Approaching Digital History with the Open Source Platform Galaxy

Meet Jara. She is a historian interested in digitally researching her texts. Still, she is overwhelmed by the work and has no idea where to start. Maybe you know the feeling. The open source platform Galaxy is here for you. Check out over 400 open educational resources from the Galaxy Training Network to get started. It uses the analysis platform Galaxy (https://usegalaxy.eu/), which has more than 4000 curated tools for you to adapt to your needs. 

With the help of Galaxy, Jara does not need to code, and it does not need admin rights or expensive machines. Everything is accessible in her browser. From there, she can design her analysis step by step. Once this is done, she quickly creates a workflow to re-run on the other articles she wants to analyse. That saves her a lot of valuable time that she can now use to analyse her findings properly.

Beyond Jara's task, the platform supports various text, image, and media analysis tools. The Galaxy Digital Humanities Special Interest Group, accessible via Matrix and the global Galaxy Help Forum, provides community support and ongoing inspiration. Try it out to see where Galaxy can help you with your research!

This poster was created for the "Historikertag 2025" in Bonn.