PaxYi Huang
← Studies

04 / Cultural interface / 2026 — prototype

MuseGraph

What becomes visible when a museum collection is read through relationships?

Medium
Interactive interface / Collection metadata
Context
Interactive prototype
Credit
Independent research and interface: Yi Huang / Pax.
Draggable preview
City of MusicChristian de PortzamparcMoMAPrintDesignarchivelanguageinstitutionManhattan Transcripts
artworkCity of Music

Artwork / 1987 / MoMA record

The collection,
read sideways.

MuseGraph turns public collection metadata into a navigable graph. Works connect to makers, institutions, media and interpretive themes, allowing a collection to be approached through more than a single catalogue order.

Source facts and inferred themes remain distinct. A theme such as “archive” is an interpretive association, not a claim made by the holding museum. The preview above shows a small selection of relationships from the prototype.

Drag the graph or select a node. Keyboard users can focus nodes and press Enter or Space.

MuseGraph prototype showing topic relationships and collection navigation
Interface study from the working prototype. Metadata and interpretation; no museum object images reproduced.

Independent research by Yi Huang / Pax. This prototype is not a commission from or an endorsement by the museums represented in its source records.

Back to selected work ↗