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Research Artworks in Museum Collections

Search major museum databases to find artworks, verify attributions, and access provenance information.

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Art researchers, students, and collectors frequently need to locate specific works across major museum collections — to verify attribution, check exhibition history, or confirm whether a work is publicly held. Searching individual museum databases one at a time is slow and the results are inconsistent.

The search_artworks and artwork_details skills query art databases and museum collections to find works by title, artist, medium, period, or classification. Artwork details return accession numbers, provenance notes, exhibition history, and high-resolution image links where available.

Art historians, auction house researchers, gallery curators, and collectors use this to locate works and verify attribution efficiently without navigating dozens of individual museum portals.

Agent Guides

Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter in Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask: "Use art-collection-search to find works by Vermeer in major museum collections"
  3. Claude returns matching artworks with collection, accession, and provenance data
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT using the MCP JSON configuration
  2. Ask: "Use art-collection-search to find self-portraits by Rembrandt in public collections"
  3. ChatGPT returns matching artworks with key details
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to your Copilot MCP configuration
  2. Ask: "Use art-collection-search to find Impressionist paintings in the Metropolitan Museum collection"
  3. Copilot returns structured artwork records
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask: "Use art-collection-search to find works by Paul Cézanne in major collections"
  3. OpenClaw returns structured artwork records
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