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

pkg:npm:@cyanheads/met-museum-mcp-server

Search the Met collection, browse by department or update date, fetch full records and CC0 images.

transport:: remote + stdio
credential class:: self-provisionable
repo:: https://github.com/cyanheads/met-museum-mcp-server

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Tools

met_get_object
Fetch full records for one or more Met Museum object IDs. Accepts up to 20 IDs per call and returns partial success — a single 404 does not fail the whole batch; per-ID failures are reported separately. Object IDs come from met_search_collections. Non-public-domain objects return empty image URLs. The constituents array is null for anonymous or unattributed works; tags is null for untagged objects.
shallow
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 met_search_collections departmentId filter.
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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. Returns the total count and one page of IDs in ascending order, which met_get_object resolves to full records. With no filter the list is the whole collection (over 500,000 IDs). departmentId takes an ID from met_list_departments; updatedSince takes a YYYY-MM-DD date and answers "what has the Met added or revised since this day". Paging has no depth limit — pass nextOffset to continue. For keyword, classification, place, or object-date filters use met_search_collections instead. A list is cached for up to an hour, so a record revised within the last hour may not appear yet.
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met_search_collections
Search the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection by keyword and optional filters. Returns the total match count and a page of matching object IDs, which met_get_object resolves to full records. Relevance is keyword-based, not semantic; department and geographic filters narrow results more than a longer query. The medium parameter maps to the classification field (pass "Paintings", "Drawings", etc., not material descriptions like "Oil on canvas"). isPublicDomain guarantees CC0-licensed images; hasImages also includes copyrighted works. isOnView restricts results to works currently on display in a Met gallery.
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