A Model Context Protocol Server for the UK Science Museum Group API
About
A Python MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables large language models, such as Claude, to fetch data from the UK Science Museum Group’s Collections Online API. It is designed for Claude Desktop on macOS and Windows.
Details
- License
- MIT license
Explore
- Provides LLM access to the Science Museum Group’s public API.
- Simple setup with UV and Claude Desktop configuration.
- Supports macOS and Windows operating systems.
- Uses the official Collections Online API for search queries.
- Open‑source project available for community contributions.
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
A Model Context Protocol Server for the UK Science Museum Group APICommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Clone the repository.
The project is configured to use uv (Install link: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/#installation) for dependency management
and building.
It uses npx (Install link: https://www.npmjs.com/package/npx) to run the MCP inspector.
Create a virtual env with
uv venv
And install dependencies with
uv pip install -r pyproject.toml
Run the inspector with
./inspector.sh
The inspector should output the localhost URL for accessing its UI.
source .venv/bin/activate
pytest
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"a model context protocol server for the uk science museum group api": {
"uk-science-museum-group-mcp": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"venv"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"uk-science-museum-group-mcp": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"venv"
]
}
}This project is a Python MCP (https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction) server that allows your LLM to fetch data
from the UK Science Museum Group. Info is available at https://github.com/TheScienceMuseum/collectionsonline/wiki/Collections-Online-API#get-search.
It is currently supported by Claude Desktop for MacOS and Windows.
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