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AmuseAlot
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Museum Tech Newsletter
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March 18, 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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135
Active Orgs
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58
New Repos
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31
Releases
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9
News
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👀
Spotlight
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dataset-knowledge-graph
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Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed
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The Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed organization is actively developing a pipeline that generates the NDE Dataset Knowledge Graph, a project that matters for the museum community as it enables the creation of a knowledge graph for cultural heritage datasets. This project is particularly relevant for museums and cultural institutions looking to leverage linked data and RDF to enhance their collections and make them more accessible. By dynamically generating subject filters for datasets, this pipeline is increasing the discoverability of cultural heritage data. Museum professionals working with linked data and knowledge graphs can benefit from this project and its ongoing developments.
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View on GitHub
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archivesspace_ancestor_restrictions_plugin
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NCSU Libraries
· Ruby
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NCSU Libraries created a new repository called archivesspace_ancestor_restrictions_plugin, which is an ArchivesSpace plugin that adds an ancestor_restrictions_apply field to archival object JSON responses. The repository is written in Ruby and appears to be related to digital preservation and collection management.
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collection
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Museum of Modern Art
· ★ 1482
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The Museum of Modern Art released a new version of their collection data.
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ai_alt_text
— ClevelandMuseumArt
1 commit,
300 files changed
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kitodo-production
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Saxony State and University Library (SLUB)
· Java
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The SLUB repository 'kitodo-production' received a push with multiple commits, including updates to simplify import XSL, add columns to the template list, and update GitHub actions to support NodeJS 24.
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multimodal-viewer
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Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
· JavaScript
· ★ 7
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A bug fix was applied to the multimodal-viewer, a Node.js application for visualizing and interacting with IIIF images and other digital objects. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working with IIIF and digital collections.
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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 updated their amalia.js_v2 repository with multiple commits to improve their metadata enriched HTML5 video player, including alignment with Figma specifications, improvements to segment display and validation, and bug fixes.
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ds-web
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Det Kgl. Bibliotek
· Vue
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The Det Kgl. Bibliotek reimplemented their ProgramGuide feature, fixing issues with inaccurate displays and improving the overall user experience. This update demonstrates significant development and improvement of their digital collections frontend.
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Tracing_Aurora
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Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
· C#
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The Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities organization has updated their Tracing_Aurora repository with an XR help prompt, which could be relevant to museum professionals working with augmented reality and geolocation-based storytelling. This update is newsworthy and has high relevance to the museum tech sector.
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annotorious
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annotorious
· TypeScript
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The Annotorious repository released version 3.8.0, which may introduce new features or improvements for image annotation functionality. This update is newsworthy and has clear museum-tech value.
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glimmer
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BAMPFA
· Ruby
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The glimmer repository, a customized Blacklight implementation for UC Berkeley museum collections, received significant updates including new portal work and bug fixes.
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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 repository with revised descriptions, which is a significant development in the area of AI-generated alt text for museum collections. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working on accessibility and digital collections.
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hydra-derivatives
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The Digital Repository of Ireland
· Ruby
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The hydra-derivatives repository has been updated with commits that add support for Libvips image processing and update the Dockerfile and installation instructions. These changes may be of interest to museum professionals working with digital repositories and image derivatives.
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mkvnote
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
· Shell
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The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture updated their mkvnote repository, a suite of tools for embedding key:value tags in matroska files, with multiple commits and improvements.
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DaSSCo-asset-service
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Natural History Museum of Denmark
· Java
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The Natural History Museum of Denmark repository made significant updates to the DaSSCo asset service, including fixes and new features for searching and managing assets, which could be valuable for other museums to learn from.
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DaSSCo-file-proxy
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Natural History Museum of Denmark
· Java
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Multiple commits in the DaSSCo file proxy repository, including new features for large file uploads and downloads, as well as improvements to storage space checks.
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blacklight-cornell
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Cornell University Library
· Ruby
· ★ 8
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Cornell University Library made significant updates to the blacklight-cornell repository, including work on finding aids, Solr 9 compatibility, and accessibility features. These changes may be relevant to other museums using similar technologies.
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CloudCompare
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CloudCompare
· C++
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The CloudCompare organization updated their 3D point cloud processing software with six commits to improve progress dialog management, fix issues, and update formatting. These updates may be of high interest to museum professionals working with 3D digitization.
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mnhn-data-cache-client
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Musée national d'histoire naturelle Luxembourg
· Python
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Musée national d'histoire naturelle Luxembourg updated their mnhn-data-cache-client repository with significant changes, including targeting ES8 and improving the API. This update is relevant to museum professionals working with biodiversity data.
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Core
Knowledge Graph Management System
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hoaddata
Göttingen State and University Library
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mv-django
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
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Saint_Sophia
Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
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inscriptions
Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
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potree
Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
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art
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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dri-app
The Digital Repository of Ireland
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nmaahcmm
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
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PixelWall
Museo dell'Informatica Funzionante - Museo Interattivo di Archeologia Informatica
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naturblick-django
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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podman-omeka-s
Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
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via
Visual Geometry Group (VGG)
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data_pass
Etalab (French Task Force for Open Data)
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argo
SUL Digital Library Systems
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tcs2
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
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bikube
Nasjonalbiblioteket - AI Lab
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openapc-se
Kungliga biblioteket - National Library of Sweden
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bamboo
National Library of Australia
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MapLibre GL
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MapLibre GL
MapLibre GL JS repository fixed the 3D Tiles example. This update is relevant to museum professionals who use interactive vector tile maps in their projects.
View on GitHub
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IIIF
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Annotorious
The Annotorious repository released version 3.8.0, which may introduce new features or improvements for image annotation functionality. This update is newsworthy and has clear museum-tech value.
View on GitHub
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