# The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API

Category: [Image and photo](https://free-web-services.com/web-services/media/images/)  
Page: https://free-web-services.com/web-services/media/images/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-collection-api.html  
Documentation: https://metmuseum.github.io/

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 key: Not needed
- 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

Example request:

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

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