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Smithsonian MCP

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

Grade A Local · stdio API key tools not listed v0.3.8 · 8 Oct 2026
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What it does

Search 14.5M Smithsonian Open Access objects across 20+ museums via MCP, and retrieve CC0 images for the 5.2M that carry openly-licensed media. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.

Quickstart

# 1 — add it to Claude Code claude mcp add --scope user --env 'SMITHSONIAN_API_KEY=${SMITHSONIAN_API_KEY}' --transport stdio smithsonian-mcp '--' npx -y @cyanheads/smithsonian-mcp-server

It needs SMITHSONIAN_API_KEY: this reads it from your environment, so export it first.

Smithsonian costs nothing on mcprush: there is no plan to choose here, no cap to set and nothing mcprush can bill you for.

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