Collections Management Case Studies
Explore our museum collections management case studies for compelling, firsthand accounts from Gallery Systems clients, sharing their collections management experiences. Learn how museum professionals tackle collection care challenges, from enhancing cataloguing standards and creating online collections, to implementing digital asset management systems, and orchestrating collection moves.
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich Case Study
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, founded in 1875, holds the largest design collection in the country. Originally established as an arts and crafts school, the museum’s collections have grown and evolved alongside its educational mission for nearly a century and a […]
Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
Building an in-person experience with eMuseum Inside the Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill, visitors are treated to a look into the industrial past. Situated on the historic site of Lombe’s Mill, the Museum of Making showcases local manufacturing […]
20-Year Client Anniversary with Zurich University of the Arts
An Interview with Judith Scheiber Dahou, IT Project Manager Zurich University of the Arts is a leading arts university in Europe that has the unique benefit of having its own museum, the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. The museum is the […]
Blanton Museum of Art Case Study
Transitioning to a New Collections Management System The Blanton Museum of Art recently took a step up with its collections management. As long-time users of EmbARK and EmbARK Web Kiosk, the team members decided to upgrade their collections management system […]
Royal Ontario Museum Case Study
Migrating Canada’s Largest Natural History Collection to a New Database Read how the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), one of Toronto’s most acclaimed institutions, successfully completed the ambitious project of transferring 15 databases into a single collections management solution, The Museum […]
Louisiana State Museum Case Study
Centralizing Collections Management across Multiple Museums Streamlining collections management within a single institution can be challenging, let alone for the Louisiana State Museum (LSM), an interconnected network of national landmarks. Comprised of long-time TMS users, the LSM team opted to […]
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Creating a Versatile Online Collection with eMuseum A relative newcomer to the cultural heritage institutions scene, Crystal Bridges Museum was interested in quickly raising its public profile. The Museum sought out creative ways to share its expansive collection of American […]
Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design
Recreating the Visitor Experience Online with eMuseum The feelings of awe invoked by stepping into a museum such as Honolulu’s Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design, transported to new worlds as you encounter each gallery and its […]
Suzie Zuzek, Lilly Pulitzer, and The Suzie Zuzek Project
Discovering the Artist Behind an Iconic American Look Imagine a chance encounter launching you into the art world after discovering a 6,000-object archive of work by a brilliant, yet largely unknown artist. This is the course Becky Smith’s life took […]
M+ Case Study
Illuminating the Archives M+, a new museum in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District, has set out to become one of the world's largest museums of modern and contemporary visual culture and has spent the last several years collecting objects […]
The Frick Collection Case Study
Preparing for Implementing Conservation Software The Frick Collection, located in New York City’s Upper East Side neighborhood, is one of the most well-known museums in the world, with a collection specializing in Old Master paintings and European sculpture and decorative […]
The imai Foundation
Cataloguing Time Based Media The City of Düsseldorf established the inter media art institute (imai Foundation) in 2006 as an archive to care for an acquired video collection. The archive contains around 3,000 works of Time Based Media art, and […]
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
How a New DAMS Software Upgrade is Streamlining Workflows at MFAH The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, (MFAH) was founded in 1900 and opened to the public in 1924 with a mandate to bring “art into the everyday life” of […]
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
Promoting Teaching and Research Through Excellence in Collections Management The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is among the oldest museums of its type in the world, and is home to one of the finest collections of […]
The J. Paul Getty Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Joint Ownership of the Mapplethorpe Collection: Best Practices in Learning How to Share In 2011, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) jointly acquired a collection of over 2,000 works by Robert Mapplethorpe […]
The Munch Museum
Barcoding Best Practices When Moving House Opened in 1963, the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, is dedicated to the life and work of expressionist pioneer Edvard Munch. The museum maintains the most comprehensive collection of works by Munch, including approximately […]
Chapman University Art Collections
Cataloguing a Museum without Walls Chapman University Art Collections is a unique group of collections that functions through the lens of education and consists of the Phyllis & Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art, the Chapman Campus Collection, and the […]
Stark Museum of Art
Preserving, Cataloguing, and Sharing Rare Books with Collections Management Software The Stark Museum of Art in Orange, Texas, was the vision of collectors H.J. Lutcher Stark and Nelda C. Stark. Opened in 1978, the Stark collection is focused on “the […]
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