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The Met Collection API

Open-access artworks of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Status
Working
API key
Not needed
Browser calls
Runs in the browser
Latency
599 ms
Docs
metmuseum.github.io ↗

Build snapshot, not live. One verifier run on , from the machine that built this site. How we check

Example request

GEThttps://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/436535

Sent from your browser straight to collectionapi.metmuseum.org. No proxy: this site never sees the request or the answer.

Copy the request

Shell
curl -s 'https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/436535'

Response stored by the verifier

This is what collectionapi.metmuseum.org answered when the verifier sent the request above on : HTTP 200, application/json. Arrays are cut to two items and long strings are shortened. It comes from the build snapshot.

application/json · stored
{
  "objectID": 436535,
  "isHighlight": true,
  "accessionNumber": "1993.132",
  "accessionYear": "1993",
  "isPublicDomain": true,
  "primaryImage": "https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/DP-42549-001.jpg",
  "primaryImageSmall": "https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DP-42549-001.jpg",
  "additionalImages": [
    "https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/LC-EP_1993_132_suppl_CH-004.jpg",
    "https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/LC-EP_1993_132_suppl_CH-003.jpg"
  ],
  "constituents": [
    {
      "constituentID": 161947,
      "role": "Artist",
      "name": "Vincent van Gogh",
      "constituentULAN_URL": "http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500115588",
      "constituentWikidata_URL": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5582",
      "gender": ""
    }
  ],
  "department": "European Paintings",
  "objectName": "Painting",
  "title": "Wheat Field with Cypresses",
  "culture": "",
  "period": ""
}

Availability

Up 1 of 1 day checked · 30-day window

What counts as up for this API: an answer within five seconds, a 2xx status, and the JSON body must contain the field "title".

Last check: — passed, HTTP 200 in 599 ms.

The check runs from our infrastructure, not from where you are. If you need certainty, send the request yourself above. How the verifier works.

Questions

Does the The Met Collection API need an API key?

No. The sample request on this page was answered without a key, token or account.

Can I call the The Met Collection API from the browser?

Yes. collectionapi.metmuseum.org answered our verifier with an Access-Control-Allow-Origin header on Oct 3, 2026, so a fetch call from a web page can read the response.

Is the The Met Collection API working?

At the check on Oct 3, 2026 it returned HTTP 200 with the expected data in 599 ms. The status at the top of this page shows the most recent result we have.