MCP server

Art

io.github.pipeworx-io/art

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

Art MCP — Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API (free, no auth)

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

45

Token cost

About 26,691 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 art https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.art]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"art":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"art":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"art":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add art https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/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":"art","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"art","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp"}

Tools

• get_artwork ~112 tokens
  Get full details for a specific artwork. Provide the object ID from search results. Returns title, artist, date, medium, department, and high-resolution image URL.
• get_departments ~78 tokens
  Return the full list of Metropolitan Museum of Art curatorial departments (e.g., 'Egyptian Art', 'Modern and Contemporary Art'), each with its numeric department ID.
• search_artworks ~198 tokens
  Search the Met's collection by subject, artist or keyword (e.g., "sunflowers", "monet", "ancient egypt"). Artworks whose TITLE matches come first, then ones whose ARTIST or culture matches, then general full-text matches; each result says which via `matched_on`. Returns title, artist, date, medium a

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