Arts & Culture · Education & Learning

Harvard Art Museums MCP Server

alexlin1234/harvard-art-museums-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to the Harvard Art Museums API, giving access to over 224,000+ artworks, artist records, and museum objects.

Install

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "harvard-art-museums": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "/absolute/path/to/harvard-art-museums/server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HARVARD_ART_MUSEUMS_API_KEY": "<HARVARD_ART_MUSEUMS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

HARVARD_ART_MUSEUMS_API_KEY
Category
Arts & Culture, Education & Learning
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • search_objects - Search artworks in the collection with filters

  • get_object - Fetch detailed information about a specific artwork by ID

  • search_people - Search for artists and people in the collection

  • get_person - Fetch detailed information about a specific person by ID

  • random_object - Get a random artwork with optional classification/culture filters

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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