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This web application was developed as part of the project Automatic image recognition as a tool for museum collections: innovation project in Dutch natural history collections (2019-2022).

In this project, Naturalis Biodiversity Center researched with partners:

• Museon-Omniversum
• Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam
• Natuurmuseum Brabant
• Rijksmuseum

The applicability of automatic image recognition based on machine learning for museum collections. This included a specific focus on natural history collections.

This project was made possible in part by:

• Mondriaan Fonds
• Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
• Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility (NLBIF)

Project coordination

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Application development

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Recognition models - machine learning

Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Recognition models - photos for training

• Naturalis Biodiversity Center
• Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam
• Museon-Omniversum
• Collectie Fabrice Prugnaud (French collection)
• National History Museum London (collection GBIF)
• Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (collection GBIF)

Texts / additional information

• Naturalis Biodiversity Center (natuurhistorische collections)
• Museon-Omniversum (maskers)