metmuseum-mcp

An MCP server enabling AI-driven exploration of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection.

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Metmuseum-mcp is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI models with tools to access and interact with the art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The server enables natural language queries for searching, listing, and retrieving detailed information—including images—about museum objects and departments. It allows resources such as artwork images to be made available in AI contexts and integrates with platforms like Claude Desktop and LibreChat. The server operates via the official Met API and is independently maintained.

Key Features

Lists all departments within The Met Museum

Natural language search of museum objects

Retrieves detailed information and images for specific art objects

Integrates with Claude Desktop as an extension

Configurable via npx and JSON/YAML for various AI platforms

Supports returning images as resources for AI models

Filters searches by department, title, and image availability

Provides AI-friendly outputs for enhanced context management

Open source with MIT License

Verified and security-assessed via MseeP

Use Cases

Enabling AI assistants to answer questions about artworks in The Met collection

Building educational or discovery chatbots for art museums

Automating research workflows in digital humanities

Programmatically retrieving open access art images for creative projects

Facilitating curation tools for educators and students

Supporting conversational search of museum departments and their holdings

Providing context-driven art recommendations in conversational interfaces

Assisting art historians in quickly locating and referencing collection items

Powering virtual tours or digital guides for museum collections

Integrating rich art data and images into custom AI model workflows

README

Met Museum MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection through natural language interactions. This server allows AI models to search The Met's art collection and have art works available as a Resource.

Features

This server provides AI models the following tools to interact with the art collection of The Met

1. List Departments (list-departments)

Lists all the valid departments at The Met

Inputs:
- None

Output:

Department ID: 1, Display Name: American Decorative Arts
Department ID: 3, Display Name: Ancient Near Eastern Art
...

2. Search Museum Objects (search-museum-objects)

Search for various objects in The Met based on the inputs.

Inputs:
- q (string): The search term e.g. sunflowers
- hasImages (boolean, optional, default: false): Only search for objects with images
- title (boolean, optional, default: false): Returns objects that match the query, specifically searching against the title field for objects.
- departmentId (number, optional): Returns objects that are a part of a specific department.

Outputs:

Total objects found: 54
Object IDs: 436532, 789578, 436840, 438722,...

3. Get Museum Objects (get-museum-object)

Get a specific object from The Met containing all open access data about that object, including its image (if the image is available under Open Access).

If there is an image it is added to the Resource of the server via the title of the object.

Inputs:
- objectId (number): The id of the object to retrieve
- returnImage (boolean, optional, default: true): Whether to return the image (if available) of the object and add it to the server resources

Outputs:

Title: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Artist Bio: Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise
Department: European Paintings
Credit Line: Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Primary Image URL: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/DT1502_cropped2.jpg
Tags: Men, Self-portraits

If returnImage is true

**base64 encoding of jpeg image**

Usage with Claude Desktop

Via Desktop Extension (DXT)

Download the dxt file from the Releases
Open it with Claude Desktop or Go to File -> Settings -> Extensions and drag the .DXT file to the window to install it

Via npx

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

json

{
  "mcp-servers": {
    "met-museum": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "metmuseum-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Usage with LibreChat

Add the following in your librechat.yaml

yaml

mcpServers:
  metmuseum:
    command: npx
    args:
      - -y
      - metmuseum-mcp

Example queries

Here some questions you can ask the AI model when this server in connected:

Can you show me a few painting from the Asian Art department?
Can you find the painting titled "Corridor in the Asylum"?
Can you find any art that has "cat" in the title or features "cats"?

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.

Disclaimer

This library is not officially associated with The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It is a third-party implementation of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API with a MCP Server.

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License MIT License

MCP Verified Sep 2, 2025

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