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Museum Tech Newsletter · February 11, 2026
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🌟 Spotlight
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mpc-public
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Smithsonian Institution
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The Smithsonian Institution is actively developing open source software for the Minor Planet Center, enhancing its capabilities and community engagement. This project matters for the museum community as it promotes collaboration and knowledge sharing in the fields of astronomy and data analysis. Museum professionals and researchers interested in astronomy and data-driven insights can benefit from this project. By leveraging Jupyter Notebooks and Python, the Smithsonian is creating a reusable and accessible platform for the community.
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⚡ Activity This Week
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35
Active Orgs
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80
Pushes
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81
Repos
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7
New Projects
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10
Releases
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specify-iiif-manifest
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The Swedish Museum of Natural History
· Python
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The Specify IIIF Manifest Generator repository transforms Specify database exports into IIIF v3.0 compliant manifests, enabling integration with universal viewers and digital asset management systems. It supports diverse scientific domains and is production-ready with Dockerization.
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specify_darwincore_etl
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The Swedish Museum of Natural History
· Python
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The Specify Darwin Core ETL Pipeline repository processes Darwin Core archive data from a Specify database, transforming it into delimited text files. It handles metadata parsing, default column handling, and data loading.
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Docent
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San Francisco International Airport Museum
· Swift
· ★ 1
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The San Francisco International Airport Museum released an update to their Docent project with added gRPC server/client token interceptors.
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network-of-terms
· @netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/network-of-terms-catalog@10.17.21
Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed
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samlingar
— Naturhistoriska
35 commits,
66 files changed
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edu-monorepo
— jerusalem-science-museum
1 commit,
55 files changed
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mpc-public
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Smithsonian Institution
· Jupyter Notebook
· ★ 11
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The Smithsonian Institution's mpc-public repository had a push event with significant updates to their astronomy-related software, including bug fixes and new tests, which is relevant to museum professionals working in astronomy and data analysis.
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entity-management
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Europeana
· Java
· ★ 1
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Europeana updated their entity management service to improve handling of dereferencing errors and include Wikidata error handling. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working with entity data and linked open data.
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fin-biodiv-indicators
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Luomus
· HTML
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The luomus/fin-biodiv-indicators repository received a significant push with multiple commits updating the Finnish Biodiversity Indicators API, including documentation and test assets. This could be of high interest to museum professionals involved in biodiversity informatics and indicator development.
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finbif2gbif
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Luomus
· R
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The finbif2gbif repository, a software bridge between FinBIF and GBIF, has been updated with significant changes, including updates to the finbif R package and test assets. These changes have the potential to enhance biodiversity informatics and data sharing between museums.
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Mass-Digitizer
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Natural History Museum of Denmark
· Python
· ★ 2
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The Mass-Digitizer repository, used for mass digitization by the Natural History Museum of Denmark, has been updated with UI fixes and other changes. This repository has high relevance to museum professionals involved in digitization efforts.
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naturblick-django
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Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
· Python
· ★ 2
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The Museum für Naturkunde's Naturblick Django repository had significant updates, including a new base page template. This change has high relevance to museum professionals, especially those interested in web development and biodiversity informatics.
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ai_alt_text
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Cleveland Museum of Art
· Python
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The Cleveland Museum of Art updated their AI alt text project with changes to the Piction update and query endpoints, which could be relevant to other museums working on similar accessibility projects. The update may indicate improvements to the AI model or the API integration.
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amalia.js_v2
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Institut national de l'audiovisuel
· TypeScript
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The Institut national de l'audiovisuel released an open-source HTML5 video player with metadata enrichment, which may be highly relevant to museum professionals working with digital preservation and accessibility.
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ai-website
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Harvard Art Museums
· JavaScript
· ★ 4
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The Harvard Art Museums updated their AI website, adding a model history table, which showcases their use of artificial intelligence and computer vision in museum metadata.
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OSCA-portal
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Natural History Museum Vienna
· JavaScript
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The Natural History Museum Vienna updated their Open Scientific Collections Austria Data Portal, which is a significant development in open data and collections management.
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network-of-terms
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Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed
· TypeScript
· ★ 19
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Release of the Network of Terms search engine, which utilizes linked data and GraphQL. This project has high relevance to museum professionals due to its focus on terminology sources and search functionality.
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Osprey
Smithsonian Institution
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naturblick-ios
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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naturblick-android
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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camera_cards
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
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dri-app
The Digital Repository of Ireland
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Docent
San Francisco International Airport Museum
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eDNA
The Swedish Museum of Natural History
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pandas4
National Library of Australia
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nmaahcmm
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
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samlingar
The Swedish Museum of Natural History
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