Clear workflows for people caring for museum objects, archives, manuscripts, archaeological finds, community heritage, teaching collections, and privately held material.
Each guide answers a different practical question and links to professional sources for deeper policy or standards work.
A practical artifact cataloging workflow for private collections, historical societies, students, community collections, and small institutions.
For people asking how to begin an artifact or private-collection catalog.Read guideLearn the essential fields and review steps for consistent museum object cataloging, from identifiers and provenance to condition and controlled vocabulary.
For museum teams comparing cataloging workflows and documentation software.Read guidePlan a collection digitization project from selection and photography through metadata, quality control, file management, and export.
For teams planning museum, archive, library, or community digitization work.Read guideA practical guide to manuscript cataloging fields, physical description, image capture, authority data, and standards-aware export.
For libraries, archives, researchers, and students documenting manuscripts.Read guideA practical archaeological finds documentation workflow covering context, identifiers, photography, material observations, measurements, and specialist review.
For excavation teams, field schools, laboratories, and post-excavation projects.Read guidePhotograph museum objects and artifacts for cataloging with consistent views, accurate scale references, useful detail shots, and complete photo metadata.
For anyone photographing artifacts, museum objects, finds, or private collections.Read guideChoose or create an extraction plan, capture the evidence it requires, work with live guidance, and keep the final decision with the person responsible for the collection.
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