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Swiss Culture Mcp

malkreide/swiss-culture-mcp

Connects Claude to Swiss federal cultural heritage data through four public APIs: geo.admin.ch for the ISOS inventory of protected townscapes, news.admin.ch RSS for Federal Office of Culture press releases and prize announcements, opendata.swiss CKAN for BAK datasets, and lebendige-traditionen.ch for Switzerland's 228 living traditions of intangible heritage. You get ten tools covering ISOS searches by place name or canton, tradition lookups, cultural prize queries, and news feeds. No API key required since everything runs on Open Government Data. Useful when you need Claude to answer questions about Swiss heritage sites, settlement types, or cultural policy without manually scraping federal portals. Ships with both stdio for Claude Desktop and streamable HTTP for browser deployments.

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tools
10
transport
STDIO
last updated
Sep 19, 2026

Tools

10 tools

Public tool metadata for what this MCP can expose to an agent.

bak_search_isosSearch ISOS townscapes by place name

Search ISOS townscapes by place name

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

bak_isos_by_kantonList all ISOS objects in a canton

List all ISOS objects in a canton

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

bak_get_isos_detailGet full details of an ISOS object

Get full details of an ISOS object

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

bak_isos_by_kategorieFilter ISOS by settlement type (Stadt, Dorf, etc.)

Filter ISOS by settlement type (Stadt, Dorf, etc.)

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

bak_isos_statisticsISOS inventory statistics (sampled by canton)

ISOS inventory statistics (sampled by canton)

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

bak_get_newsCurrent BAK press releases

Current BAK press releases

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

bak_get_kulturpreiseSwiss cultural prizes (Film Prize, Grand Prix Literature, etc.)

Swiss cultural prizes (Film Prize, Grand Prix Literature, etc.)

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

bak_get_opendataBAK datasets on opendata.swiss

BAK datasets on opendata.swiss

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

bak_list_traditionsList Switzerland's Living Traditions

List Switzerland's Living Traditions

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

bak_get_tradition_detailGet detailed description of a tradition

Get detailed description of a tradition

No parameter schema in public metadata yet.

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ Part of the Swiss Public Data MCP Portfolio

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Version License: MIT Python 3.11+ MCP Data Source CI

MCP server for Swiss cultural heritage data from the Federal Office of Culture (BAK) β€” ISOS townscapes, Living Traditions, cultural prizes, press releases. No API key required.

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Demo: Claude queries ISOS townscapes via MCP tool call


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Repository
github.com/malkreide/swiss-culture-mcp
Website
github.com/malkreide/swiss-culture-mcp
Package
swiss-culture-mcp
Transport
STDIO
Registry
MCP registry, active

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