JKL Museum cataloging project started

JKL Museum cataloging project started

The JKL Museum has started a cataloging project using PastPerfect 5.0 Museum Software. All the telephone museum’s objects, photos, archives, and books will be added to a museum database.
It will take “some” time until everything has been described and photographed but it will be worth it.

One of the many benefits is the posibility to share the telephone museum objects online in so-called virtual exhibits.

From the PastPerfect website:

“PastPerfect 5.0

With over 9,500 clients, PastPerfect Museum Software sets the collection management standard for organizations and collections of all sizes.

PastPerfect encompasses every aspect of collection and contact management by providing tools to streamline and automate accessions, exhibits, condition reports, loans, and many other common museum practices. The program includes numerous list management, research, and report features that provide full access to your data. From archival, art, and archaeology to historic, ethnographic, and photographic collections, PastPerfect is designed to manage all types of collections.

Four separate catalogs – Objects, Photos, Archives, Library – provide the fields you will need to catalog all of your collection items. Create your catalog records quickly and efficiently with dozens of pre-filled authority files and customizable drop-down menus. The new standard for naming artifacts, Nomenclature 3.0, is preloaded in the PastPerfect Lexicon.

PastPerfect contains the features you’ll need to track acquisitions. From the time a donor approaches your organization, PastPerfect captures valuable information about the donor and item, then produces documents for the transaction including a Deed of Gift and thank you letter.

In addition to being the standard for cataloging museum collections, PastPerfect includes a Contacts database that tracks information about your contacts including membership renewals, pledges, financial gifts, and volunteer hours. Create bulk mailings and produce letters, envelopes, and labels, as well as send email newsletters and membership renewal reminders through the use of Contact Lists.”