Smithsonian Collection Discovery
Workflow capability for discovering and exploring Smithsonian Institution collections. Used by researchers, educators, and developers to search across 22 million museum objects, artworks, and natural history specimens, retrieve detailed metadata, explore subject categories, and get collection statistics.
What You Can Do
MCP Tools
search-collections
Search across all 22 million Smithsonian collection items including artworks, natural history specimens, cultural objects, and archival materials
search-art-and-design
Search Smithsonian art and design collections specifically
search-history-and-culture
Search Smithsonian history and cultural collections
search-science-and-technology
Search Smithsonian science and technology collections
get-collection-item
Get complete metadata for a specific Smithsonian collection item including description, media images, provenance, and classification data
browse-facet-terms
Get available facet values for filtering searches by culture, place, object type, date, topic, or museum unit
get-collection-stats
Get aggregate statistics about the Smithsonian collections including total object counts, online media counts, and open access availability