Met Museum Collection API

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API provides access to information about the museum's collection of over 500,000 artworks. This is a read-only API that does not require authentication.

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Base URL: https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 4
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 16:07:57.016390

Links

Homepage: https://metmuseum.github.io/
API Base: https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/

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Uptime (7d)

393ms

Avg latency (7d)

8

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Topics

GOVERNMENT

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET departments List all departments — 200 257ms
GET objects List all valid object IDs — 200 871ms
GET objects/{objectID} Get object by ID — 200 193ms
GET search Search the collection — 200 543ms