# smithsonian-mcp-server MCP Server

Search 14.5M Smithsonian Open Access objects, get CC0 images, find cross-collection connections.

**Tools observed.** Pod connected on 2026-09-05 and the server listed 6 tools directly. Verified.

## Status

Pod connected to smithsonian-mcp-server on 2026-09-05. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 20855ms.

It identifies itself as `smithsonian-mcp-server` version 0.3.6, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

## Tools

Pod observed 6 tools when it connected:

- `smithsonian_search_objects`
- `smithsonian_list_terms`
- `smithsonian_get_object`
- `smithsonian_get_media`
- `smithsonian_browse_category`
- `smithsonian_find_related`

## Connect

Published as `@cyanheads/smithsonian-mcp-server` on npm. Runs locally.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smithsonian-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/smithsonian-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Published as `@cyanheads/smithsonian-mcp-server` on npm. Runs locally.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smithsonian-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/smithsonian-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

A hosted endpoint at `https://smithsonian.caseyjhand.com/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smithsonian-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://smithsonian.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

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## Related servers

- [Smithsonian](/mcp/smithsonian) — Same product family, different deployment

## For agents

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