Met Museum Art Search
Pricing
from $10.00 / 1,000 results
Met Museum Art Search
Metropolitan Museum of Art Search
What Does Metropolitan Museum of Art Search Do?
Metropolitan Museum of Art Search is an Apify actor that searches the Met Museum's open access collection of over 470,000 artworks. It retrieves detailed metadata for each artwork including titles, artist names and nationalities, creation dates, medium descriptions, department classifications, cultural origins, historical periods, high-resolution image URLs, and links to the Met's online catalog. Perfect for art historians, educators, digital gallery builders, and cultural data researchers.
Why Use Metropolitan Museum of Art Search?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the largest and most diverse art collections in the world. Their open access API provides free access to hundreds of thousands of records, but requires multiple API calls to retrieve complete artwork details. This actor handles the search-then-fetch workflow automatically, combining search results with individual object details into one clean dataset. No API key required.
How to Use Metropolitan Museum of Art Search
- Enter a search term (artist name, artwork title, medium, or period).
- Set the maximum number of artworks to return.
- Click "Start" and the actor will search and fetch artwork details.
- Download your results in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.
Works with zero configuration — click Start to search for sunflower artworks immediately.
Input Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | Search term for artworks | sunflowers |
| maxResults | integer | Maximum artworks to return | 20 |
Output Data
Each artwork result includes:
- title — Artwork title
- artistName — Artist display name
- artistNationality — Artist's nationality
- objectDate — Date or period of creation
- medium — Materials and techniques used
- department — Met Museum department
- culture — Cultural origin
- period — Historical period
- imageUrl — URL to high-resolution primary image
- objectUrl — Link to Met Museum online catalog page
Cost of Usage
This actor is affordable to run, though costs vary based on result count since each artwork requires a separate API call.
- Per result: $0.01
- Per 1,000 results: $10
- Actor start: $0.005
A search for 20 artworks typically completes in 10-20 seconds.
Tips and Best Practices
- Search by artist name (e.g., "Van Gogh", "Rembrandt") for artist-specific results.
- Search by medium (e.g., "oil on canvas", "watercolor") to filter by technique.
- Not all artworks have images; the imageUrl field may be null for some objects.
- Keep maxResults moderate (20-50) for faster completion times since each result requires its own API call.
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