# Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts: Agent-Direct Score B (70%)

Site: https://www.mcba.ch
Report: https://directindex.org/r/mcba.ch
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts is mostly ready for agents.
An AI assistant can open Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts's website. It can't find a menu or price list, so it answers from other sites. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.mcba.ch/billetterie/ (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +41 21 316 34 45
- Address: Place de la Gare 16 1003 Lausanne
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon closed; Tue–Wed 10:00–18:00; Thu 10:00–20:00; Fri–Sun 10:00–18:00
- Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)
- Languages: German, English, French

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Plateforme 10 (3 musées) (80 m): https://directindex.org/r/plateforme10.ch
- Musée de l'Elysée (140 m): https://directindex.org/r/elysee.ch
- MUDAC (150 m): https://directindex.org/r/mudac.ch
- Private Safaris (230 m): https://directindex.org/r/privatesafaris.ch
- Kontiki Voyages (260 m): https://directindex.org/r/kontiki.ch

## What to fix first
- **No tickets and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what does it cost and when?' from marketplaces instead. Add a page with tickets, times and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai
- **Structured data is incomplete.** (+6 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business
- **The phone number on the site doesn't match the open map data.** The site shows +41213184400, but OpenStreetMap or Overture Maps lists +41 21 316 34 45. An assistant that sees two numbers can't tell which one to trust. Fix whichever is wrong, on the site or in the map data at openstreetmap.org.

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Museum",
  "name": "Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts",
  "url": "https://www.mcba.ch",
  "telephone": "+41 21 316 34 45",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Place de la Gare 16",
    "postalCode": "1003",
    "addressLocality": "Lausanne"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 46.517944,
    "longitude": 6.625203
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu,We,Fr-Su 10:00-18:00; Th 10:00-20:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday",
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "18:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "20:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.mcba.ch/billetterie/",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts

> museum in Place de la Gare 16 1003 Lausanne, Lausanne tours, attractions and museums. Phone +41 21 316 34 45.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://www.mcba.ch/billetterie/ (on the business's own site)

## Opening hours

Tu,We,Fr-Su 10:00-18:00; Th 10:00-20:00

## About

- Website: https://www.mcba.ch
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Structured data found (Organization).** no address, phone or hours in it
- **Tickets on your own site.** Agents can buy tickets without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
10 of 56 in Lausanne tours, attractions and museums. Top 18% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 20% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 0% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 30% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Plateforme 10 (3 musées) (B, 78 m, https://directindex.org/r/plateforme10.ch); Musée de l'Elysée (B, 137 m, https://directindex.org/r/elysee.ch); MUDAC (C, 147 m, https://directindex.org/r/mudac.ch); Private Safaris (C, 229 m, https://directindex.org/r/privatesafaris.ch); Kontiki Voyages (C, 256 m, https://directindex.org/r/kontiki.ch); Les Mondes Polaires - Expéditions et circuits en Arctique et Antarctique Lausanne (C, 430 m, https://directindex.org/r/lesmondespolaires.ch); Budget Autovermietung Lausanne (D, 441 m, https://directindex.org/r/budget.ch); ltur (D, 446 m, https://directindex.org/r/ltur.com); Musée des migrations et des droits humains (F, 529 m, https://directindex.org/r/wordpress.com); Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (B, 537 m, https://directindex.org/r/ocl.ch).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.


Compared with its peers: Sites built with WordPress 55% (25% A or B, 236087 sites); This site 70%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/mcba.ch/agent-view

Read by AI agents 9 times this month (meta-externalagent 9).

## Businesses like Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne tours, attractions and museums

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Lausanne tours, attractions and museums | 56 | 52% | 20% | 70% |
| Sites built with WordPress in Lausanne tours, attractions and museums | 19 | 56% | 32% | 70% |

The best of the sites built with WordPress in Lausanne tours, attractions and museums: Au Tigre Vanillé (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/autigrevanille.ch); Deluxe Rental Cars | Location de Voiture de Luxe et de prestige en Suisse | Luxury Car Hire (B 75.4%, https://directindex.org/r/deluxerentalcars.ch); Musée de l'Elysée (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/elysee.ch); Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (B 73.8%, https://directindex.org/r/ocl.ch); Plateforme 10 (3 musées) (B 70%, https://directindex.org/r/plateforme10.ch).

With the two fixes above (No tickets and prices found; Structured data is incomplete), the score would be about 86.3%, which would be first of 56 in Lausanne tours, attractions and museums.

## The direct record
What agents get for Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/mcba.ch
- Book: https://www.mcba.ch/billetterie/ (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-10-19))
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: Tu,We,Fr-Su 10:00-18:00; Th 10:00-20:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +41 21 316 34 45
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/mcba.ch/book

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

Found one hop past the home page: contact page /infos-pratiques/: booking link (other).

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 9 | 25 |
| Actionable | 22 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/mcba.ch
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/mcba.ch/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/mcba.ch/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=mcba.ch&force=1