Who should use Ex Situ?

Ex Situ is a consumer product built for museum professionals, researchers, cultural heritage enthusiasts.

Does Ex Situ have a free plan?

Yes — Ex Situ is free to use.

Is Ex Situ still maintained?

Unverified. Ex Situ has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What projects are similar to Ex Situ?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include SILAKAN, Timely, and WP Sort Order.

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Ex Situ

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Ex Situ is a web application that allows users to explore a global spatial index of displaced cultural heritage objects. Users can browse provenance arcs by country, institution, and collection on an interactive map, making it easier to understand the movement and current location of artifacts. It is designed for museum professionals, researchers, and anyone interested in cultural heritage.

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Overview

6 features

In the Other productivity space, Ex Situ takes a focused approach. It focuses on understanding and visualizing the movement and current location of displaced cultural heritage artifacts worldwide. It is built as a consumer product for museum professionals, researchers, cultural heritage enthusiasts. Ex Situ costs nothing to use. It runs on the web.

Ex Situ first shipped in 2024. Among its 6 catalogued features are interactive map, provenance arcs, and country filtering.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Interactive map
Provenance arcs
Country filtering
Institution filtering
Collection browsing
Spatial visualization

Built with & integrations

Framework

Next.js

Runs on

BrowserCloud-managed

Detected from

Next.js: x-nextjs-cache header · x-nextjs-prerender header · x-powered-by header

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSFree tier

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed7 Jul · 09:03 UTC
Show HN: Ex Situ, open-source spatial index of displaced cultural artifacts verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Ex Situ

What does Ex Situ do?: Ex Situ focuses on understanding and visualizing the movement and current location of displaced cultural heritage artifacts worldwide. It is catalogued under Other productivity on PulseGate.
Who should use Ex Situ?: Ex Situ is a consumer product built for museum professionals, researchers, cultural heritage enthusiasts.
Does Ex Situ have a free plan?: Yes — Ex Situ is free to use.
What platforms does Ex Situ run on?: Ex Situ runs on the web.
Is Ex Situ still maintained?: Unverified. Ex Situ has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to Ex Situ?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include SILAKAN, Timely, and WP Sort Order.SILAKAN Timely WP Sort Order
When did Ex Situ launch?: Ex Situ first shipped in 2024.

At a glance

Platforms: Web
Languages: English
Built for: museum professionals, researchers, cultural heritage enthusiasts
Model: B2C
Solves: Understanding and visualizing the movement and current location of displaced cultural heritage artifacts worldwide.

Live coverage

Identity confidence: High · 95
Indexed: 7 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Unverified
Last seen: 7 Jul 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: show-hn-ex-situ-open-source-spatial-index-of-displaced-cult-exsitu-app
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 7 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 21 Jul 2026
Canonical URL: https://exsitu.app/map

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