Met Museum MCP Server

@cyanheads/met-museum-mcp-server Search the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, fetch full artwork records and open-access images via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. Its README documents 3 tools, including met_list_departments, met_search_collections, met_get_object.

People who work with art, cultural heritage and museum and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-13 · ★ 4 · #45 OF 173 MAINTAINED MEDIA · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

Apache-2.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Met Museum MCP Server

before you install - you'll need

Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add cyanheads-met-museum-mcp-server --transport http https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyanheads-met-museum-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://met-museum.caseyjhand.com/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-17

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions · remote - your agent's requests go to met-museum.caseyjhand.com

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

npm package @cyanheads/met-museum-mcp-server - published under the repo owner's npm scope (@cyanheads)

registry namespace io.github.cyanheads is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Met Museum MCP Server can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can read all 19 curatorial departments with their numeric IDs and display names, and fetch full records for one or more object IDs - metadata, provenance, artist info, CC0 image URLs, tags, and Wikidata links.

The 3 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what met-museum-mcp-server lets an agent do.

met_list_departments: - Return all 19 curatorial departments with their numeric IDs and display names
met_search_collections: - Search the collection by keyword with filters for department, date range, medium, geography, on-view status, public-domain status, and highlight designation
met_get_object: - Fetch full records for one or more object IDs - metadata, provenance, artist info, CC0 image URLs, tags, and Wikidata links

Latest releases

v0.5.2 · 2026-09-13

mcp-ts-core 0.13.1, Bun 1.4 floor, stateless by default · createApp({ sessionMode: 'stateless' }) declares the HTTP session posture in code (cyanheads/mcp-ts-core#376) · HTTP transport closes a cancelled request's SSE…

v0.5.1 · 2026-09-10

met_search_collections intersects filtered results against an unfiltered control run, removing objects that don't match the query · met_search_collections filtered results are intersected against an unfiltered control…

v0.5.0 · 2026-09-10

bounded batches, findspot geography, measurements · met_get_object batch responses are now bounded by a cumulative 60,000-byte budget on structuredContent; records that don't fit are listed in deferred[] with their…

04 · Who maintains Met Museum MCP Server

met-museum-mcp-server is maintained by cyanheads. We track 125 MCP servers from cyanheads - 119 actively maintained, 1,816 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Dec 2024. Full record: all servers from cyanheads.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/cyanheads/met-museum-mcp-server
category: media - ranked #45 of 173 actively-maintained media servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-13)
registry: io.github.cyanheads/met-museum-mcp-server (active, first published 2026-06-01 · 15 versions)
packages: npm:@cyanheads/met-museum-mcp-server · npm:@cyanheads/met-museum-mcp-server

06 · Met Museum MCP Server FAQ

Is Met Museum MCP Server still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-13 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Met Museum MCP Server do?

How do I install Met Museum MCP Server?

Run `npx -y @cyanheads/met-museum-mcp-server`. The README documents 2 environment variables (MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL) to set first. Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Met Museum MCP Server require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-17; you can connect without credentials.

07 · Alternatives to Met Museum MCP Server

Alternatives to Met Museum MCP Server

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