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Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera mechanism was a dedicated astronomical calculator in Ancient Greece. The 2200 year old device is the first known analog computer in history.
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Cyanometer
A Cyanometer is a scientific instrument from the 17th century made for measuring the blueness of the sky. This project provides a digital cyanometer for smartphones.
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Antoin Sevruguin: Iranian Photography
Based on Iran photography from the collections of the Ethnographic Museum UZH and the Museum Rietberg in Zurich, we will discover the use of Wikimedia Commons in an GLAM context. The challenge is mostly aimed at people from GLAM institutions without an IT background who are interested in how to make their collections accessible through the wikiverse.
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Pluralist Views on Artifacts in Ethnographic Collections
Approach artifacts in ethnographic collections through an artistic and/or participatory approach. To the extent possible, the projects involve and give the word to the communities concerned by the artifacts.
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Improved Access to Mesoamerican Collections Worldwide
Institutions holding artifacts from Mesoamerica are being approached in order to ask them to make their collections accessible online: their catalogs, photographs of the artifacts, etc. In line with the OpenGLAM Principles, they are asked to make their catalogs available in a machine-readable format, and – to the extent possible – to make the photographs available for reuse by uploading them to Wikimedia Commons. Progress of the project will be documented on Wikimedia Commons and/or on the Spanish Wikipedia.
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Getting creative with Europeana
Create a project that leverages the Europeana Search API's new 'distance' search parameter for storytelling purposes. What shape this project takes is up to you: you can trace a single object or person throughout history on a map, you might create an app that allows users to search for objects close to their current physical location, or anything else that comes to mind. One great way to visualise your story is by using Humap: https://humap.me/
Zentralgut, @4thfloor
GeoPhoto App
Develop a mobile application that displays georeferenced photos from the 'Glasplattensammlung Zug' to the user when they are in close proximity to the location where the photo was taken.
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Self-organized Art Initiatives in Switzerland
Data set with self-organized art initiatives in Switzerland
@Basement
Pimp my portrait gallery
During the GLAMhack23 a prototype of an virtual exhibition of the portrait gallery of "Merkwürdige Luzernerinnen und Luzerner" in the library hall of ZHB Lucerne was produced. Let's continue the process
@Basement
Perceptual Plausibility
Build a game for classifying images as plausible (human-created) or implausible (machine-generated), that could also be "played" by an autonomous agent in order to automatically discern the provenance of content in a GLAM context, such as the images or other content shared on Wikimedia Commons. Make sure to include both the metadata (such as the Wikidata record) as well as the actual content in the assessment. A collection of synthetic and actual images from a Swiss municipality will be provided for this challenge.
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Unveiling the Secrets of Zurich’s Nightly Visitors (1780-1818)
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Unraveling Zürich’s social and family networks in Keller-Escher's "Promptuarium"
GLAMhack2024 project for creating family relations graph
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Randomly Wandering Around
Find the locations of various old photos and paintings in Lucerne
Challenges
Different Perspectives on the Habsburg
Originating from the territory of today’s Switzerland, the dynasty of the Habsburg has been present in many different countries, and its members have been associated with a variety of historical events that have left their traces in our collective memories. By means of this international cooperation project, we intend to tell the story of the Habsburg from the point of view of the various populations concerned. Putting the different memories side by side, we want to seize the occasion to reconnect on a different level, leaving the Habsburg family tree and the world it stands for behind us.
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Stroll on a Demolished Medieval Wooden Bridge
Create a virtual walking tour on the Hofbrücke
Crossbow Collection and Grandson Castle
How can crossbows and vast information about them be presented in an attractive manner? Can the collection be combined with the 3d model of Grandson Castle to invite user to explore crossbows in detail while navigating from one room to another?
DeepGLAM
A "meta" challenge, in the form of a visualization that encourages participants to share some feedback/thoughts about this platform