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AmuseAlot
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Museum Tech Newsletter
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March 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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109
Active Orgs
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25
New Repos
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28
Releases
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11
News
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👀
Spotlight
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blender
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Blender Foundation
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The Blender Foundation actively develops Blender, a free and open-source 3D creation software, which enables museum professionals to create interactive and immersive experiences for their audiences. By pushing updates to the main branch, the foundation ensures that the software remains stable and efficient for tasks such as 3D digitization and modeling. Museums with digital collections can benefit from Blender's capabilities, including creating detailed models of artifacts and generating interactive exhibits. As a result, the museum community can leverage Blender to enhance their digital engagement and preservation efforts.
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View on GitHub
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BIBRA
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National Library of Finland
· Python
· ★ 3
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The National Library of Finland has created a new repository for a tool called BIBRA, which is a metadata extraction and verification tool that integrates multiple methods for extracting, verifying, and reconciling metadata.
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tiny-iiif
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Rainer Simon
· TypeScript
· ★ 60
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Rainer Simon released a new version of their tiny-iiif repository with key additions such as automatic conversion of uploaded images to pyramidal TIFF and a basic manifest editor. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working with IIIF.
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presentation-validator
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IIIF Consortium
· Python
· ★ 47
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The IIIF Consortium released a new version of their presentation-validator repository with added features such as a /postvalidate route for JSON POST validation. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working with IIIF.
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mpc-public
· digest2-v2.6.0
Smithsonian Institution
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idai-field
· v3.7.0
German Archaeological Institute
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babel
· babel_v1.4.20
HathiTrust Digital Library
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Docent
· v0.8.1
San Francisco International Airport Museum
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pdfmake
— wellcometrust
76 commits,
147 files changed
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tiny-iiif
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Rainer Simon
· TypeScript
· ★ 60
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Rainer Simon released a new version of their tiny-iiif repository with key additions such as automatic conversion of uploaded images to pyramidal TIFF and a basic manifest editor. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working with IIIF.
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pdfmake
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Wellcome Collection
· JavaScript
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The Wellcome Collection updated their pdfmake repository with multiple commits, including updates to the Roboto font, fixes for rendering empty list entries, and the addition of a word break behavior configuration option. These changes enhance the functionality and usability of the pdfmake tool.
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framesense
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King’s Digital Lab
· Python
· ★ 10
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King's Digital Lab added new features to their Framesense video processing tool, including a 'think' parameter, and fixed a crash issue.
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openlayers
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OpenLayers
· JavaScript
· ★ 12360
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The OpenLayers repository has been updated with a commit that computes resolution from spatial:bbox and spatial:shape, which is relevant to museum professionals working with maps and geospatial data. This update is newsworthy and reusable by other museums.
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multimodal-viewer
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Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
· JavaScript
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The multimodal-viewer repository has been updated with a commit that includes work-in-progress on a polygon tool, which is relevant to museum professionals working with IIIF images and 3D visualization. This update is newsworthy and reusable by other museums.
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openseadragon
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Open Seadragon
· JavaScript
· ★ 3417
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The Open Seadragon repository received a push with multiple commits that add features and fix issues related to event handling and propagation, which could improve the viewer's functionality. This update is likely of high interest to museum professionals using Open Seadragon for zoomable images.
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linkedart.js
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Getty Center
· JavaScript
· ★ 32
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The Getty Center updated their linkedart.js repository with five commits, including a new version release and security fixes, which is a significant update to a widely-used JavaScript library for Linked Art.
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presentation-validator
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IIIF Consortium
· Python
· ★ 47
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The IIIF Consortium pushed changes to their presentation-validator repository, adding a publish-to-PyPI feature. This is a significant update to a widely-used tool in the museum tech community.
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m3gim
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Digital Humanities Craft
· Python
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The DigitalHumanitiesCraft m3gim repository received a push with multiple commits, including features and refactors for mobility research and network analysis. These changes may be highly relevant for museums working with digital archives and mobility research.
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parser
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IIIF Commons
· TypeScript
· ★ 19
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The IIIF-Commons/parser repository received a push to the main branch with a single commit to release version 2.2.10. This update is relevant to museum professionals working with IIIF standards and may be of interest to those using the parser in their projects.
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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 saw commits adding a field for GBIF incompatibility and validating it, which could be relevant for biodiversity informatics and data management. These changes suggest active development and potential reuse in similar contexts.
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amalia.js_v2
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Institut national de l'audiovisuel
· TypeScript
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A series of commits in the amalia.js_v2 repository, which is a metadata enriched HTML5 video player, including improvements to the display and validation of segments, and adjustments to the annotations module.
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dsp-api
Cooperative Information Systems
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bdq
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
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DSS
Princeton University Library
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BIBRA
National Library of Finland
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Vireo
TAMU Digital Scholarship
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pcl
Point Cloud Library (PCL)
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Tracing_Aurora
Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
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podman-omeka-s
Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
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feed
HathiTrust Digital Library
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argo
SUL Digital Library Systems
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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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muse
Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton
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ds-ojs
Columbia University Libraries
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mfn-landingpages
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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lizenzen
North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Center (hbz)
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SHFA_Backend
Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
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lookup-tables
North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Center (hbz)
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data_pass
Etalab (French Task Force for Open Data)
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