smithsonian mcp server for Claude.ai

io.github.cyanheads/smithsonian-mcp-server

Search 14.5M Smithsonian Open Access objects, get CC0 images, find cross-collection connections.

client:Claude.ai transport:streamable-http runtime:npm tools:6

Install smithsonian mcp server in Claude.ai

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

https://smithsonian.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude on the web takes a remote URL and completes OAuth in the browser. For a packaged server use Claude Desktop or Claude Code instead. Claude.ai docs

What Claude.ai can do once it is connected

smithsonian_search_objects
smithsonian_list_terms
smithsonian_get_object
smithsonian_get_media
smithsonian_browse_category
smithsonian_find_related

smithsonian mcp server in other clients

Claude Code
Claude Desktop
Cursor
VS Code
Zed
Windsurf
Cline
Gemini CLI
Grok
ChatGPT
LangChain

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