Statizoid Global 'Dead-End' Public Museum Archive URL Drift

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Global 'Dead-End' Public Museum Archive URL Drift

How quickly archived museum exhibit URLs decay into digital oblivion.

Observations
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Percentage of archived museum URLs that return 404

Percentage of archived museum URLs that no longer resolve (HTTP 404) when checked

16 observations · measured in %

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Percentage of archived museum URLs that return 404 (%) — summary, last 30 days.
0.0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%1.0%20 Aug27 Aug03 SepWayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 20 Aug 2026 01:52Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 20 Aug 2026 02:00Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 21 Aug 2026 02:15Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 22 Aug 2026 02:30Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 23 Aug 2026 02:45Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 24 Aug 2026 03:00Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 25 Aug 2026 03:15Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 26 Aug 2026 03:30Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 27 Aug 2026 03:45Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 28 Aug 2026 04:00Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 29 Aug 2026 04:15Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 30 Aug 2026 04:30Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 31 Aug 2026 04:45Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 01 Sep 2026 05:00Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 02 Sep 2026 05:15Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 03 Sep 2026 05:30
Percentage of archived museum URLs that return 404 (%) — line, last 30 days.
0.0%0.2%0.4%0.6%0.8%1.0%20 Aug27 Aug03 SepWayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 20 Aug 2026 01:52Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 20 Aug 2026 02:00Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 21 Aug 2026 02:15Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 22 Aug 2026 02:30Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 23 Aug 2026 02:45Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 24 Aug 2026 03:00Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 25 Aug 2026 03:15Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 26 Aug 2026 03:30Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 27 Aug 2026 03:45Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 28 Aug 2026 04:00Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 29 Aug 2026 04:15Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 30 Aug 2026 04:30Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 31 Aug 2026 04:45Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 01 Sep 2026 05:00Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 02 Sep 2026 05:15Wayback Machine, museum: 0.0% — 03 Sep 2026 05:30
Percentage of archived museum URLs that return 404 (%) — area, last 30 days.
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Darker = higher percentage of archived museum urls that return 404. Empty cells are hours with no collection.

Percentage of archived museum URLs that return 404 (%) — heatmap, last 30 days.
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Percentage of archived museum URLs that return 404 (%) — table, last 30 days.

Median days until archived museum URL decay

Median number of days between archiving and URL decay (404 response)

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About this data

This page tracks the decay of archived museum exhibit URLs over time, revealing how often institutions fail to preserve digital access to cultural content. The data shows the percentage of URLs returning 404 errors and the median days until decay, based on systematic monitoring of public museum archives. It highlights a widespread but overlooked failure in digital preservation, where historical exhibits vanish despite being stored in online archives.

Sources

Every figure on this page was read from these pages.

Why this isn't published anywhere else

No existing source systematically tracks URL decay in public museum archives as a global phenomenon. While general web preservation tools (Wayback Machine, HTTP Archive) and articles on link rot exist, none focus specifically on museum exhibit URLs or provide a dedicated tracking system.

Uniqueness score 0.90 — assessed against live web search results when this subject was created.