Art

live Culture

Search 470,000+ artworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

3 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_artworks required: query

Search artworks by keyword

Parameters
Name Type Description
query req string Search term (artist, title, medium, etc.)
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get_artwork required: object_id

Get full artwork details by object ID

Parameters
Name Type Description
object_id req number Met Museum object ID
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get_departments

List all museum departments

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_artworks","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_artworks", {"query":"example"});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("search 470,000+ artworks from the metropolitan museum of art");