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AmuseAlot
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Museum Tech Newsletter
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May 06, 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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117
Active Orgs
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17
New Repos
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42
Releases
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2
News
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👀
Spotlight
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dsp-api
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Cooperative Information Systems
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The DaSCH Service Platform API, developed by the Cooperative Information Systems, is enhancing its capabilities by adding optional error messages to failed data tasks, improving the overall reliability of the platform. This project matters for the museum community as it provides a robust API for managing and sharing humanities data, utilizing ontologies, RDF, and triplestore technologies. Museums and cultural institutions working with complex data sets can benefit from this platform, which is actively being developed and improved. By leveraging this API, these organizations can better manage and provide access to their collections and research data.
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View on GitHub
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ohm-josm-imagery-helper
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Open Historical Map
· Java
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Open Historical Map created a new repository called ohm-josm-imagery-helper, which is a JOSM plugin for finding and loading old maps.
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ohm-josm-time-filter-v2
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Open Historical Map
· Java
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Open Historical Map created a new repository called ohm-josm-time-filter-v2, which is a JOSM plugin for filtering objects by date.
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ohm-josm-chronology-tools
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Open Historical Map
· Java
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Open Historical Map created a new repository called ohm-josm-chronology-tools, which is a JOSM plugin for analyzing and repairing chronology relation issues.
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dsp-tools
· v18.14.0
Cooperative Information Systems
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taina
· v.0.2.7
Tainacan Project
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arches
· 7.6.23
Arches Project
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feed
· feed_v1.14.7
HathiTrust Digital Library
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engraft
· v0.2.0
SmartCompanion Audioguide
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tainacan
— tainacan
165 commits,
301 files changed
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data-export
— SemanticLab
1 commit,
270 files changed
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tempo_sdpc
— Smithsonian
27 commits,
63 files changed
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dsp-api
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Cooperative Information Systems
· Scala
· ★ 78
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The dasch-swiss/dsp-api repository has been updated with a new feature to add optional error messages to failed data tasks, which could be highly relevant to museum professionals working with data management and API integrations.
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mirador-textoverlay
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Bavarian State Library
· JavaScript
· ★ 62
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The Bavarian State Library's mirador-textoverlay repository had a push event with significant updates, including a port to Mirador 4 and improvements to page text display, which is relevant to museums using IIIF and Mirador.
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AliceVision
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AliceVision
· C++
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Multiple commits to the AliceVision repository, including significant updates to the sphere detection feature, which could be highly relevant to museums using 3D computer vision and photogrammetry tools.
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janeway
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Public Library of Science
· Python
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The Janeway repository, which is a web-based platform for publishing journals, preprints, conference proceedings, and books, had a push event with multiple commits related to accessibility features and plugin updates.
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aikon
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Aikon-platform
· Python
· ★ 26
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Aikon, an IIIF-related technology, received significant updates with multiple commits, potentially introducing new features for computer vision and digital humanities applications.
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OSCA-portal
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Natural History Museum Vienna
· JavaScript
· ★ 1
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The OSCA-portal repository received significant updates, including fixes to GBIF owner mapping, prioritization of OSCA data, and additions to the portal's UI. These changes may improve the portal's functionality and user experience.
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format-corpus
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Open Preservation Foundation
· Rich Text Format
· ★ 205
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Format-corpus update with new example files for PDF-HUL errors, which can be useful for digital preservation and format validation in museums.
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explorator
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Harvard Art Museums
· Handlebars
· ★ 5
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The Harvard Art Museums updated their explorator repository with a single commit that transitions IDs to MPs and includes Elasticsearch breaking changes. This update may be of high interest to museum professionals working with APIs, data visualization, and Elasticsearch.
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cookbook-recipes
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IIIF Consortium
· Python
· ★ 46
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The IIIF Consortium's cookbook recipes have been updated with new scripts and viewer evaluations, providing valuable resources for museums implementing IIIF standards.
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annotorious
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annotorious
· TypeScript
· ★ 835
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The Annotorious repository, a popular IIIF-based annotation tool, released version 3.8.2. This update is likely to be of interest to museum professionals working with image annotation.
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tainacan
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Tainacan Project
· Vue
· ★ 160
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The Tainacan repository has been updated with several commits, including new features, bug fixes, and security patches, such as adding an option for automatic encoding in the CSV importer.
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quire
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Getty Center
· JavaScript
· ★ 146
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The Getty Center's Quire repository had a significant push to main with 56 commits, primarily focused on deploying and releasing the multiformat publishing framework. These updates may enhance the framework's functionality and usability.
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bdq
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
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naturblick-django
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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civers
German Archaeological Institute
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dri-app
The Digital Repository of Ireland
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SHARE
Open Science Framework
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Vireo
TAMU Digital Scholarship
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nmaahc.github.io
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
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idun-frontend
Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
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bibdata
Princeton University Library
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trl
HugginFace Cultural Heritage
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nmaahcmm
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
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MapLibre GL
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MapLibre GL
MapLibre GL JS split image compression and markdown generation, which could improve performance and usability for users. This change is notable and may be of interest to other museums using MapLibre GL.
View on GitHub
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IIIF
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Aikon
Aikon, an IIIF-related technology, received significant updates with multiple commits, potentially introducing new features for computer vision and digital humanities applications.
View on GitHub
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Annotorious
The Annotorious repository, a popular IIIF-based annotation tool, released version 3.8.2. This update is likely to be of interest to museum professionals working with image annotation.
View on GitHub
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Three.js
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Voyager
The Smithsonian's DPO Voyager repository, a 3D explorer and tool suite, received a push with accessibility scrolling bug fixes. This update is relevant to museum professionals interested in 3D digitization and accessibility.
View on GitHub
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