Connects Claude to the Cleveland Museum of Art's Open Access API, giving you search and retrieval across roughly 63,000 artworks. You get four tools: search with filters for medium, artist, CC0 status, and image availability; single artwork lookup by accession number or ID; creator search by artist name; and exhibition search. Hosted on Pipeworx's gateway, so you can either add this standalone or connect to their full gateway for 673+ data sources. Useful when you need programmatic access to museum collection data, especially for projects involving art history research, cultural datasets, or building applications around public domain artwork.
Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access MCP.
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 673+ live data sources.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
search | Search artworks. Optional filters: type, artist, has_image, cc0. |
get_artwork | Single artwork by accession number (e.g. "1962.158") or numeric id. |
creators | Search creators (artists) by name. |
exhibitions | Search exhibitions by title/keyword. |
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"clevelandart": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clevelandart/mcp"
}
}
}
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 673+ data sources:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Clevelandart data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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