Media

Data source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API, Art Institute of Chicago API

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/museum/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-museum": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/museum/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/museum/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "search_artworks", "arguments": {"query": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/museum/

4 endpoints available:

GET /rest/museum/search_artworks
GET /rest/museum/get_artwork
GET /rest/museum/get_departments
GET /rest/museum/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/museum/search_artworks?query=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/museum/search_artworks",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc museum

CLI documentation will be available when the GnistAI SDK is published.

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (4)

search_artworks

Search artworks across the Metropolitan Museum of Art (470K+ objects) and Art Institute of Chicago (120K+ objects).

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Search term — artist, title, style, subject. Example: 'Van Gogh sunflowers'.
`institution`	`any`	optional	Filter by institution: 'met' (Metropolitan Museum of Art) or 'aic' (Art Institute of Chicago). Omit to search both.
`department_id`	`any`	optional	Met Museum department ID filter (use get_departments to list). Only applies when institution='met'.
`is_highlight`	`any`	optional	Only return highlighted/notable works. Met only.
`has_images`	`any`	optional	Only return works with images. Met only.
`medium`	`any`	optional	Filter by medium, e.g. 'Paintings', 'Sculpture', 'Photographs'. Met only.
`date_begin`	`any`	optional	Start year filter, e.g. 1800. Met only.
`date_end`	`any`	optional	End year filter, e.g. 1900. Met only.
`limit`	`integer`	optional	Max results to return (1-10). (default: 5)

get_artwork

Get full details for a specific artwork by ID and institution.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`object_id`	`integer`	required	Artwork ID from the institution.
`institution`	`string`	required	Institution: 'met' (Metropolitan Museum) or 'aic' (Art Institute of Chicago).