c…

How to use

Add to your Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "met-museum-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "transport": "http"
    }
  }
}