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Collections Managers can find articles, news and interviews on museum and archive collections management, and museum collections management software.

Change Management in Museums: A Strategic Approach to Transitioning Your Collections Management System

Change Management in Museums: A Strategic Approach to Transitioning Your Collections Management System

Changing a collections management system is one of the most consequential operational shifts a museum can undertake. It affects not only how collections data is stored, but how it is used across curatorial work, registration, conservation, loans, exhibitions, reporting, and […]

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Operational Excellence for Conservation Teams: Rethinking How Museums Manage Conservation Work

Operational Excellence for Conservation Teams: Rethinking How Museums Manage Conservation Work

Discover how museums are improving conservation management by centralizing documentation, connecting conservation workflows with collections management systems, and enabling stronger collaboration across departments.

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How to Streamline Museum Operations Through Collections Management

How to Streamline Museum Operations Through Collections Management

Museums today operate in an environment defined by rising public expectations, expanding digital initiatives, constrained resources, and increasing regulatory complexity. Amid these pressures, collections managers are uniquely positioned to influence institutional efficiency. This is because nearly every department—curatorial, conservation, registration, […]

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Standardizing Collections Data: From Tactical Cleanup to Data Governance

Standardizing Collections Data: From Tactical Cleanup to Data Governance

Museum professionals are well acquainted with the discipline required to produce high-quality administrative content. Grant proposals, exhibition labels, and marketing materials are typically reviewed, edited, and standardized before they are shared. Collections data, however, does not always benefit from the […]

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Why Corporate Collections Need a Collections Management System, Not Just an Archive

Why Corporate Collections Need a Collections Management System, Not Just an Archive

Corporate collections play a critical role in preserving brand heritage, supporting product innovation, and enabling storytelling across marketing, design, and communications teams. Yet many organizations still rely on traditional archive systems to manage these assets. While archives are valuable for […]

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How Custom Configurations Support Complex Collections

How Custom Configurations Support Complex Collections

Museums and cultural institutions rarely fit a single operational mold. Collections vary widely in scale, material, geography, legal context, and institutional mission. An encyclopedic art museum managing international loans faces different challenges than an archive preserving born-digital materials, a historic […]

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Digitizing and Expanding Your Online Collection: Why Collection Management Software Matters

Digitizing and Expanding Your Online Collection: Why Collection Management Software Matters

Learn how collection management software supports responsible digitization and public access. Explore how TMS Collections and eMuseum work together to help museums manage authoritative data, publish accurate online collections, and scale digital access while maintaining professional and ethical standards.

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Cataloguing the Ephemeral: Time-Based Media and the Future of Museum Collections

Cataloguing the Ephemeral: Time-Based Media and the Future of Museum Collections

Time-Based Media is reshaping museum collections. Learn how the TMS Suite supports cataloguing, preservation, and collaboration for these dynamic works.

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Ethical Documentation Practices with TMS Collections

Ethical Documentation Practices with TMS Collections

This article explores practical strategies for managing culturally and emotionally sensitive records, including flagging sensitive content, adding handling instructions for sacred or restricted materials, managing group-specific access, protecting sensitive media, and updating inappropriate or outdated language.

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Make Museum Documentation More Inclusive with TMS Collections

Make Museum Documentation More Inclusive with TMS Collections

As you know, museums do far more than house objects. Museums preserve and interpret human culture, history, and identity. As language and societal perspectives evolve, so too must the ways in which collections are documented and described. Updating terminology, acknowledging […]

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