Search and explore 500,000+ artworks in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's open-access collection
The Met's collection spans 5,000 years of art from every corner of the world. This pack connects to their open-access API, giving you structured data on paintings, sculptures, textiles, photographs, and more — complete with high-resolution image URLs, provenance, and exhibition history.
search_artworks — Full-text search across the collection. Returns the first 5 matching objects with details like artist, date, medium, and image URL.get_artwork — Deep dive into a single object by its Met Museum ID. Returns everything: dimensions, credit line, gallery location, provenance, classification, and more.get_departments — Lists all curatorial departments (e.g., Egyptian Art, European Paintings, Asian Art).search_artworks with query "impressionism"curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_artworks","arguments":{"query":"van gogh sunflowers"}}}'
You'll get back objects including titles, dates, artist nationality, medium, and direct links to high-res images on the Met's CDN.
Each artwork includes:
title, artist, date, mediumdepartment, culture, periodimage_url (public domain where available)object_url (link to the Met's website){
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx-art": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp"]
}
}
}