- name
- pipeworx-art
- description
- Search and explore 500,000+ artworks in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's open-access collection
- version
- 1.0.0
- metadata
- openclaw
- requires
- bins
- emoji
- 🖼️
- homepage
- https://pipeworx.io/packs/art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met's collection spans 5,000 years of art from every corner of the world. This pack connects to their open-access API, giving you structured data on paintings, sculptures, textiles, photographs, and more — complete with high-resolution image URLs, provenance, and exhibition history.
Available tools
search_artworks— Full-text search across the collection. Returns the first 5 matching objects with details like artist, date, medium, and image URL.get_artwork— Deep dive into a single object by its Met Museum ID. Returns everything: dimensions, credit line, gallery location, provenance, classification, and more.get_departments— Lists all curatorial departments (e.g., Egyptian Art, European Paintings, Asian Art).
Scenarios where this fits
- A user asks "show me Impressionist paintings at the Met" — use
search_artworkswith query"impressionism" - Generating educational content about ancient Egyptian artifacts
- Building an art recommendation feature and need structured metadata
- Comparing works across departments or time periods
Example: finding Van Gogh works
curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_artworks","arguments":{"query":"van gogh sunflowers"}}}'You'll get back objects including titles, dates, artist nationality, medium, and direct links to high-res images on the Met's CDN.
Output shape
Each artwork includes:
title,artist,date,mediumdepartment,culture,periodimage_url(public domain where available)object_url(link to the Met's website)
Setup
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx-art": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/art/mcp"]
}
}
}