Rijksmuseum

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Rijksmuseum — the Dutch national museum's collection, via its open Data Services API (data.rijksmuseum.nl).

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Tools

rijks_object

One Rijksmuseum object in full: title, maker, date, object type, materials, place, depicted subjects, the museum's own curatorial description, object number, rights statement and image URL. Accepts th

No parameters required.

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rijks_object_image

Image URLs for one Rijksmuseum object: the IIIF Image API 3 service, full-resolution pixel dimensions, a full-size JPEG, a scaled JPEG at a width you choose, a thumbnail, and the object's rights state

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/rijksmuseum/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/rijksmuseum/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"rijks_search","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("rijks_search", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("rijksmuseum — the dutch national museum's collection, via its open data services api (data");