art-institute-chicago-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-serverVersion 0.3.1

Search the Art Institute of Chicago collection: artworks, artists, exhibitions, and audio guides.

Status

Responds620 msNov 14, 2026, 14:48 UTCAnswered our handshake without sign-in.

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Last checked: Nov 14, 2026, 14:48 UTC
Latency: 620 ms
Remotes responding: 1 of 1
Sign-in: No sign-in
Hosting: Hosted outside the EU (detected)
Registry data as of: Nov 14, 2026, 22:14 UTC

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Connect

Streamable HTTP

https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcpResponds620 msNov 14, 2026, 14:48 UTC

No sign-in

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http art-institute-chicago-mcp-server https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop and claude.ai

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Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
Name: art-institute-chicago-mcp-server
Remote MCP server URL: https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "art-institute-chicago-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

code --add-mcp '{"name":"art-institute-chicago-mcp-server","type":"http","url":"https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"}'

Streamable HTTP

npm: @cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server 0.3.1

Package only

npm (npx)

claude mcp add art-institute-chicago-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server@0.3.1

Streamable HTTP

npm: @cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server 0.3.1

Package only

npm (npx)

claude mcp add art-institute-chicago-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server@0.3.1

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Tools

6 tools

Tools of art-institute-chicago-mcp-server
	Description		Read-only	Idempotent	Open world
`artic_get_artworks`Fetch full Art Institute of Chicago records for up to 100 artworks by id in one call, returning deferred_ids for the rest: description, provenance, exhibition and publication history, dimensions, inscriptions, credit line, categorization, gallery, image URLs with rights status, and related multimedia. The long text sections are opt-in through sections; request the sections and ids your client can take, since every section on 100 well-documented works comes to about 1.4 MB. Ids come from artic_search_artworks, artic_search_exhibitions, or artic_search_artists.	Fetch full Art Institute of Chicago records for up to 100 artworks by id in one call, returning deferred_ids for the rest: description, provenance, exhibition and publication history, dimensions, inscriptions, credit line, categorization, gallery, image URLs with rights status, and related multimedia. The long text sections are opt-in through sections; request the sections and ids your client can take, since every section on 100 well-documented works comes to about 1.4 MB. Ids come from artic_search_artworks, artic_search_exhibitions, or artic_search_artists.	Not declared	Yes	Yes	Yes
`artic_lookup_vocabulary`List the values of an Art Institute of Chicago collection vocabulary with how many artworks carry each, most common first, optionally narrowed by a substring. Each value passes to the artic_search_artworks filter of the same name exactly as listed (case is ignored). Counts here span the whole collection; for counts within a filtered set of artworks, request facets from artic_search_artworks.	List the values of an Art Institute of Chicago collection vocabulary with how many artworks carry each, most common first, optionally narrowed by a substring. Each value passes to the artic_search_artworks filter of the same name exactly as listed (case is ignored). Counts here span the whole collection; for counts within a filtered set of artworks, request facets from artic_search_artworks.	Not declared	Yes	Yes	Yes
`artic_search_artists`Find artists, cultures, and organizations in the Art Institute of Chicago collection by name, or fetch them by id. Each result carries life dates, agent type, alternate names, how many of the museum's artworks credit them, and up to three of their works, the museum's highlighted works first. Pass an id to artic_search_artworks as artist_id to browse all of their works.	Find artists, cultures, and organizations in the Art Institute of Chicago collection by name, or fetch them by id. Each result carries life dates, agent type, alternate names, how many of the museum's artworks credit them, and up to three of their works, the museum's highlighted works first. Pass an id to artic_search_artworks as artist_id to browse all of their works.	Not declared	Yes	Yes	Yes
`artic_search_artworks`Search the Art Institute of Chicago collection by text and structured filters, ranked by relevance or sorted by date or acquisition year. Text matches all words across titles, artists, descriptions, provenance, and other catalog fields; common English words such as the and of are ignored. Filters combine with AND. Results reach the first 1,000 matches; narrow with filters for more. Set limit to 0 with facets to get only counts. Use artic_lookup_vocabulary for filter values and artic_get_artworks for full records.	Search the Art Institute of Chicago collection by text and structured filters, ranked by relevance or sorted by date or acquisition year. Text matches all words across titles, artists, descriptions, provenance, and other catalog fields; common English words such as the and of are ignored. Filters combine with AND. Results reach the first 1,000 matches; narrow with filters for more. Set limit to 0 with facets to get only counts. Use artic_lookup_vocabulary for filter values and artic_get_artworks for full records.	Not declared	Yes	Yes	Yes
`artic_search_audio_guide`Search the Art Institute of Chicago's mobile audio-guide stops by text, matching stop titles and transcripts. Returns each stop's title, MP3 URL, and transcript text. Stops carry no artwork id, so match a stop to a work by its title; for a known artwork, artic_get_artworks related_media lists the recordings linked to it. Some stops are in Spanish, and titles are sometimes internal file names. This content is for noncommercial educational and personal use only: keep the copyright notice and cite the Art Institute of Chicago.	Search the Art Institute of Chicago's mobile audio-guide stops by text, matching stop titles and transcripts. Returns each stop's title, MP3 URL, and transcript text. Stops carry no artwork id, so match a stop to a work by its title; for a known artwork, artic_get_artworks related_media lists the recordings linked to it. Some stops are in Spanish, and titles are sometimes internal file names. This content is for noncommercial educational and personal use only: keep the copyright notice and cite the Art Institute of Chicago.	Not declared	Yes	Yes	Yes
`artic_search_exhibitions`Search Art Institute of Chicago exhibitions by text, date, artwork_id, or artist_id. Relationship filters cover recorded museum links; an absent link does not prove an artwork or artist never appeared in a show. For the full exhibition record of one artwork, read the exhibition_history section of artic_get_artworks. Results carry dates, gallery, summary, web page, and listed artworks. Pass artwork ids to artic_get_artworks for full records.	Search Art Institute of Chicago exhibitions by text, date, artwork_id, or artist_id. Relationship filters cover recorded museum links; an absent link does not prove an artwork or artist never appeared in a show. For the full exhibition record of one artwork, read the exhibition_history section of artic_get_artworks. Results carry dates, gallery, summary, web page, and listed artworks. Pass artwork ids to artic_get_artworks for full records.	Not declared	Yes	Yes	Yes

Details

Registry status: Active
Published: Nov 4, 2026
Updated: Nov 4, 2026
Website: Not given
Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/art-institute-chicago-mcp-server⁠ (opens in a new tab)
Categories (suggested): Design and mediaSuggested categories are assigned automatically from the registry text and may be wrong. Verified operators can correct them.
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