diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b46bed8d3..59dd23939 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ gem 'aws-sdk-bedrockruntime', '~> 1.66'
 gem "google-cloud-storage", "~> 1.57.1"
 gem "google-api-client", "~> 0.7.1"
 gem "googleauth", "~> 1.15.0"
+gem 'google-apis-sheets_v4', "~> 0.46"
 
 
 # Use postgresql as the database for Active Record
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 4bd298b9c..b17713cac 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ GEM
       securerandom (>= 0.3)
       tzinfo (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.5)
       uri (>= 0.13.1)
-    addressable (2.8.7)
-      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 7.0)
+    addressable (2.8.8)
+      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 8.0)
     afm (1.0.0)
     alba (3.9.1)
     ansi (1.5.0)
@@ -279,12 +279,13 @@ GEM
       faraday (>= 1, < 3)
     faraday-multipart (1.1.1)
       multipart-post (~> 2.0)
-    faraday-net_http (3.4.1)
-      net-http (>= 0.5.0)
+    faraday-net_http (3.4.2)
+      net-http (~> 0.5)
     faraday-retry (2.3.2)
       faraday (~> 2.0)
     faster_s3_url (1.2.0)
     fastimage (2.4.0)
+    ffi (1.17.2)
     ffi (1.17.2-arm64-darwin)
     ffi (1.17.2-x86_64-linux-gnu)
     ffi-compiler (1.3.2)
@@ -324,6 +325,8 @@ GEM
       google-apis-core (>= 0.15.0, < 2.a)
     google-apis-iamcredentials_v1 (0.26.0)
       google-apis-core (>= 0.15.0, < 2.a)
+    google-apis-sheets_v4 (0.46.0)
+      google-apis-core (>= 0.15.0, < 2.a)
     google-apis-storage_v1 (0.57.0)
       google-apis-core (>= 0.15.0, < 2.a)
     google-cloud-core (1.8.0)
@@ -453,11 +456,12 @@ GEM
     matrix (0.4.3)
     method_source (1.1.0)
     mini_mime (1.1.5)
+    mini_portile2 (2.8.9)
     minitar (1.1.0)
     minitest (5.26.0)
     mono_logger (1.1.2)
     msgpack (1.8.0)
-    multi_json (1.17.0)
+    multi_json (1.18.0)
     multi_xml (0.7.2)
       bigdecimal (~> 3.1)
     multipart-post (2.4.1)
@@ -468,8 +472,8 @@ GEM
       racc (~> 1.7)
     neighbor (0.6.0)
       activerecord (>= 7.1)
-    net-http (0.6.0)
-      uri
+    net-http (0.9.1)
+      uri (>= 0.11.1)
     net-imap (0.5.12)
       date
       net-protocol
@@ -480,6 +484,9 @@ GEM
     net-smtp (0.5.1)
       net-protocol
     nio4r (2.7.5)
+    nokogiri (1.18.10)
+      mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.18.10-arm64-darwin)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.18.10-x86_64-linux-gnu)
@@ -535,6 +542,7 @@ GEM
       hashery (~> 2.0)
       ruby-rc4
       ttfunk
+    pg (1.6.2)
     pg (1.6.2-arm64-darwin)
     pg (1.6.2-x86_64-linux)
     pp (0.6.3)
@@ -566,7 +574,7 @@ GEM
     psych (5.2.6)
       date
       stringio
-    public_suffix (6.0.2)
+    public_suffix (7.0.0)
     puma (7.1.0)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     qa (5.15.0)
@@ -804,7 +812,7 @@ GEM
       aws-sdk-s3 (~> 1.0)
       content_disposition (~> 1.0)
       roda (>= 2.27, < 4)
-    uri (1.0.4)
+    uri (1.1.1)
     useragent (0.16.11)
     uuidtools (3.0.0)
     version_gem (1.1.9)
@@ -850,6 +858,7 @@ GEM
 PLATFORMS
   arm64-darwin-21
   arm64-darwin-23
+  ruby
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
@@ -889,6 +898,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   faster_s3_url (~> 1.1)
   font-awesome-rails (~> 4.7)
   google-api-client (~> 0.7.1)
+  google-apis-sheets_v4 (~> 0.46)
   google-cloud-storage (~> 1.57.1)
   googleauth (~> 1.15.0)
   hirefire-resource (>= 0.10.1)
diff --git a/app/services/google_arts_and_culture/spreadsheet_creator.rb b/app/services/google_arts_and_culture/spreadsheet_creator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd2375a97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/google_arts_and_culture/spreadsheet_creator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+require 'open-uri'
