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The Met collection in Duaer
In Duaer: Artworks at The Metropolitan Museum of Art by artist, title, or subject, with date, medium, department, gallery, and public-domain image. One successful search uses 1 credit.
What you get
Duaer The Met collection searches the open access collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Works with images come first.
Pick Duaer Data → The Met collection in the node creator, or open the data market. Related: Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art.
When to use it
- Find works by an artist or on a subject.
- Get reusable public-domain images with credit lines.
When not to use it
- Chicago collection. Use Art Institute of Chicago.
- Books. Use Open Library.
Search on the canvas
- Open the node creator and pick Duaer Data → The Met collection.
- Fill Words (such as sunflowers). Optional: Public Domain Only.
- Limit defaults to 10, max 20. Execute.
A search uses 1 credit only when it returns rows. No rows, wrong input, or an upstream failure uses 0.
Call the API
- GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/met-museum?words=sunflowers
- Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>
The call skill below matches Copy skill in the Duaer data market, with parameters, examples, and result fields.
Call skill
Same text as Copy skill.
---
name: duaer-met-museum
description: >-
Duaer The Met collection. Artworks at The Metropolitan Museum of Art by artist, title, or subject, with date, medium, department, gallery, and public-domain image.
One successful search uses 1 Duaer credit.
---
# Duaer The Met collection
Duaer The Met collection searches the open access collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Works with images come first.
## When to use
- Find works by an artist or on a subject.
- Get reusable public-domain images with credit lines.
## When not to use
- Chicago collection. Use https://skills.duaer.com/art-institute.md.
- Books. Use https://skills.duaer.com/open-library.md.
## Call
`GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/met-museum?words=sunflowers`
Header: `Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>`
Use an account key or a model API key.
Get a Duaer key: https://skills.duaer.com/keys.md
## Parameters
Provide `words`.
- `words` — Artist, title, or subject, such as sunflowers.
- `publicDomain` — Optional. `yes` to keep only works free to reuse.
- `limit` — Optional. Rows to return, from 1 to 20. Default 10.
## Examples
- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/met-museum?words=sunflowers` — works about sunflowers.
- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/met-museum?words=Hokusai&publicDomain=yes` — public-domain Hokusai prints.
## Result
The response is `{ "items": [...] }`. Each item has `source`, `title`, `url`, and `summary`, plus:
- `objectId`, `artist`, `date`, `culture` — work and maker.
- `medium`, `classification`, `department`, `dimensions` — object facts.
- `publicDomain`, `image`, `creditLine`, `onView` — reuse status, image link, credit, and gallery.
The Met loads each object separately, so large limits take longer.
Fields without a value are left out.
## Credits
A search that returns at least one row uses 1 credit.
An empty search, a search that finds nothing, or a failed search uses 0.
Wrong input returns 400 with a message and uses 0.
No remaining credits returns 402 and does not search.
A missing key returns 401.
## Related
- https://skills.duaer.com/art-institute.md — Duaer Art Institute of Chicago
- https://skills.duaer.com/cleveland-art.md — Duaer Cleveland Museum of Art
Questions
How many credits does a The Met collection search use in Duaer?
One credit when Duaer returns rows. A search with no rows or an error uses 0.
Why is Duaer The Met collection slower with a large limit?
The Met API loads each object separately, so a larger limit takes longer. Duaer puts works with images first.
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In Duaer: Artworks at the Art Institute of Chicago by artist, title, or subject, with date, medium, department, and IIIF image. One successful search uses 1 credit.
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In Duaer: Open access artworks at the Cleveland Museum of Art by artist, title, or subject, with creator, technique, gallery, and CC0 image. One successful search uses 1 credit.