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Museum Tech Newsletter
February 17, 2026
An AI-curated digest of what museums, archives, heritage organizations, and individual researchers are building on GitHub — plus curated news from the cultural heritage sector — delivered every Wednesday.

Tracking 736 sources in 55+ countries.
This Week in Numbers
736 Sources 55 Countries 91 Active Orgs
11 New Repos 42 Releases 4 News
👀 Spotlight
dsp-api
Cooperative Information Systems
The DaSCH Service Platform API is releasing version 34.3.0, which enhances the platform's capabilities for humanities research and data management. This update matters for the museum community as it provides improvements to data export and import, as well as bug fixes that ensure accurate resource counting and preservation of value ordering. Institutions involved in digital humanities and cultural heritage projects can benefit from this release, which aims to support the management and sharing of complex data and ontologies.
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🥚 New Repositories
arche-iiifimage
Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities  · PHP
The Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities releases a new IIIF Image API 3.0 implementation, providing a dissemination service for the ARCHE Suite.
place-attestation-ontology
Recogito (Pelagios)
Pelagios introduces a new ontology for representing historical place knowledge as attestations, enabling more nuanced and provenanced representations of place.
osd-iiif-viewer
Loghi (HTR Tooling)
compare-grasp-pypo
Smithsonian Institution
See all 7 new repositories in the full edition
🚀 Releases
dsp-api
Cooperative Information Systems  · Scala  · ★ 76
The DaSCH Service Platform released version 34.3.0 of the dsp-api repository, which includes deprecations, maintenances, and enhancements to the API.
network-of-terms  · @netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/network-of-terms-status@20260216091431-78e98b0
Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed
dsp-das  · v12.6.0
Cooperative Information Systems
DVV  · v2.3.1
Library of Congress
See all 15 releases in the full edition
🔥 Most Active Repos
1. performing-arts-ch-templates  — sapa
1654 commits, 17 files changed
2. salut-sistema-disseny  — gencat
1 commit, 300 files changed
3. performing-arts-ch-rs-app  — sapa
66 commits, 31 files changed
4. django-elasticsearch-metrics  — CenterForOpenScience
27 commits, 56 files changed
5. llm-benchmarking  — CenterForOpenScience
1 commit, 72 files changed
🤖 Notable Pushes
laji
Luomus  · TypeScript  · ★ 9
Luomus updated their laji repository, which is a frontend for the Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility data portal, with several commits that improve functionality and user experience. This update demonstrates high relevance to museum professionals and reusability.
collectionspace_migration_tools
Lyrasis  · Ruby
Multiple commits to the lyrasis/collectionspace_migration_tools repository, including new features and refactorings for CollectionSpace migration tools.
emt-static
Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities  · XSLT
Multiple updates to the emt-static repository, including fixes and features for PDF processing and error handling. High relevance due to potential reuse in other museum projects.
format-corpus
Open Preservation Foundation  · Rich Text Format  · ★ 202
The Open Preservation Foundation added a new sample file to their format-corpus repository, which is a valuable resource for digital preservation and format identification.
See all 39 pushes in the full edition
📢 Cultural Heritage News
Not from GitHub, but still relevant. These articles are picked from cultural heritage and museum sources across Europe, then rated for relevance and translated to English when needed. AI can make mistakes — always check the original source if something is important.
Five Ways to Get Started with Accessibility When You Feel Stuck
American Alliance of Museums · 2026-02-06
When I started in museums, it wasn’t my plan to work in museum education and customer care, but this field has ways of surprising you. As it turns out, the most fulfilling work I’ve ever gotten to do ...
Open Call for Contemporary Art Commissions for the V&A South Kensington’s new South Asia Gallery
V&A Museum Blog · 2026-02-06
Detail from decorative frieze panel, part of a coffered ceiling from a temple, carved polychromed teak, Kochi, Kerala, 19th century, Museum no. IS.2564-1883 The V&A is redesigning its South Asia G...
‘Stanley Kubrick: A Heritage Odyssey’
Historic England - Heritage Calling · 2026-02-05
Stanley Kubrick is one of the most influential and visually compelling filmmakers of all time. But have you noticed how Kubrick used heritage in a number of his most famous films to help tell the stor...
6 of the best video game love stories
Science Museum Group Blog · 2026-02-13
To celebrate the most romantic day of the year, we look at six of the most iconic couples from the world of video games. The post 6 of the best video game love stories appeared first on Science Muse...
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