Va Museum MCP Server
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) Collections MCP. Part of Pipeworx - an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.
Teams that work with pipeworx and va museum and want a hosted endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in TypeScript.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-09-13 · ★ 2 · #816 OF 945 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-09-18
MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Va Museum
Claude Code
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-mcp-va-museum --transport http https://gateway.pipeworx.io/va-museum/mcp Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx-io-mcp-va-museum": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/va-museum/mcp"
}
}
} Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.
Using another client? Same JSON, different key
Claude Desktop · mcpServers
Cursor · mcpServers
VS Code · servers
Windsurf · mcpServers
Zed · context_servers
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Roo Code · mcpServers
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LibreChat · mcpServers
Gemini CLI · mcpServers
Codex CLI · mcp_servers
Full setup guides: every client.
02 · Evidence
https://gateway.pipeworx.io/va-museum/mcp
transport: streamable-http
endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-17
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as remote - your agent's requests go to gateway.pipeworx.io
endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect
license MIT - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.pipeworx-io is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What Va Museum can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
What you can build
An agent gets 2 documented tools, including search_objects, get_object.
The 2 tools it gives your agent
Extracted from the project's README - what Va Museum lets an agent do.
- search_objects
- - Search the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) - the world's leading art & design museum. Find objects across 1M+ items (furniture, fashion, ceramics, photographs, p
- get_object
- - Get the full record for a single V&A object by its system number (e.g. "O72610", as returned by search_objects). Returns title, maker, object type, materials, d
04 · Who maintains Va Museum
Va Museum is maintained by pipeworx-io. We track 1589 MCP servers from pipeworx-io - 1564 actively maintained, 69 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Mar 2026. Full record: all servers from pipeworx-io.
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05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-va-museum
- category
- other - ranked #816 of 945 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-09-18.
- registry
- io.github.pipeworx-io/va-museum (active, first published 2026-06-09)
06 · Va Museum FAQ
What is Va Museum?
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) Collections MCP. Part of Pipeworx - an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.
Is Va Museum still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-13. We re-verify nightly.
How do I install Va Museum?
Run `claude mcp add pipeworx-io-mcp-va-museum --transport http https://gateway.pipeworx.io/va-museum/mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.
Does Va Museum require authentication?
No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-17; you can connect without credentials.
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