+require 'googleauth'
+require 'googleauth/stores/file_token_store'
+require 'fileutils'
+require 'csv'
+require 'google/apis/sheets_v4'
+
+
+module GoogleArtsAndCulture
+  class SpreadsheetCreator
+
+    APPLICATION_NAME = 'Science History Institute Digital Collections'
+    OOB_URI = 'urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob'
+
+    CREDENTIALS_PATH = Dir.home
+
+    #csv_data is a Ruby array of arrays
+    def create_google_sheet(csv_data)
+      if csv_data.empty?
+        puts "Empty metadata."
+        return
+      end
+      spreadsheet = blank_spreadsheet
+      authorized_service.update_spreadsheet_value(
+        spreadsheet.spreadsheet_id,
+        'Sheet1!A1:Z' + csv_data.length.to_s,
+        Google::Apis::SheetsV4::ValueRange.new(values: csv_data),
+        value_input_option: 'USER_ENTERED'
+      )
+      puts "Spreadsheet URL: #{spreadsheet.spreadsheet_url}"
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def authorize
+      scope =  ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets', 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive']
+      FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(CREDENTIALS_PATH))
+
+      credentials_json_string = ScihistDigicoll::Env.lookup(:test_google_project_credentials)
+      user_id =                 ScihistDigicoll::Env.lookup(:test_google_project_user_id)
+
+      client_id = Google::Auth::ClientId.from_hash(JSON.parse(credentials_json_string))
+      token_store = Google::Auth::Stores::FileTokenStore.new(file: File.join(Dir.home, '.credentials', "sheets.googleapis.com-ruby-csv.yaml"))
+      authorizer = Google::Auth::UserAuthorizer.new(client_id, scope, token_store)
+      credentials = authorizer.get_credentials(user_id)
+
+      if credentials.nil?
+        url = authorizer.get_authorization_url(base_url: OOB_URI)
+        puts "Open the following URL in your browser and authorize the app:"
+        puts url
+        print 'Enter the authorization code: '
+        code = gets.chomp
+        credentials = authorizer.get_and_store_credentials_from_code(user_id: user_id, code: code, base_url: OOB_URI)
+      end
+      credentials
+    end
+
+
+    def authorized_service
+      @authorized_service ||= begin
+        service = Google::Apis::SheetsV4::SheetsService.new
+        service.client_options.application_name = APPLICATION_NAME
+        service.authorization = authorize
+        service
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    def blank_spreadsheet
+      spreadsheet_properties = Google::Apis::SheetsV4::SpreadsheetProperties.new(title: "Metadata #{DateTime.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")}")
+      spreadsheet = Google::Apis::SheetsV4::Spreadsheet.new(properties: spreadsheet_properties)
+      authorized_service.create_spreadsheet(spreadsheet, fields: 'spreadsheetId,spreadsheetUrl')
+    end
+
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/scihist_digicoll/env.rb b/lib/scihist_digicoll/env.rb
index fde7cfd3c..37ead0aaa 100644
--- a/lib/scihist_digicoll/env.rb
+++ b/lib/scihist_digicoll/env.rb
@@ -127,10 +127,14 @@ def self.aws_credentials
     # This is effectively a password - a shared secret.
     define_key :microsoft_sso_client_secret
 
+    # Official SHI google arts and culture project:
     define_key :google_arts_and_culture_project_id
     define_key :google_arts_and_culture_bucket_name
     define_key :google_arts_and_culture_credentials
 
+    # Test Google project, just for testing uploads in this project
+    define_key :test_google_project_credentials
+    define_key :test_google_project_user_id
 
     # MediaConvert requires a special role to be passed to MediaConvert
     # jobs, that has access to input/output buckets, and MediaConvert itself.