The Met

liveArt

Artworks in The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection — artist, period, medium and open-access images.

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Tools

search_artworks

Search The Met's open-access collection by keyword. Optionally filter to objects with images, currently on view, by medium, or by a year range. Returns compact records (title, artist, date, medium, im

No parameters required.

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get_artwork

Get the rich detail for a single Met collection object by its objectID — artist bio, medium, dimensions, department, classification, culture, period, credit line, image URLs, tags, and gallery number.

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list_departments

List The Met's curatorial departments (e.g. European Paintings, Egyptian Art, Arms and Armor) with their department IDs, usable to scope searches. Keyless.

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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/metmuseum/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/metmuseum/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("artworks in the metropolitan museum of art collection — artist, period, medium and open-access images");