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.
When Digital Isn’t Just a Department
Four Museums with Inspiring Digital Strategies Examples
All museums have three tenets that bind them together: 1) museums acquire and preserve objects ethically, 2) museums advance the knowledge of cultures through studying those objects, and 3) museums share that knowledge and their objects with their public. These three tenets bind the museum community at large and can be found within [...]
TMS Collections: Meet the Next Generation of Collections Management
The Latest in Collections Management Software Has Arrived
Manage your collections online with the next generation of the world's leading collections management software, TMS. TMS Collections is the browser-based solution your team is looking for to efficiently manage your collections [...]
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 provides context to the history of Time Based Media from the 1970s [...]
Implementing a Digital Strategy Integration with an Already Existing Strategy
How to Broaden Your Museum's Online Presence
Museums are embracing the digital age by developing digital strategy integrations to meet audience members where they already are. From Facebook to online galleries, museums are putting their content online and in front of audiences so they can engage on a deeper level [...]
Creating a Digital Strategy for Your Institution
Connecting with Your Museum Visitors Online
As museums move further into the age of digital, museum visitors have a stronger expectation to engage with institutions and their collections through digital portals. Museum Professionals are developing and strengthening their outreach through experimentation, and recording their findings in their digital strategies [...]
TMS Core Training in the Big Apple
Enhance and Refine Your Collections Management Skills
Continuing professional development on your Collections Management System helps your team to expand their abilities and improve your workflows. Keeping up with the changing standards of the field and new TMS functionality helps your institution better prepare to handle increasing workloads without compromising collections care [...]
Manage Your Collection More Efficiently With a New Web-Based CMS
A Video Introduction to TMS Cataloguer
Your collections team has a big job to do and wants to stay focused on collections care. But sometimes, extra tasks can get in the way of your goals. If your team is looking to manage your collection more efficiently [...]
Best Practices in Collections Management Policies, Documentation, and Object Cataloguing
Get the Most from Your Institution's Collections Data
Tracking object details is an essential part of collections care. Adhering to a strong set of collections information and cataloguing standards through institutional collections management policies can help preserve the history of your collection for the future [...]