Art Institute Chicago MCP Server is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago. 70 installs a week from npm. It exposes 6 tools. Last commit 2 Oct 2026.
Search the Art Institute of Chicago collection: artworks, artists, exhibitions, and audio guides.
Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 15 min ago.
claude mcp add art-institute-chicago-mcp-server --transport http https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"art-institute-chicago-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.art-institute-chicago-mcp-server]
url = "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
{
"mcpServers": {
"art-institute-chicago-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"art-institute-chicago-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
MCP_HTTP_HOST (The hostname for the HTTP server.), MCP_HTTP_PORT (The port to run the HTTP server on.), MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH (The endpoint path for the MCP server.), MCP_AUTH_MODE (Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.), AIC_CONTACT (Contact the museum can reach (an email or URL, printable ASCII), sent in the AIC-User-Agent header on every request. Defaults to the repository URL; set your own for any deployment.), AIC_REQUESTS_PER_MINUTE (Outbound request budget per minute for api.artic.edu (1-600). Defaults to 50, under the published 60 per minute anonymous limit.), MCP_LOG_LEVEL (Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
artic_get_artworks
artic_lookup_vocabulary
artic_search_artists
artic_search_artworks
artic_search_audio_guide
artic_search_exhibitions
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://art-institute-chicago.caseyjhand.com/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 231 ms | 15 min ago |
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