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Open-source software platform for cultural heritage data management
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Arches v7.6.16 has also been released, providing many important bug fixes. Visit the Community Forum for release notes: bit.ly/arches-v-7-6-18
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🖥️ NEW PATCH RELEASE: Arches v8.0.6 is now available, including a number of important bug fixes. Further information is available on on the Community Forum, GitHub, & Read the Docs: bit.ly/arches-v-8-0-6
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Getty Research Institute released a 4-part training series on the remodeled Getty Provenance Index (GPI), now powered by Arches! Learn to trace artworks through people, places, and time, using data from historic sales catalogs and dealer stock books.
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Using data collected by ​​CAL FIRE, the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, and Los Angeles City Planning, the new Featured Search highlights designated historic places that have received fire damage assessments following the January 2025 Palisades Fire.
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The article explores how Arches is being used to modernize and unify historic environment records (HERs) throughout the British Isles to enhance public access, support planning and conservation, and empower communities to engage with their local heritage.
October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Arches v7.6.17 has also been released, providing many important bug fixes. Visit the Community Forum for release notes: bit.ly/arches-v-7-6-17
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🖥️ NEW PATCH RELEASE: Arches v8.0.5 is now available, including a number of important bug fixes. Further information is available on on the Community Forum, GitHub, & Read the Docs: bit.ly/arches-v-8-0-5
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📣 Introducing the new Arches for Reference and Sample Collections (RaSColls) webpage! Learn about this new Arches application (currently in development) and how it will support the data management for heritage science reference and sample collections.

🔗 www.archesproject.or...
September 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Arches v7.6.16 has also been released, providing many important bug fixes. Visit the Community Forum for release notes: bit.ly/arches-v-7-6-16
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🖥️ NEW PATCH RELEASE: Arches v8.0.4 is now available, including a number of important bug fixes. Further information is available on on the Community Forum, GitHub, & Read the Docs: bit.ly/arches-v-8-0-4
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
AfS project team members will showcase new features and demonstrate how AfS helps heritage scientists secure, retrieve, visualize, compare, and share heritage science data.

Learn more about AfS: www.archesproject.or...
September 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Join us on Thursday, October 2 at 8:00 PDT for a community to learn more about Arches for Science (AfS) and explore the new AfS interactive demo site!
September 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🌟 New initiative: The GCI is migrating MEGA-Jordan–Jordan’s national archaeological inventory–into Arches! This partnership with @archanchistleic.bsky.social and the Department of Antiquities of Jordan builds on the original deployment of MEGA-Jordan over 14 years ago.
September 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thanks to everyone who attended our workshop at #cipa2025seoul on August 23!
September 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Football shirts are available for purchase for all those interested in repping the Arches logo! bit.ly/arches-footba...

Read more about the tournament in the Arches Community Forum: bit.ly/arches-forum-...
August 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Pre-Con North End FC proudly sported their “Powered by Arches” football shirts as they placed 24th out of 52 teams. Special thanks to Samuel Scandrett of Knowledge Integration for setting up this opportunity and for competing in the tournament!
August 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Arches Project, through the Getty Conservation Institute, sponsored Pre-Con North End FC, the football team for Pre-Construct Archaeology, in this year’s Winckelmann Cup Archaeology football (soccer) tournament held in Lyon, France, on July 5 and 6.
August 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The August 2025 issue of the #ArchesProject bulletin is here!

Read about the new Arches for Science demo site, upcoming user group meetings, community presentations, in-depth blogs, plus exciting software developments underway like Arches Lingo: bit.ly/arches-bullet...
August 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📢 RELEASED TODAY: Arches v8.0.3

This release provides a number of important bug fixes. To upgrade to 8.0.3, follow the upgrade instructions in the release notes carefully, as this update requires migrations: bit.ly/arches-v-8-0-3
August 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Arches v7.6.12 and v.7.6.13 have also been released, providing many important bug fixes. Visit the Community Forum for release notes and other helpful resources: bit.ly/arches-v-7-6-...
August 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🖥️ NEW RELEASES SINCE JULY:
Arches v8.0.1
Arches v8.0.2

These releases have addressed a number of important bug fixes.
Find more information on our Roadmap and Releases page, the Arches Community Forum, GitHub, & Read the Docs: www.archesproject.or...
August 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🖥️NEW RELEASE: Arches Version 8.0.0
Thanks to all who contributed!

This version introduces 2 major features: graph versioning & resource instance lifecycles. Visit the Community Forum for release notes, upgrading instructions, & other helpful resources: bit.ly/arches-v-8
June 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The May 2025 issue of the #ArchesProject bulletin is now available!

Read about the recent Developer Meeting in Belfast, progress made in establishing Arches governance, community publications, events, upcoming Arches v8 & applications, & more: bit.ly/arches-bullet...
May 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🖥️NEW RELEASE: Arches v7.6.10 is now available, including a number of important bug fixes. Further documentation is available on the Community Forum, GitHub, & Read the Docs: bit.ly/arches_v7-6-10
May 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If you're attending #CAA2025 in Athens, stop by the Arches table, say hi & grab a sticker!

It was great to meet everyone who joined the Arches workshop on May 5, with a special thanks to presenters from Takin.Solutions & the Mongolian Archaeology Project: Surveying the Steppes (MAPSS).
May 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM