MCP server

Met Museum

io.github.cyanheads/met-museum-mcp-server

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Search the Met collection, browse by department or update date, fetch full records and CC0 images.

Source

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

4

Token cost

About 3,014 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http met-museum-mcp-server https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.met-museum-mcp-server]
url = "https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"met-museum-mcp-server":{"httpUrl":"https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"met-museum-mcp-server":{"url":"https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"met-museum-mcp-server":{"type":"http","url":"https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add met-museum-mcp-server https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"met-museum-mcp-server","server_url":"https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"met-museum-mcp-server","server_url":"https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}

Tools

• met_get_object ~657 tokens
  Fetch full records for one or more Met Museum object IDs. Fetches up to 20 distinct IDs per call; a list of up to 500 (a full search or list page) is accepted, and the distinct IDs past the first 20 come back unrequested in remainingIDs for a follow-up call. Returns partial success — a single 404 do
• met_list_departments ~115 tokens
  Return the 19 curatorial departments at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, each with its numeric departmentId and display name — the valid values for the departmentId filter on met_search_collections and met_list_objects.
• met_list_objects ~668 tokens
  Browse the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection without a keyword: every object ID in one curatorial department, every object whose record was created or revised on or after a date, or both together. Returns the total count and one page of IDs in ascending order, which met_get_object resolves to fu
• met_search_collections ~1574 tokens
  Search the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection by keyword and optional filters. Returns the total match count and one page of matching object IDs, which met_get_object resolves to full records. Relevance is keyword-based, not semantic; department and geographic filters narrow results more than a l

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