search-museum-objects

Search for objects in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by query, title, or department. Filter results to include only items with images for precise discovery and access.

Instructions

Search for objects in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met Museum). Will return Total objects found, followed by a list of Object Ids.The parameter title should be set to true if you want to search for objects by title.The parameter hasImages is false by default, but can be set to true to return objects without images.If the parameter hasImages is true, the parameter title should be false.

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`departmentId`	No	Returns objects that are in the specified department. The departmentId should come from the 'list-departments' tool.
`hasImages`	No	Only returns objects that have images
`q`	Yes	The search query, Returns a listing of all Object IDs for objects that contain the search query within the object's data
`title`	No	This should be set to true if you want to search for objects by title

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "departmentId": {
      "description": "Returns objects that are in the specified department. The departmentId should come from the 'list-departments' tool.",
      "type": "number"
    },
    "hasImages": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Only returns objects that have images",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "q": {
      "description": "The search query, Returns a listing of all Object IDs for objects that contain the search query within the object's data",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "title": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "This should be set to true if you want to search for objects by title",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Met Museum MCP Server