Connecting Art, Science, and Open Repositories @ The National Gallery?

This presentation will explore the National Gallery’s journey in developing, creating, and utilising open repositories to publish and share heritage science resources. Key examples include the Practical IIIF project and the use of Zenodo for publishing FAIR resources, highlighting the Gallery’s broader goals for data sustainability and public outreach. The talk will also discuss the Gallery’s role in collaborative initiatives UK and EU initiatives such as RICHeS, E-RIHS, and ECHOES, and how these partnerships are contributing to the development of a shared infrastructure for heritage research across Europe.​

In addition, the presentation will introduce the development of a FAIR JSON schema-based approach to defining and packaging Heritage FAIR Digital Objects, designed to streamline the documentation and publication of heritage data. Along with planned work to explore practical examples of the complete data life cycle - from data creation and organisation to publication and re-use - ensuring heritage data remains accessible and reusable for future research.