Pipeworx art

Search and explore 500,000+ artworks in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's open-access collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Available tools

• 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).

Scenarios where this fits

1. A user asks "show me Impressionist paintings at the Met" — use search_artworks with query "impressionism"
2. Generating educational content about ancient Egyptian artifacts
3. Building an art recommendation feature and need structured metadata
4. Comparing works across departments or time periods

Example: finding Van Gogh works

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.

Output shape

Each artwork includes:

• title, artist, date, medium
• department, culture, period
• image_url (public domain where available)
• object_url (link to the Met's website)

Setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-art": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp"]
    }
  }
}