Integrate The Met Museum with Claude, Cursor, Chatbots & AI Agents MCP Server

Explore 470,000+ artworks from The Metropolitan Museum of Art — search by artist, title, culture, date and department.

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+ other MCP clients

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Get departments on The Met Museum

Useful for filtering searches by department (e.g. European Paintings, Egyptian Art, Asian Art, Arms and Armor). Get all museum departments

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Get object on The Met Museum

Returns title, artist, culture, date, medium, dimensions, credit line, repository URL, image URLs and more. All Open Access images are CC0 public domain. Get detailed info for a specific artwork by object ID

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Get objects by department on The Met Museum

Use get_departments first to find the department ID. Returns list of object IDs which can be used with get_object for full details. Get all object IDs for a specific department

Search by century on The Met Museum

Returns object IDs which can be used with get_object for full artwork details including images. Search for objects created in a specific century

Search highlights on The Met Museum

These represent some of the most significant and popular works in the collection. Search for highlighted (curator-selected) objects

Search objects on The Met Museum

Supports filtering by department, date range, medium, images, highlights and on-view status. Returns object IDs which can be used with get_object for full details. Search The Met collection for artworks

Search on view on The Met Museum

Useful for planning museum visits. Search for objects currently on view in the museum

Search with images on The Met Museum

Useful for finding visual artworks. Supports all standard search filters plus has_images=true. Search for objects that have images

Security & Code Integrity Audit

Every tool in the The Met Museum MCP Server is continuously audited by the Vinkius Security Engine. We guarantee zero-trust payload isolation, strict data boundaries, and deterministic execution for enterprise-grade AI agents.

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How Vinkius protects your data

Is there a risk of the AI "going crazy" and deleting important company data?

No. With Vinkius, the AI operates on "rails". It can only make the exact moves you authorized in the tool's settings. It cannot invent routes, access other networks in your company, or decide to delete random files. If the action isn't in the approved catalog, the attempt is blocked instantly.

Can I audit what my AI agents are doing with this integration?

Yes, Vinkius provides an immutable, HMAC-chained audit log. Every tool execution, payload, and response is tracked in real-time on your dashboard, giving you complete visibility into your agent's actions.

How many artworks are in the collection?

The Met collection includes 470,000+ artworks spanning 5,000 years of art history from every part of the globe.

Does the AI train on my tools or API data?

No. Vinkius enforces a strict Zero-Retention policy. Your data simply passes through our secure servers to complete the requested action and is instantly forgotten. Nothing you do here is ever stored, logged, or used to train any artificial intelligence.

Automated Workflows using The Met Museum

Connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) with the The Met Museum MCP server to manage operations across the following domains.

Next-Gen art history Operations

The The Met Museum toolkit provides secure access to art history functions. It enables conversational agents to manage knowledge management settings deterministically.

Next-Gen cultural heritage Automation

The The Met Museum toolkit provides structured tools for cultural heritage. It enables conversational interfaces like Claude Code to query and modify data within your knowledge management infrastructure.