Cockpit 1 · Recognise patterns

X-RAY: The Museum as an Organism

Choose a period and switch layers on and off. Every pattern links to its sources, and every decade shows how much of its record survives.

Period and layers

Move the two sliders, or use the arrow keys, to set the first and last year.

1827
2027
Layers

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How much do we remember?

Data coverage per decade: the share of the period for which the corpus holds usable evidence. A low number means "0 known entries", not "0 entries".

    Pulse: exhibitions per year

    The same numbers as a table

    Flows: exhibition → artist → collection

    The same connections as a list

      Patterns on the timeline

      Each line is one finding below, drawn across the years it covers.

      Findings

      The most unexpected findings come first.

      Open questions only the full archive can answer

      Show the open questions for this period