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AmuseAlot
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Museum Tech Newsletter
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February 25, 2026
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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.
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This Week in Numbers
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736
Sources
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55
Countries
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121
Active Orgs
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59
New Repos
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39
Releases
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11
News
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👀
Spotlight
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hungry-hungry-hippo
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SUL Digital Library Systems
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The Stanford Digital Repository's self-deposit application, Hungry Hungry Hippo, is actively being developed by SUL Digital Library Systems, enhancing its capabilities to enable users to deposit scholarly content. This project matters for the museum community as it streamlines the process of adding digital assets to repositories, making it easier for institutions to manage and share their collections. Museums and cultural heritage institutions can benefit from this project by adopting similar self-deposit solutions, improving their own digital preservation and accessibility efforts. By leveraging this technology, museums can increase efficiency and make their digital collections more accessible to the public.
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wkpb
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Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
· Python
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The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands created a new repository called wkpb, which is a private repository for monument registration and uses Python.
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searchable-pdf
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Nanonets Cultural AI
· Python
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The Nanonets Cultural AI created a new repository called searchable-pdf, which converts scanned PDFs to searchable PDFs using the Docstrange/Nanonets API.
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amplified-edition-pipeline
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Digital Humanities Craft
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The Digital Humanities Craft created a new repository called amplified-edition-pipeline, which is an LLM-assisted workflow for digital scholarly editions.
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DoCTA
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Digital Humanities Craft
· JavaScript
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The Digital Humanities Craft created a new repository called DoCTA, which is a prototype for digital court studies pipeline from handwritten sources to network analysis.
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ndlocr-lite
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National Diet Library Lab
· Python
· ★ 381
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The National Diet Library Lab created a new repository called ndlocr-lite, which is an application repository for NDLOCR-Lite, including source code.
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heripo-engine
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Heripo Lab
· TypeScript
· ★ 4
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Heripo Lab released version v0.1.7 of their heripo-engine repository, which includes fixes and features for extracting structured data from archaeological excavation report PDFs. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working with archaeological data.
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iiif-net
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Digirati
· C#
· ★ 3
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Digirati released version v0.3.13 of their iiif-net repository, which includes a new feature for region calculation. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working with IIIF.
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network-of-terms
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Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed
· TypeScript
· ★ 19
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Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed released version @netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/network-of-terms-catalog@10.17.25 of their network-of-terms repository, which includes fixes and updates to dependencies. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working with terminology sources.
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schema-profile
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Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed
· Liquid
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Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed released version v0.4.0 of their schema-profile repository, which includes features and bug fixes for their Schema.org Application Profile. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working with metadata standards.
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crms
· crms_v8.8.1
HathiTrust Digital Library
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babel
· babel_v1.4.16
HathiTrust Digital Library
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wkpb
· 2026-0224-1
Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
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sipi
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Cooperative Information Systems
· C++
· ★ 36
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The Simple Image Presentation Interface (Sipi) has been updated with server-side Sentry error capture and debug symbol upload, which could improve the reliability and debugging capabilities of the tool. These updates may be of significant interest to museum professionals using Sipi for image processing and presentation.
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ldpd-hyacinth
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Columbia University Libraries
· JavaScript
· ★ 7
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The cul/ldpd-hyacinth repository received a push with 15 commits, including updates to testing, authorization, and user management. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working with digital collections and repositories.
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ochre-sdk
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UCHI Digital Culture WebDev
· TypeScript
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The UCHI Digital Culture WebDev team updated their ochre-sdk repository, a Node.js SDK for OCHRE, by simplifying rich text schemas and updating dependencies. This change is highly relevant to museum professionals working with cultural heritage data and digital culture.
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CloudCompare
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CloudCompare
· C++
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The CloudCompare repository has been updated to improve the rendering of 3D point clouds to files. This is a significant update to a widely-used tool in the museum sector, particularly for 3D digitization.
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place-attestation-ontology
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Recogito (Pelagios)
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Place attestation ontology refactored for clarity and consistency. This change is relevant to linked data and ontology work in the museum sector.
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iiif-helpers
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IIIF Commons
· TypeScript
· ★ 4
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The iiif-helpers repository, which provides tools for working with IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) standards, has been updated with several fixes and improvements, including an annotation page URL fix and a transcription helper fix. These updates are highly relevant to museums working with IIIF standards.
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format-corpus
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Open Preservation Foundation
· Rich Text Format
· ★ 202
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The format-corpus repository has been updated with a new sample file for DB/TextWorks 3.0, which is a significant addition to the corpus. This update may be of interest to other museums and institutions working with digital preservation and format migration.
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performing-arts-ch-rs-app
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SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
· JavaScript
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The SAPA Foundation updated their performing-arts-ch-rs-app repository with multiple commits that improve the application's functionality, including fixes to semantic queries and updates to record set headers. These changes are relevant to museum professionals working with similar applications.
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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 open-sourced their Amalia.js_v2 metadata enriched HTML5 video player with significant updates.
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OSCA-portal
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Natural History Museum Vienna
· JavaScript
· ★ 1
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The Natural History Museum Vienna repository 'OSCA-portal' received a push with three commits, including updates to the search functionality, bug fixes, and translations. This project seems to be a data portal for scientific collections.
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colmap
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Colmap
· C++
· ★ 10973
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Colmap added Python bindings for feature matcher, which could be useful for museums working with 3D digitization and computer vision. This update enhances the tool's usability and reusability.
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ifctester_org_static_html
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IFC OpenShell
· JavaScript
· ★ 1
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IFC OpenShell generalized the ExcludeAnnotation feature to any IFC element, which could be useful for museums working with 3D models and building information modeling. This update improves the tool's functionality and reusability.
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art
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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ecomon-dashboard
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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loghi
Loghi (HTR Tooling)
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limetrans
North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Center (hbz)
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PixelWall
Museo dell'Informatica Funzionante - Museo Interattivo di Archeologia Informatica
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podman-omeka-s
Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
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nmaahcmm
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
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naturblick-django
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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geniza
Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton
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website
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
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eDNA
The Swedish Museum of Natural History
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lobid-gnd
North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Center (hbz)
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dri-app
The Digital Repository of Ireland
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oa-tskr
Kungliga biblioteket - National Library of Sweden
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camera_cards
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
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arachne4
German Archaeological Institute
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muse
Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton
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utils
Swiss Federal Archives
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bikube
Nasjonalbiblioteket - AI Lab
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MapLibre GL
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MapLibre GL
The MapLibre GL JS repository received a push with a new feature adding an alias for the Map class. This update may be relevant to museum professionals using interactive vector tile maps in their web applications.
View on GitHub
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Blacklight
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Blacklight
The Blacklight project updated their main repository with two commits, simplifying fixture path configuration and merging a pull request.
View on GitHub
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