Va Museum MCP Server

Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) Collections MCP. Part of Pipeworx - an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that work with pipeworx and va museum and want a hosted endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-13 · ★ 2 · #816 OF 945 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Va Museum

Claude Code

claude mcp add pipeworx-io-mcp-va-museum --transport http https://gateway.pipeworx.io/va-museum/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-mcp-va-museum": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/va-museum/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://gateway.pipeworx.io/va-museum/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 remote - your agent's requests go to gateway.pipeworx.io

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

license MIT - declared in the repository

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

03 · What Va Museum can do

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

What you can build

An agent gets 2 documented tools, including search_objects, get_object.

The 2 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what Va Museum lets an agent do.

search_objects: - Search the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) - the world's leading art & design museum. Find objects across 1M+ items (furniture, fashion, ceramics, photographs, p
get_object: - Get the full record for a single V&A object by its system number (e.g. "O72610", as returned by search_objects). Returns title, maker, object type, materials, d

04 · Who maintains Va Museum

Va Museum is maintained by pipeworx-io. We track 1589 MCP servers from pipeworx-io - 1564 actively maintained, 69 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Mar 2026. Full record: all servers from pipeworx-io.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-va-museum
website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/va-museum
category: other - ranked #816 of 945 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-09-18.
registry: io.github.pipeworx-io/va-museum (active, first published 2026-06-09)

06 · Va Museum FAQ

What is Va Museum?

Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) Collections MCP. Part of Pipeworx - an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Is Va Museum still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-13. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Va Museum?

Run `claude mcp add pipeworx-io-mcp-va-museum --transport http https://gateway.pipeworx.io/va-museum/mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Va Museum require authentication?

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

07 · Alternatives to Va Museum

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