Museum Collections Management Blog Articles
Discover the latest in collections care and museum news on the Gallery Systems blog, from interviews with industry professionals to tips and tricks for maximizing your collections management workflows. Find articles most useful to you by browsing your role, or navigate through the archives for case studies, conversations with clients, grants guides, and more resources.
How Group Training Enhances Team Efficiency in Museum Collection Management Software
How Group Training Enhances Team Efficiency in Museum Collection Management Software
Museums are increasingly relying on specialized software to manage their collections, archives, and exhibits. However, introducing new software into a museum setting can present challenges. One key factor in overcoming these challenges is group training, which has the potential to enhance team efficiency and streamline the entire process...
Global Collaboration in Collection Management: Overcoming Language and Cultural Barriers
Global Collaboration in Collection Management: Overcoming Language and Cultural Barriers
As museums increasingly collaborate on a global scale, the importance of overcoming barriers in collection management becomes ever more evident...
5 Steps to Evaluating Museum Grants with a Strategic Mindset
Streamlining the Process for Success
Navigating the complex world of grants can be overwhelming, especially for large museums and institutions that regularly apply for funding. With numerous grants available, it can be challenging to determine which ones will be the best fit for your institution’s needs and priorities...
A Museum Professional’s Guide to Building DAM Workflows
Using a DAMS throughout the full lifecycle of digital assets
Museum DAM workflows control how well an institution cares for its digital assets. Creating and following internal processes, with a digital asset management system (DAMS), helps to ensure these assets’ preservation, organization, and proper usage. However, museums often face a twofold challenge [...]
2024 Museum Grants and Funding Opportunities
Grants Guides for museums in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Latin America
Time to unveil the 2024 Museum Grants Guides! Gallery Systems presents the new editions of our annual guides, filled with more opportunities than ever to secure funding. Discover updated guides for the United States, Canada, Europe and the UK, Latin America, and museum conservation [...]
How to Find Museum Grants for Your Institution
Discover funding opportunities in expected and unexpected places—and learn the fastest ways to assess if you should apply
Knowing where to find museum grants is often the first hurdle in securing funding. Followed in close second by deciding if a grant program, once located, would be likely to fund your application. Grant research can be time-consuming, but we can help speed it up [...]
CI 2023: Collective Conversations with Jacob Weber
Collection Systems Manager, Tate
Meet Tate’s Collection Systems Manager, Jacob Weber, in our latest installment of CI 2023: Collective Conversations. Just weeks before his Collective Imagination session, Jacob was generous enough to share a look into his role at one of the world's most renowned art institutions [...]
CI 2023: Collective Conversations with Karissa Hurzeler
Media Cataloger, National Museum of African American History & Culture
Catch up with Bryan Miller, Media Cataloger at the National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC), in the first interview of our new series, CI 2023: Collective Conversations. Get to know their CI 2023 speakers attending their sessions in Washington, D.C. [...]