Open Museum MCP vs Rijksmuseum MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Open Museum MCP and Rijksmuseum MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Open Museum MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Art & Culture domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Federated museum and cultural-collection search, Strict default-deny rights verification, Normalized artwork metadata.

Explore Open Museum MCP Details

Choose Rijksmuseum MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Art & Culture domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
• You have access to required keys: RIJKSMUSEUM_API_KEY, PORT, LOG_LEVEL.
• Primary tools included: Text and attribute-based artwork search, Comprehensive artwork metadata retrieval, High-resolution image access with deep zoom.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Open Museum MCP cfpramod Art & Culture	Rijksmuseum MCP r-huijts Art & Culture
Summary	Federated, license-verified search across The Met, Cleveland, AIC, Wikimedia Commons, and Europeana. Strict-default-deny rights gate accepts only CC0 / Public Domain Mark. Tools: search, get, cite (full / caption / short), dynasty/region discovery. npx -y open-museum-mcp	Rijksmuseum API integration for artwork search, details, and collections
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Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cfpramod-open-museum-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "open-museum-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "r-huijts-rijksmuseum-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-server-rijksmuseum"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RIJKSMUSEUM_API_KEY": "YOUR_RIJKSMUSEUM_API_KEY_HERE",
        "PORT": "YOUR_PORT_HERE",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "YOUR_LOG_LEVEL_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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