Document every facet of your history collections with TMS Collections

History Collections

Charting the lineage and interconnectivity of each object in your history collection calls for a robust collections management system. Manage your growing inventory with a scalable, web-based software that facilitates the digitization of immense data quantities, ensuring that records include standardized industry classification and rich historical detail.

Create detailed records with versatile, customizable fields for dates, names, numbering, and other integral data

Track the provenance of each of your history collection's objects by linking records to specific individuals and historic events

Standardize the cataloguing of your history collections with Chenall’s Nomenclature using the TMS Thesaurus Manager

Utilize our multilingual, Unicode-compliant software to document your data in all modern languages

Catalogue objects down to the component level, for superior organization, internal tracking, and conservation support

Make use of flexible modules, including Sites and Events, to meticulously enrich your records with historical context

Features to Efficiently Manage Your History Collections

Historical Items View

Catalogue collection objects using an incredible amount of detail with flexible input fields, including historical dates and custom notes.

Language Support

Input your history collection’s object data in any modern language using our Unicode-enabled software.

Conservation Annotation

View detailed notes on each object’s conservation status, including annotated images to show damaged areas or completed treatments.

Object Components

Facilitate conservation care and internal tracking by cataloguing each historical object by its components.


	Using TMS helps us perform better queries in more than 10,000 entries. We constantly improve our workflows and gradually set better work standards—more digital, less paper, and less external files. We digitize our archive materials and have better control over all our data, both digital and physical.

	Hamutal Gabayev, Registrar and TMS Administrator, Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem

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Hamutal Gabayev, Registrar and TMS Administrator, Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem
The Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem is a unique museum of ancient civilizations, presenting the history of the lands and civilizations mentioned in the Bible in relation to the development of the biblical narrative throughout generations. The goal of the Museum is to connect each [...]

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Australian National Maritime Museum
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Australian National Maritime Museum

eMuseum Helps Australian Communities Develop Their National Maritime Heritage
As a national collecting institution, The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) promotes a broad interpretation of maritime heritage and culture. ANMM wanted to provide online access to in-depth information on surviving vessels of Australian maritime significance, while also encouraging [...]

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