museumdata
Museumdata refers to the metadata and structured data created, managed, and shared by museums to describe collections, exhibitions, and related activities. It covers object records (descriptions, inscriptions, measurements), provenance and acquisition histories, conservation notes, rights statements, digital assets, bibliographic and exhibition information, and administrative metadata for operations. The goal is to support discovery, research, c curate, and public access while preserving accuracy and provenance across diverse audiences and platforms.
Standards and vocabularies play a central role in museumdata. The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CIDOC CRM)
Data ecosystems typically involve collection management systems (CMS) or collection information systems, often paired with digital
Challenges include data quality and consistency, legacy and multilingual metadata, system fragmentation, and rights management. Ongoing