CuratorSearch

Live museum, gallery and curatorial job listings, gathered daily from institutions' own career pages — plus the sector's advertised-salary archive.

CommunityOnlineNo sign-inGlobalFreeCan modify data

What it can do

  • Search Jobs: Search live museum, gallery and curatorial job listings, gathered daily from institutions' own career pages. Returns up to 20 roles, newest first, each with its curatorsearch.com page.
  • Get Job: One listing in full: description, stated salary, deadline, and the institution's original posting URL. Takes the slug from a curatorsearch.com/opportunities/<slug> URL.
  • Institution Jobs: Every role one museum or gallery currently has open on the board, by institution name.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Live museum, gallery and curatorial job listings, gathered daily from institutions' own career pages — plus the sector's advertised-salary archive. Read-only, no API key.

Tools

  • search_jobs — free-text search with category and region filters (Curatorial, Collections, Conservation, Archives, Education & Public Programmes, Production, Leadership, Intern & Fellowship)
  • get_job — full description, stated pay, deadline and the institution's original posting
  • institution_jobs — every open role at one museum
  • salary_transparency — how many postings state pay at all, and the median advertised figure, computed live

Every result links to its page on curatorsearch.com. Most museum roles are only ever advertised on the institution's own careers page, which is what this indexes. The salary data is CC BY and permanently archived with a DOI.

How to connect

How to connect CuratorSearch to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://curatorsearch--nadimsamman.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect CuratorSearch to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://curatorsearch--nadimsamman.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect CuratorSearch to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://curatorsearch--nadimsamman.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (4)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

search_jobsSearch live museum, gallery and curatorial job listings, gathered daily from institutions' own career pages. Returns up to 20 roles, newest first, each with its curatorsearch.com page.
get_jobOne listing in full: description, stated salary, deadline, and the institution's original posting URL. Takes the slug from a curatorsearch.com/opportunities/<slug> URL.
institution_jobsEvery role one museum or gallery currently has open on the board, by institution name.
salary_transparencyHow many live museum and curatorial postings state a salary, and the median advertised figure among those that do -- the CuratorSearch Curatorial Pay Archive headline number, computed live.