molanojustin/smithsonian-mcp
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Smithsonian Open Access collections via MCP for AI assistants.
This MCP server implements the Model Context Protocol to connect AI assistants (like Claude) directly to the Smithsonian's Open Access data. It exposes endpoints for searching and retrieving metadata from over 15 million digitized items, including images of artworks, scientific specimens, historical artifacts, and more. The server handles API authentication, pagination, and response formatting, allowing AI assistants to fetch rich information about museum collections in real time. It leverages the Smithsonian Institution's public API to provide structured data such as titles, descriptions, creators, dates, and media links. Built with TypeScript and standard MCP tool definitions, it can be easily integrated into any MCP-compatible client.
💡Highlights
- ├─Smithsonian Open Access API
- ├─15M+ digitized artifacts
- └─MCP-compatible tool
🎯For
- ├─AI developers
- ├─Museum professionals
- └─Researchers