The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API

by metmuseum.github.io

Image and photo Added on October 31st, 2026 Checked and working on November 2nd, 2026

What it does

The Met Collection API gives data about hundreds of thousands of objects in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: search objects, filter by department, and get titles, artists, dates, materials and images. Objects in the Met's Open Access program have public-domain (CC0) images you can use freely. Responses are JSON. Free, no key needed.

API
HTTP-GET
JSON
REST

At a glance

API key: Not needed · More APIs with no key
Pricing: Free, no key needed.
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Formats: JSON
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
Provider: metmuseum.github.io
Last checked: Working on November 2nd, 2026

More information: https://metmuseum.github.io/

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Example request

curl

curl 'https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/436535'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/436535");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/436535",
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.