Tools / Art Collection Search

Search Artworks

Search artworks across open museum collections, cultural aggregators, and global art-adjacent sources. Returns normalized results with images, institutions, artists, dates, and record links.

Returns: Artwork matches with normalized provider, institution, artist, date, image, and canonical record links

Parameters

query *stringSearch query such as an artist name, artwork title, movement, keyword, or subject

sourcestringProvider to search: all, met, artic, cma, digitalnz, jpsearch, wikidata, or openverse

limitnumberMaximum number of artworks to return per page (1-20, default 10)

pagenumberResults page number for pagination (default 1)

has_imagesbooleanWhen true, filter toward results that include a usable image URL for gallery output

Example

Search global open collections for Monet-related artworks with images

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "tool": "art-collection-search",
  "skill": "search_artworks",
  "input": {
    "query": "monet",
    "source": "all",
    "limit": 6
  }
}' \
  https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call

Artwork Details

Get the normalized public record for one artwork from any supported provider. Returns richer metadata including institution, rights, dimensions, description, and source links.

Returns: A normalized single-artwork record with provider metadata, rights, image URLs, and descriptive fields

Parameters

source *stringProvider source for the artwork record

artwork_id *stringArtwork identifier returned by search_artworks, such as numeric museum IDs, Q-IDs, UUIDs, or a full Japan Search data URI

Example

Get details for a Monet painting from the Art Institute of Chicago

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "tool": "art-collection-search",
  "skill": "artwork_details",
  "input": {
    "source": "artic",
    "artwork_id": "16568"
  }
}' \
  https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call

Search Artists

Search artist records across the Art Institute of Chicago and Wikidata. Returns artist names, life dates, short bios, and links to canonical source pages.

Returns: Artist matches with identifiers, life dates, short bios, and links to source records

Parameters

query *stringArtist search query such as a full name, surname, or transliterated variant

sourcestringProvider to search for artist records: all, artic, or wikidata

limitnumberMaximum number of artist records to return (1-20, default 10)

pagenumberResults page number for pagination (default 1)

Example

Search global artist sources for Claude Monet

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "tool": "art-collection-search",
  "skill": "search_artists",
  "input": {
    "query": "monet",
    "source": "all",
    "limit": 5
  }
}' \
  https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call

Quick Start

MCP (Claude Code)

claude mcp add --transport stdio \
  --env TOOLROUTER_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY \
  toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp

REST API

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOOLROUTER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"tool":"art-collection-search","skill":"search_artworks","input":{}}' \
  https://api.toolrouter.com/v1/tools/call