Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) collection.

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Tools

search_artworks

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", r

No parameters required.

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get_artwork

Get full details for one Minneapolis Institute of Art object by its numeric collection id — title, artist, date, medium, dimensions, credit line, department, gallery location, curatorial text, and ima

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department_highlights

Browse artworks from a Minneapolis Institute of Art curatorial department, with imaged objects ranked first. Departments include "European Art", "Asian Art", "Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture",

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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/artsmia/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/artsmia/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_artworks","arguments":{}}}'

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", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("minneapolis institute of art (mia) collection");