Gillian Essam, Recently Retired Collection Information Manager, The National Gallery, London After a professional career spanning 24 years, Gillian Essam, former Collection Information Manager at The National Gallery, is still adjusting to her new-found free time. Prior to her arrival […]
San Jose, CA | October 24-27, 2015 The Western Museum Association will hold its annual meeting from October 24 to 27 at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California, and Gallery Systems would love to see you there. This year’s […]
Improving the Conservation and Accessibility of Collections Objects It’s the challenge of everyone who works with collections: how to preserve objects while at the same time increasing their accessibility? The imperative of accessibility is too powerful to ignore. Surrounding yourself […]
Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass, Collections Data Manager, the Yale Center for British Art The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut is home to the largest collection of British art outside the UK. The works of art, rare books, and […]
Gallery Systems' New Conservation Documentation Software for Museum Conservators We're excited about the upcoming release of our newest software product, Conservation Studio, an easy-to-navigate web-based tool designed to support conservation work. Developed in collaboration with professional conservators, Conservation Studio streamlines […]
The J. Paul Getty Museum Explains this Ingenious Process How did the great masters of the Renaissance paint their masterpieces with such confidence? With the advent of modern-day conservation tools such as infrared technology, the mysteries that lie beneath the […]
London, UK | September 22, 2015 The Collections Trust Annual Conference will take place at the Natural History Museum in London, England, on September 22nd. It’s a chance to network with other cultural professionals and learn the latest in industry […]
Kate Blanch, Database Administrator, The Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of only a few museums in the world to present such a wide spectrum of art. The collection spans fifty-five centuries and represents […]
Standardizing Cataloguing for a Natural History Collection The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is Canada’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the science of palaeontology. It houses one of the world’s largest natural history collection and features numerous displays of dinosaurs […]
An Insightful Talk by the President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust The digital world is changing fast, and museums must adapt just as fast to better connect with audiences. By moving collections online, and with the help […]
