`search_objects`

Pack: va-museum · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_objects for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) — the world’s leading art & design museum. Find objects across 1M+ items (furniture, fashion, ceramics, photographs, paintings, jewellery, sculpture) by keyword. Returns id, title, maker, date, place, type, and thumbnail. Use the returned id with get_object for full details. Keyless.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Free-text keyword search (e.g. “Jasper Morrison chair”, “Tudor portrait”, “Japanese ceramics”).
`limit`	number	no	Max results to return (default 15, max 100).
`page`	number	no	Page number, 1-based (default 1).
`with_images`	boolean	no	If true, only return objects that have images (default false).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "Jasper Morrison chair"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/va-museum/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_objects","arguments":{"query":"Jasper Morrison chair"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_objects', {
  "query": "Jasper Morrison chair"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "Japanese ceramics",
  "limit": 25,
  "with_images": true
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

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

Connect to just the va-museum pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "va-museum": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/va-museum/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_objects