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 […]
Grants Guides for Museums Located in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Spain, and the United Kingdom This New Year brings not only the start of a nominal decade, the twenty-twenties, but also an extra day to move your […]
Improve Your Web Collection’s Accessibility and Optimize Its Discoverability on the Internet Image Alt Tags? Based on Gallery Systems’ experience working with museums, it is fair to say that a good number of web collection pages don’t yet include this […]
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 […]
How the IIIF Image Retrieval Protocol Enhances Your Users’ Experience What is IIIF? The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) is a set of specifications for interoperable functionality in digital image repositories. Designed by and for the cultural heritage community, it […]
As museums continue to generate more and more digital assets, it becomes increasingly clear how important it is to find the right Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) for your institution. New digital assets are constantly added through existing Museum Collections […]
Tine Schmidt Haislund, Registrar, The Munch Museum The Munch Museum opened in May 1963, a hundred years after iconic Norwegian painter Edvard Munch’s birth. Located in Tøyen, Oslo, the museum’s collection initially consisted of more than 1,150 paintings, 18,000 prints, […]
Selecting a collections management system (CMS) can be a daunting task. One way to make the selection process easier is to create a detailed Request for Proposals (RFP) and send it to the CMS suppliers you have shortlisted. This will […]
Please note CI 2020 is now CI 2021 and will take place on November 15 – 19, 2021. Save the dates and start planning for the Premiere Collections Management Conference hosted by Gallery Systems. The details for Collective Imagination 2020 […]
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 […]
