Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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CC0 images and data for public-domain artworks in The Met collection, with a free REST API.

Open and public-domain media Library

Is Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access free for commercial use? Yes →

Website License API docs

Price

Free

Free; no API key or registration needed.

Commercial use

Yes

Creative Commons Zero (CC0), Open Access items only

Credit the author

Not needed

No credit needed

Agent access

Public API

no key needed

Rules for your agent

- Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access (Open and public-domain media). CC0 images and data for public-domain artworks in The Met collection, with a free REST API. Price: free; commercial use OK; no credit needed.
  Connect: API docs https://metmuseum.github.io/. Limits: Limit requests to 80 per second.
  Rule: Use only items flagged Open Access (OA icon); other artwork images are not CC0.
  Rule: Keep API calls under 80 requests per second.
  Rule: The dataset also lists artworks still under copyright (identifying data only); do not reuse those images.
  License: https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access (checked 2026-10-27; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/metropolitan-museum-of-art-open-access/)

Paste it into your prompt or AGENTS.md. It is built from the license and API terms below.

License

License	Creative Commons Zero (CC0), Open Access items only
Commercial use	Commercial use OK “for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use” metmuseum.github.io/
Credit	No credit needed “has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset using the Creative Commons Zero license” metmuseum.github.io/
Inside your app or game	Can ship inside your app “These select datasets are now available for use in any media without permission or fee” metmuseum.github.io/
Monetized YouTube	OK in monetized YouTube videos “These select datasets are now available for use in any media without permission or fee” metmuseum.github.io/
AI training	Not stated
Bots and bulk downloads	Not stated
Rules	Use only items flagged Open Access (OA icon); other artwork images are not CC0. Keep API calls under 80 requests per second. The dataset also lists artworks still under copyright (identifying data only); do not reuse those images.

Connect it to an agent

MCP server	None found
API	API docs · no key
Limits	Limit requests to 80 per second.
GitHub	metmuseum/openaccess

Pricing

Free	Free; no API key or registration needed.
Paid from	—
Usage price	—
Good to know	Over 492,000 public-domain images are in Open Access (Met page). The old /v1/search endpoint is deprecated in favor of /v1.1/search.

Sources

Read on Oct 27, 2026: metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access, metmuseum.github.io/, github.com/metmuseum/openaccess.

Not legal advice. Check the license page before you ship.

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