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.
The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation
Using Collections Management Software to Produce an Ambitious Catalogue Raisonné The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation, in Berkeley, California, is working on a project to compile a catalogue raisonné of the paintings and works on paper by American artist Richard Diebenkorn. Among […]
Bridging the Object / Component Divide
A Step-by-Step Tutorial in The Museum System (TMS) The simple root of this complex issue is that an object can be composed of multiple components. A tea service is composed of a cup, a spoon, and a saucer, and it […]
Williams College Museum of Art
Integrating and Promoting Fine Art and Archives through Technology Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), in Williamstown, Massachusetts, is widely considered to be one of the finest college art museums in the United States. It houses over 14,000 works that […]
Conservation News: Conservators Uncover Hidden Treasures
Incredible Discoveries by the Barnes Foundation and the Baltimore Museum of Art Not only do conservators play a critical role in preserving art and artifacts, sometimes they discover them too. This week in Conservation News we highlight two stories where […]
Become the Most Interesting Registrar at the Party
Find the Latest Anecdotes and News at Registrar Trek: The Next Generation A registrar's day is varied and full of novelty: one moment you're buried among endless rows of priceless artifacts that have been hibernating in storage, and the next […]
Indian Arts Research Center
Large-Scale Collection, Small-Scale Team: Effectively Maintaining Community-Based Cultural Collections The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a division of the School for Advanced Research (SAR) located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, implemented TMS from Gallery Systems to efficiently manage their extensive […]
I’m Busy and I Can Prove It: CMS Data Mining to Track Staff Activity
Creating Productivity Reports in TMS I know I’m busy, but does everyone else at my museum know it? Sometimes it can be useful to have quantifiable data that confirms empirically what you already know to be the case: that you’re […]
A Brief History of Conservation Studio
Developing Our Conservation Documentation Software Conservation management features have been part of The Museum System (TMS) from its beginning. When Jay Hoffman, CEO of Gallery Systems, was developing the first Windows version of TMS for the Metropolitan Museum of Art […]
Collective Conversations with Hilde Bøe
Hilde Bøe, Digital Collection Manager, the Munch Museum Hilde Bøe is Digital Collection Manager at the Munch Museum, where she and the majority of museum staff, including curators, conservators, library and education staff, work within TMS daily to catalogue an […]
Both Sides Now: On The Pleasures And Perils Of Cataloging Two-Sided Art
Best Practices for Dealing with B-Sides There are two sides to every argument, but are there two sides to every artwork? Actually, there are. We usually fall into the habit of thinking about art objects as being neatly divisible into […]
Collective Conversations with Jennifer Day
Jennifer Day, Registrar, the Indian Arts Research Center Jennifer Day serves as the Registrar at the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a division of the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jennifer manages collection records, new […]
Southwark Culture & Heritage Services
Local Government Museum Expands Access to Their Collections Through Online Sharing With increased government requirements to provide broader access to collection information, cultural institutions in the United Kingdom are rethinking their strategy on community outreach. One way in which institutions […]
New Conservation Techniques in the Digital Age
A Look at Light Projection and 3D Digitization In late 2014, Harvard University concluded a six year restoration project with the unveiling of Mark Rothko’s restored Harvard Murals at the newly renovated Harvard Art Museum. Originally placed in a Harvard […]
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums
Local Government Museum Expands Access to Their Collections Through Online Sharing With increased government requirements to provide broader access to collection information, cultural institutions in the United Kingdom are rethinking their strategy on community outreach. One way in which institutions […]
Australian National Maritime Museum
eMuseum Helps Australian Communities Develop Their National Maritime Heritage As a national collecting institution, The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) promotes a broad interpretation of maritime heritage and culture. ANMM wanted to provide online access to in-depth information on surviving […]