Cooper Hewitt MCP. Query deep design history and object metadata.

You're connecting your AI agent to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. You get access to one of the most massive design collections and research databases out there. Your agent acts like a design historian, pulling specific data points from the museum's archives, so you don't have to dig through catalogs yourself. search_collection or search_objects let you search the entire collection—whether you're looking for artifacts, people, or media—using keywords, dates, or specific filters.

If you need to narrow it down, you can run search_objects_faceted for detailed, filterable results across multiple criteria.

Want to dig into a specific item? You can grab all the deep metadata, including descriptions and history, for any single object using get_object_info. You can also check get_object_colors to pull the precise color palette, complete with hex codes, used in an object's design. To see which shows featured that piece, run get_object_exhibitions; you can even list every exhibition that's ever run with list_exhibitions.

Need to know who designed it? get_object_participants lists all the people—designers, artists, etc.—who were involved with that object. And if you're interested in the person themselves, get_person_info gives you detailed biographical and professional background. You can use get_person_objects to see every object tied to a specific individual, or get_person_images to get pictures of them.

Want to see what's currently on display? get_objects_on_display gives you a list of all objects physically visible in the museum. You can also use get_exhibition_objects to see exactly what was in a specific show. If you're looking for inspiration, get_random_object pulls a random artifact from the whole collection. For location data, list_rooms lists all the physical rooms across every location, and list_sites provides a list of all geographical sites where the museum has operated.

Your agent also handles the heavy lifting. You can run spec_formats to see what data formats the API supports, or spec_methods to list available response methods. If you just want to test the connection, you can use test_echo by passing it any parameters you want to see echoed back. If you need to simulate a failure, test_error handles that too.

You'll also get access to get_object_images for high-quality pictures of any object, and get_object_participants lists all people involved with a specific object. You can always check get_object_info for the object's comprehensive history and descriptions.