search_artworks
Pack: artsmia · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/artsmia/mcp
Search the Minneapolis Institute of Art collection (~90k objects). Accepts free text (“monet water lilies”) or Elasticsearch field syntax: artist:“Van Gogh”, country:“China”, department:“Asian Art”, room:G3* — combinable with free text. Returns artist, date, medium, gallery location (on-view status), and image URL. Keyless.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | yes | Free text or ES query-string field syntax. Examples: “monet”, ‘artist:“Van Gogh”’, ‘horse country:“China”’, ‘department:“European Art”’. |
limit | number | no | Max results (default 10, max 25). |
on_view_only | boolean | no | If true, only return artworks currently on view in a gallery. |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/artsmia/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_artworks","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"artsmia": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/artsmia/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.