Large-Scale Collection, Small-Scale Team: Effectively Maintaining Community-Based Cultural Collections The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a division of the School for Advanced Research (SAR) located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, implemented TMS from Gallery Systems to efficiently manage their extensive […]
Creating Productivity Reports in TMS I know I’m busy, but does everyone else at my museum know it? Sometimes it can be useful to have quantifiable data that confirms empirically what you already know to be the case: that you’re […]
Developing Our Conservation Documentation Software Conservation management features have been part of The Museum System (TMS) from its beginning. When Jay Hoffman, CEO of Gallery Systems, was developing the first Windows version of TMS for the Metropolitan Museum of Art […]
Hilde Bøe, Digital Collection Manager, the Munch Museum Hilde Bøe is Digital Collection Manager at the Munch Museum, where she and the majority of museum staff, including curators, conservators, library and education staff, work within TMS daily to catalogue an […]
Best Practices for Dealing with B-Sides There are two sides to every argument, but are there two sides to every artwork? Actually, there are. We usually fall into the habit of thinking about art objects as being neatly divisible into […]
Jennifer Day, Registrar, the Indian Arts Research Center Jennifer Day serves as the Registrar at the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a division of the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jennifer manages collection records, new […]
Atlanta, Georgia | April 26-29, 2015 This year’s American Alliance of Museums’ (AAM) annual meeting and museum expo will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, from April 26th to 29th, and Gallery Systems will be […]
Miami, Florida | May 13-16, 2015 Join Gallery Systems at the 43rd annual American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) conference, and be part of the largest gathering of conservators in the US. AIC offers an important […]
Local Government Museum Expands Access to Their Collections Through Online Sharing With increased government requirements to provide broader access to collection information, cultural institutions in the United Kingdom are rethinking their strategy on community outreach. One way in which institutions […]
Find Funding to Support Your Museum Operations and Projects The right grant at the right time could take your institution to new heights. Below is a list of various government agencies and the types of projects they are looking to […]
