molanojustin/smithsonian-mcp

Overview

An MCP server that provides AI assistants with access to the Smithsonian Institution's Open Access collections.

Capabilities

• • sampling support
• • authentication support
• • mcp client integration

Best For

MCP server enabling AI assistants to access the Smithsonian Institution's Open Access collections.

Decision Snapshot

• • GitHub stars: 8
• • Forks: 3
• • Source provenance count: 1
• • Last seen: 4/15/2026
• • Published: 3/16/2026

Installation / Setup

# Install globally && npm install -g @molanojustin/smithsonian-mcp && # Or run directly with npx (no installation needed) && npx -y @molanojustin/smithsonian-mcp

Features

• • **Get API Key**: api.data.gov/signup (free)
• • **Configure**: Copy .env.example to .env and set your API key
• • Objects will show as having 0 images even when filtered for image content
• • Image statistics are estimates based on search filtering, not actual media availability
• • The system gracefully handles this limitation and continues to provide all other metadata
• • **SAAM** (American Art): Paintings, decorative arts, sculptures, drawings
• • **NASM** (Air & Space): Aircraft, avionics, spacecraft, aviation equipment
• • **NMAH** (American History): Historical artifacts, inventions, cultural objects

Use Cases

• • Supports capabilities such as: sampling support; authentication support; mcp client integration.
• • Common usage themes: mcp, curated, markdown-list, awesome-mcp-servers-punkpeye.

Supported Clients / Integrations

• • sampling support
• • authentication support
• • mcp client integration

Compatibility Signals

• • GitHub: mentions (Mentioned in approved metadata/docs evidence.)

Notes / Requirements

• • Primary language: Python
• • License: MIT
• • Documentation coverage: high
• • Parser coverage score: 1.00
• • Source feeds: Awesome MCP Servers (punkpeye)
• • Topic cluster: general

Official Links

• Website
• Repository
• Documentation 1 (/signup)
• Documentation 2 (/docs)
• Documentation 3 (/molanojustin/smithsoni...)
• Documentation 4 (/molanojustin/smithsoni...)

Source Information

Related MCP Tools