en How to Integrate Europeana Using MCP
Search European cultural heritage records. This guide creates an MCP server from Arthur's Europeana template — tools preconfigured against https://api.europeana.eu/record/v2 — and finishes by sharing the server's MCP swagger documentation.
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Open the Secrets vault and create a secret named
EUROPEANA_API_KEYholding your API key. Request a Europeana API key and send it in the wskey query parameter.Open the Secrets vault to store the Europeana credential before using the template.
Start the New secret wizard.
Name the secret EUROPEANA_API_KEY — servers reference it by this name.
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Go to the REST API Templates gallery and search for Europeana.
Record what the credential is for so it stays recognizable.
Continue to the protected value step.
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Click Use template on the Europeana card to open the server-creation dialog.
Enter the credential value — a demo value here; use your real key when adopting the integration.
Review the generated secret reference syntax.
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Review the server name and select
EUROPEANA_API_KEYin the credential field — the dialog only accepts vault secrets, and it lists every tool that will be created.Store the EUROPEANA_API_KEY secret in the vault.
Open the REST API template gallery.
Search the gallery for the Europeana integration.
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Click Create server. Arthur creates the server, applies the authentication, and generates all the tools.
Open the Europeana template with its preconfigured tools.
Name the server after the integration it provides.
Pick the EUROPEANA_API_KEY secret from the vault suggestions.
Select the stored credential.
Create the Europeana server with its preconfigured tools.
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Open the server's Tools tab to review the generated tools.
Review the tools generated from the Europeana template.
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Open the server's Connect section and click Share the MCP swagger documentation — Arthur generates the public documentation link and QR code for this server.
Open the server's Connect section, where the MCP endpoint and its documentation live.
Open the MCP swagger documentation share panel.
Show the generated swagger documentation link and QR code for this server.
The server appears with 1 preconfigured tool(s): search_cultural_records. The Connect section offers the MCP swagger documentation — a shareable page with setup instructions for any AI client.
- Search Europeana metadata and media records by text with refinement and pagination controls.
- This integration requires a credential (api-key). Get one at https://pro.europeana.eu/page/get-api.
- Official API documentation: https://europeana.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/EF/pages/2385739812
- Editing a tool later never changes the template — templates are starting points, and the server is fully yours after creation.