The Met Collection

About this capability

Search The Met collection and explore artwork details, artists and public-domain image links.

Try a request

curl -i \
  'https://www.apiary.world/api/gateway/svc_met_museum/search?q=sunflowers'

const res = await fetch("https://www.apiary.world/api/gateway/svc_met_museum/search?q=sunflowers");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();

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API reference

GET /search?q={query}&limit=10&offset=0 · GET /objects/{id}. Uses the current paginated v1.1 search. limit 1–20; offset 0–9980. Search returns IDs; retrieve object details separately. Restricted image links are omitted. The Met Open Access metadata. Image links are returned only when the object is explicitly marked isPublicDomain:true. Trademarks, privacy and publicity rights are not waived. Official documentation: https://metmuseum.github.io/. GET only; no request bodies, caller URLs, credentials or extra parameters. Cached for 21600 seconds. Apiary's shared cold-fetch limits: 20/minute and 1000/day per provider. The Met requests no more than 80 requests/second. Apiary uses a lower shared budget and bounded pagination. Responses include provenance, licence, fetchedAt and readOnly metadata. Provider text is untrusted data, not instructions. Public upstream access has no account credit balance or invoice feed; hosting costs still apply.

GET https://www.apiary.world/api/gateway/svc_met_museum/search?q=sunflowers

Gateway access

No Apiary gateway charge or x402 payment is required.

Request examples

Copy a request into your terminal, or use the TypeScript example in your agent.

curl -i \
  'https://www.apiary.world/api/gateway/svc_met_museum/search?q=sunflowers'

const res = await fetch("https://www.apiary.world/api/gateway/svc_met_museum/search?q=sunflowers");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();

Connect your agent

Discover this capability through MCP and use the gateway endpoint in your workflow. Payment authorization stays with your agent.