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The Met collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 490,000+ objects, most with public-domain images.

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About The Met collection

Keyword search with department, date and image filters, returning artist, date, medium, culture and links for the top matches. Public-domain works include a direct image URL.

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“Find public-domain Japanese woodblock prints of Mount Fuji in the Met collection.”

What comes back: Prints with artist, date, medium and department, with a direct image link for public-domain works.

“Which Viking-age objects does the Met hold, and what are they made of?”

What comes back: Objects with culture, date, medium and a link to each object page.

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    Search the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection (490k+ objects, many public domain).

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