The following sentences are a snapshot of what my current (maybe a little chaotic) thoughts are about a possible project and should be treated as such. If you have any ideas/papers/suggestions feel free to comment in the corresponding issue!
My current thoughts revolve around the idea that the discussion and usage of objects as sources in History is lacking in some regards. At the moment the selection of sources is largely focused on texts. Increasing the usage of objects in historical works could lead to insights into areas (see for example @martin.dusinberre's work), which text-based sources might only be able to touch to a limited degree.
The potential project is trying to facilitate the usage of objects as historical sources. A major point is quite simply the physical accessibility of objects, which is not always given. In my own experience you develop a whole different relationship with an objects if you have the chance to see it in person, feel the weight, the materials, the clash of your visual expectations vs. the actual contact with the object. I would consider being able to have physical contact with an object the optimum if a Historian plans to use it as a source. Unfortunately this isn't always possible. This might be one reason, why objects have been neglected as sources. I think this is not a good solution.
Thanks to the my job at the museum I've gotten some insights into how data about objects is stored and specifically which data is stored. In my opinion especially the which data can be improved to facilitate the access of historians to the objects.