The Met Museum MCP Server enables AI models to interact with The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection through natural language queries. Key capabilities include:
- List Departments: Retrieve all departments in The Met.
- Search Museum Objects: Search for objects by keywords, title, or department, with options to filter by availability of images.
- Get Museum Object: Fetch detailed information about a specific object by ID, including metadata and images (if available).
Accesses the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access data, including images available under Open Access which can be added to the server's resources and displayed to users.
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:
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. sunflowershasImages
(boolean, optional, default: false): Only search for objects with imagestitle
(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:
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 retrievereturnImage
(boolean, optional, default: true): Whether to return the image (if available) of the object and add it to the server resources
- Outputs:If returnImage is true
Usage with Claude Desktop
Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json
:
Usage with LibreChat
Add the following in your librechat.yaml
Example queries
Here some questions you can ask the AI model when this server in connected:
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.
remote-capable server
The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.
A MCP Server that lets user ask AI models to discover the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Adds the discovered art works as Resources on the server.
Related Resources
Related MCP Servers
- AsecurityAlicenseAqualityThe ArXiv MCP Server bridges the gap between AI models and academic research by providing a sophisticated interface to arXiv's extensive research repository. This server enables AI assistants to perform precise paper searches and access full paper content, enhancing their ability to engage with scientific literature.Last updated -41,218PythonApache 2.0
- -securityFlicense-qualityA MCP server that allows AI assistants to interact with the browser, including getting page content as markdown, modifying page styles, and searching browser history.Last updated -5TypeScript
- AsecurityAlicenseAqualityEnables AI assistants to discover, retrieve details about, and manage MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that provide additional tools and capabilities on demand.Last updated -4283JavaScriptAGPL 3.0
- -securityAlicense-qualityA collection of custom MCP servers providing various AI-powered capabilities including web search, YouTube video analysis, GitHub repository analysis, reasoning, code generation/execution, and web crawling.Last updated -2PythonMIT License