Reducing risk at Bolton Museum – an example of a spot check audit process
In this blog, Pierrette Squires (Team Leader Museum Access, Bolton Library and Museum Service) takes us through their spot check audit process.| Collections Trust
This short one hour briefing will offer a basic introduction to the Spectrum procedure for Inventory.| Collections Trust
This short one hour briefing will offer a basic introduction to the Spectrum procedure for Acquisition and accessioning.| Collections Trust
This session will focus on exploring multiple perspectives and sources in collections information.| Collections Trust
This short one hour briefing will offer a basic introduction to the Spectrum procedure for Location and movement control.| Collections Trust
This short one hour briefing will offer a basic introduction to the Spectrum collections management standard.| Collections Trust
Subscribe to our bulletin to receive Inventory tips and resources every two months. Please note, this is a pilot, intended to run until the end of March 2026, in the first instance. By signing up, you agree to complete evaluation at the end of the pilot period. Collections Trust is committed to protecting your privacy. […]| Collections Trust
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This two hour session we focus on the Spectrum 5.1 procedure, Object entry.| Collections Trust
This session will focus on the Spectrum 5.1 Deaccessioning and disposal procedure.| Collections Trust
Has your museum been invited to submit an accreditation return? Or do you currently hold Provisional or Working Towards Accreditation status? If so, this event is designed for you.| Collections Trust
Read details of the conference programme here.| Collections Trust
Privacy notice Collections Trust is committed to protecting your privacy. We gather and use personal data in the following ways. If you have any questions, or would like to exercise any of your rights concerning personal data we might hold about you, please contact us. We are registered as a…| Collections Trust
Spectrum is used not only in the UK but in a growing number of countries internationally. The national museum agencies of several countries have translated versions of the standard into their own languages, licensed by Collections Trust. Here are more details and links to these localised versions of Spectrum. - Collections Trust| Collections Trust
We’re recruiting independent audit committee chair Collections Trust is a small, but influential, charity with a unique place in the museum landscape. We help museums work with the information that connects audiences and collections. Our standards and advice are used around the world to make museum collections accessible. We are…| Collections Trust
Profium Sense™ Collection Management is a proven Digital Asset Management solution based on semantic technologies. It is used by museums of all sizes and many organisations for managing photographic archives, item collections and cultural heritage objects.| Collections Trust
As part of its work with documentation standards the Collections Trust (and its predecessor body MDA) has, since the 1970s, been developing and maintaining a scheme which allows the identification of UK collection-holding organisations and their collections through “codes” which are unique to each organisation.| Collections Trust
In this blog, Sophie Rowe (Collections Advisor to the UKAHT, and Head of Conservation at The Fitzwilliam Museum) discusses the joys and challenges of carrying out Spectrum procedures in Antarctica.| Collections Trust
Collections Trust helps museums capture and share the information that gives their objects meaning. Our standards and advice are used around the world to make museum collections accessible| Collections Trust
Collections Trust helps museums capture and share the information that gives their objects meaning. Our standards and advice are used around the world to make museum collections accessible| Collections Trust
Collections Trust helps museums capture and share the information that gives their objects meaning. Our standards and advice are used around the world to make museum collections accessible| Collections Trust
Collections Trust helps museums capture and share the information that gives their objects meaning. Our standards and advice are used around the world to make museum collections accessible| Collections Trust
In this blog, Rebecca Raven (Curator, Museum of the Order of St John) discusses a vital inventory project, which has revealed previously unknown diverse personal stories.| Collections Trust
In this blog, Pierrette Squires (Team Leader Museum Access, Bolton Library and Museum Service) takes us through their spot check audit process.| Collections Trust
The National Museum of the Royal Navy achieved highly commended for their project ‘Addressing Empire,’| Collections Trust
The Egypt Centre achieved highly commended for their project ‘Rediscovering Egypt: The Harrogate Egyptian Collection,’ which created a new bespoke online catalogue, enabling wider engagement with the collection in numerous and creative ways.| Collections Trust
In this blog, Helen Shepherd (PR and Marketing Coordinator, National Emergency Services Museum) discusses how obtaining oral histories at point of acquisition can enrich information and bring objects to life.| Collections Trust
