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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Open Access catalog of The Met's collection

🎬 MediaHEALTHYchecked 41 min ago
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Query object records from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including titles, artists, dates, departments and public-domain image links. Look up any object by ID or pull the full object-ID index. Fully keyless with open CORS.

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Uptime history
100%90 days
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560P50 · ms
3936P95 · ms
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Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 309 ms, slowest 2668 ms, most recent 372 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/436535

{
  "objectID": 436535,
  "isPublicDomain": true,
  "department": "European Paintings",
  "title": "Wheat Field with Cypresses",
  "artistDisplayName": "Vincent van Gogh",
  "objectDate": "1889",
  "primaryImageSmall": "https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DP-42549-001.jpg"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/436535"
const res = await fetch("https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/436535");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/436535")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /objects/436535560 mschecked 41 min ago
GET/objects/436535PROBED

Open Access catalog of The Met's collection

GET/objects

Objects — documented GET route.

GET/objects/1

Objects details by ID (example: 1).

GET/objects?limit=10

Objects — documented GET route.

GET/objects/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/public/collection/v1/objects

Objects — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: common questions

Is Metropolitan Museum of Art free to use?

Yes — Metropolitan Museum of Art is a free media API. Free tier: Free, no API key required. Commercial use is allowed on the free tier.

Does Metropolitan Museum of Art need an API key?

No — Metropolitan Museum of Art needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (80 requests/second (requested in docs)).

Can I call Metropolitan Museum of Art from the browser?

Yes — Metropolitan Museum of Art returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Metropolitan Museum of Art up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Metropolitan Museum of Art is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 560 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.