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, grant guides, and more resources.
Collective Conversations with Erin Narloch
Erin Narloch, Project Manager, Consultant, and Database Administrator at adidas AG For Erin Narloch, shedding light on the powerful stories woven into adidas’ history—stories about entrepreneurial spirit and greatness in sport—is central to her work at adidas AG. The adidas […]
California Department of Parks and Recreation Case Study
Using Barcode Technology to Track Collections during a Relocation Move The California Department of Parks and Recreation, otherwise known as California State Parks, has a mandate to preserve, protect, and interpret its museum collections which includes museum objects, natural history […]
Crafting Your Digital Strategy? The Warhol Puts Theirs Online
Download Your Free Copy to Learn More When museums are able to embrace new technologies, they can bring sweeping changes to the institution that supports the museum, their staff, and their public on a higher level than ever before [...]
Museum Grants Available in 2016
North American Grants to Fund Collections Care, Management, and Sharing It’s January, a time for resolutions, new beginnings, and checking if any 2016 grants apply to the projects your museum has in the works. To help you get started, grants […]
Collective Conversations with Morten Nybo
Morten Nybo, Project Manager and Digital Advisor, the Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces and the Danish Arts Foundation The Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces in Copenhagen is an agency that takes collection information, and in some cases the […]
In-House Framing Saves University Museum Thousands
Brigham Young University Museum of Art Takes DIY to the Next Level The do-it-yourself craze isn’t just for weekend hobbyists as John Adams, Head of Fabrication at Brigham Young University Museum of Art, can attest. Over a decade ago, the […]
Museums and the Web 2016
Expand Your Digital Reach at the 20th Annual Museums and the Web Conference Museums and the Web is the “single largest international gathering of museum professionals who use technology to engage audiences.” Held in the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, […]
Collective Conversations with Gillian Essam
Gillian Essam, Recently Retired Collection Information Manager, The National Gallery, London After a professional career spanning 24 years, Gillian Essam, former Collection Information Manager at The National Gallery, is still adjusting to her new-found free time. Prior to her arrival […]
Better Object Preservation: 4 Ways a Collection Management Solution Can Help
Improving the Conservation and Accessibility of Collections Objects It’s the challenge of everyone who works with collections: how to preserve objects while at the same time increasing their accessibility? The imperative of accessibility is too powerful to ignore. Surrounding yourself […]
Collective Conversations with Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass
Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass, Collections Data Manager, the Yale Center for British Art The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut is home to the largest collection of British art outside the UK. The works of art, rare books, and […]
Collective Conversations with Kate Blanch
Kate Blanch, Database Administrator, The Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of only a few museums in the world to present such a wide spectrum of art. The collection spans fifty-five centuries and represents […]
The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Standardizing Cataloguing for a Natural History Collection The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is Canada’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the science of palaeontology. It houses one of the world’s largest natural history collection and features numerous displays of dinosaurs […]
Dr. James Cuno on the Digitization of Collection Information
An Insightful Talk by the President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust The digital world is changing fast, and museums must adapt just as fast to better connect with audiences. By moving collections online, and with the help […]
Collective Conversations with Sarah Gillis
Sarah Gillis, Assistant Registrar, the Worcester Art Museum The world-renowned Worcester Art Museum, in Worcester, Massachusetts, is home to an encyclopedic collection spanning 5,000 years of art and culture and 38,000 objects including, but not limited to: paintings, sculpture, decorative […]
Best Practices for Cataloguing Photographic Archives
Examined by Sarah Gillis, Assistant Registrar for Image Management at the Worcester Art Museum As galleries, libraries, archives and museums bring their physical objects into the digital realm, new methods of organization need to be designed to support the accessibility […]
Collective Conversations with Brian MacElhose
Brian MacElhose, Collections Database Analyst, the Dallas Museum of Art Established in 1903, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is among the 10 largest art museums in the country and is distinguished by its commitment to research, innovation, and public […]
Collective Conversations with Carole Campbell
Carole Campbell, Registrar for Collections Management, J. Paul Getty Museum Carole Campbell is the Registrar for Collections Management at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California. Carole and her staff work extensively within TMS […]
How Museums are Embracing the Digital Age
A Look at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Cooper Hewitt's Digital Initiatives Museums as media companies? It may seem like a bit of a stretch, but as museums reposition themselves for our new digital age they are becoming more […]