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io.github.cyanheads/smithsonian-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/smithsonian-mcp-server

Search 14.5M Smithsonian Open Access objects, get CC0 images, find cross-collection connections.

Uptime
100.0%
2 direct probes · 30d
Response
858ms
last probe
Tools
6
callable
Resources
0
readable
Prompts
0
available
Primary URL
https://smithsonian.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Tools · 6

smithsonian_search_objects

Recommended first step for open-ended or topic discovery: free-text search across 14.5 million Smithsonian objects, with optional exact filters. Filters narrow by museum unit, object type, indexed dat…

smithsonian_list_terms

Enumerate the valid term vocabulary for an indexed Smithsonian filter field (unit_code, culture, place, date, online_media_type, topic). Terms are a controlled vocabulary — often plural or qualified (…

smithsonian_get_object

Fetch a normalized catalog metadata projection for a Smithsonian object by its record_id (from smithsonian_search_objects results). Returns the exposed catalog fields — title, dates, description, make…

smithsonian_get_media

Return every CC0 (open-access) image for a Smithsonian object at multiple resolutions. The tool never returns an empty list — it names the reason instead: an object with nothing digitized, an object w…

smithsonian_browse_category

Browse Smithsonian objects within one exact category — a single museum (mode "museum"), culture, indexed date term (mode "period"), object type (mode "medium"), or subject term (mode "topic"). The val…

smithsonian_find_related

Discover objects across Smithsonian collections related to a given anchor object, matched on shared metadata signals — culture, period, object type, named parties, and topic terms. Each related object…

How to use

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.cyanheads/smithsonian-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://smithsonian.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}