To that end, when you attend this workshop, youll receive a free seat in an upcoming webbased pastperfect class of your choice. You can search pastperfect by entering names or keywords. Arizona historical society pioneer museum, flagstaff flagstaff. Collectionspace collections management software for. Adirondack experience formerly adirondack museum, located on ny30 in the hamlet of blue mountain lake in hamilton county, new york, is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the adirondacks. Please use the links below to access pricing for both our desktop and cloud. But now we want to create labels to attach to each object. I have been fortunate to see the original glass negative of a picture of my maternal grandmother and her sisters from 1901. The collectionspace team and community is made up of museum professionals, software engineers, and interaction designers. Used by over 1 museums, pastperfect is affordable, comprehensive. If you are using a legacy cms, its time to consider a change to a museumfocused community like collectionspace. Responsible for all aspects of collections management including accessions, deaccessions, loans, digital imaging, storage, exhibitions, and cataloging collection into pastperfect software system. Used by over 10,000 museums, pastperfect is affordable, comprehensive, and easytouse.
Software preservation group software preservation group. Pastperfect software is committed to helping clients obtain the training they need to make full use of the software. Collectiveaccess is an opensource, community driven resource that benefits from the input of volunteer developers. Volunteer saratoga county historical society at brookside museum. The museum archive software project is still going strong about 4500 downloads todate as of 912011. Designed for museums, but applicable to various institutions including archives, libraries, and natural history collections, pastperfect is approved by the american association for state and local. It is designed for museums, but may be used by various institutions including libraries. Pastperfect software 300 n pottstown pike ste 200, exton, pennsylvania 19341 rated 4. The museum is located on the site of an historic summer resort hotel, the blue mountain house, built high above blue mountain lake in 1876 by miles tyler merwin, that operated until the late. With the help of capterra, learn about museum archive, its features, pricing information, popular comparisons to other museum products and more. With aya, youll get the most out of pastperfect for cataloging collections, running reports, managing memberships and fundraising, launching exhibits, managing mailing lists, and.
This is the largest historic district in the adirondack region, from saratoga to the. The interface is a bit dated but you should not put visuals above function, no need for fancy stuff when your entering data into a program designed for museum collections. Creating object labels with pastperfect connecting. These updates are the product of several years of careful consideration and planning, and position the museum to be more attractive to the next generation of. The museum collection of more than 50,000 artifacts contains art and threedimensional artifacts relating to all aspects of montana history and culture.
Our organization has yearround fulltime and parttime staff as well as seasonal staff and interns who work when we are open from memorial day weekend to midoctober. Collection management system, pastperfect museums software version 2. Identifying and working with other people preserving and collecting software. The library has 230 audio recordings of oral histories, music, and radio programs that capture many underdocumented aspects of life. The fast, affordable, and secure way to create a fully searchable online catalog of your pastperfect data. The museum is home to the largest repository of historic documents, maps, periodicals. The library has 230 audio recordings of oral histories, music, and radio programs that capture many underdocumented aspects of life in the.
This installation file contains the main exe, a readonly viewer, a web server, and an importexport utility. Join the conversation sign up for the collectiveaccess newsletter. With over 10,000 clients, pastperfect museum software sets the collection management standard for organizations and collections of all sizes. Although the carlibrary archives were created with the greenstone digital library software over a three year period, experiences after attending an international auto museum conference in march 2014 see naam conference and discussions with museum managers resulted in contact with pastperfect software, inc. The adirondack experience, the museum on blue mountain lake is located at 9097 state route 30 in blue mountain lake, new york. Arizona historical society sanguinetti house museum yuma. Pastperfect is one of the least expensive proprietary collection management systems available. Pastperfect is the worlds leading software program for collection and contact management. With all volunteer help, the entire collection has been cleaned, stored or exhibited and catalogued using pastperfect museum software. Every volunteer and staff member has a few collection items that capture their imagination in a special way. Software solutions for museum curators gallery systems. Ryan mahoney executive director irelands great hunger. Network upgrade for pastperfect networking promotes increased efficiency, effectiveness, and access to some of your museum s most valuable data. July 2017 camm council of american maritime museums.
You can access and view your data in virtually any way. Owned and generously financed by the town of warrensburg, the museum is operated under contract with the warrensburgh historical society. The museum is home to the largest repository of historic documents, maps. The door county maritime museum in sturgeon bay, wi, is looking for a.
The network upgrade allows you to install the program on multiple workstations and share access to common data. John each week i scan the old age dispatch negatives into pastperfect the museum database. Software solutions to simplify research endeavors and exhibition planning for curators as a curator, you create the public face of your institution, designing exhibitions to attract, educate and empower your community. Pastperfect allows for the database storage of artifacts, documents, photographs, and library books.
Steve parisi, museum director 5186232928 museum, 6232207 home. While the system works, if your are a museum required to log all of your exhibitions with the software, it is incredibly timeconsuming to add artists, dates, information on several pages for each item and then to have to independently create an exhibit or event, and then separately log the loan, all before having to go back and add images and make all of these separate sources link. Gomez has been working in information technology since the late 1980s and was. While the pastperfect basic program does not include the ability to attach images, there is an optional feature one can purchase separately. History of the town of warrensburg, ny the official town of. Collectionspace collections management software for museums. When youre planning your next big show, dont be held back by tedious manual processes or inaccurate records. At that time it purchased a computer and past perfect museum software and digitized all data of the collection. Worked great and had a lot of ways to track things that you didnt realize that you could or track in a database format, such as donors, volunteers, volunteer hours, dont take my word for it 100%. Adirondack experience is a notforprofit history museum with 23 indooroutdoor exhibit areas on 32 beautifully landscaped acres. We are the worlds leader in collection and contact management software. Small museum manager, software tour, screens simple, easytouse. With aya, youll get the most out of pastperfect for cataloging collections, running reports, managing memberships and fundraising, launching exhibits, managing mailing lists, and much more.
We are a small local historical society that just recently purchased pastperfect software. There is a new import utility that accepts csv files created by a spreadsheet program. The software preservation group spg of the computer history museum was an early exploration of how to collect software in support of the museums overall mission. To learn about all the adirondack museum as to offer, please visit the adirondack museum tells the story of the adirondacks through exhibits, special events, classes for schools, and handson activities for visitors of all ages. The software preservation group spg of the computer history museum was an early exploration of how to collect software in support of the museum s overall mission.
Preserving the collection and assisting the museum strathroycaradoc is an excellent volunteer opportunity. This software will do everything a small or large museum could ask for. January 17, 2015 page 2 museum studies at tufts university. The websites below host a wealth of adirondacksrelated material from our. Mcleod county historical society uses past perfect museum software on its network computer system, like many small historical museums. The fair attracts more than sixty highly skilled rustic craftsmen from all parts of the united states and canada, and is the largest rustic show in the. You can search online or search at the museum, but the data at the museum is guaranteed to be more current. Pastperfect museum software is an application for collections archiving. When the adirondack museum opened for its 60th season earlier this. Network upgrade for pastperfect networking promotes increased efficiency, effectiveness, and access to some of your museums most valuable data. Collectionspace is a highquality, industryleading collections management application backed by an internationally recognized nonprofit committed to advancing the field of museology. The almanack is the online news journal of adirondack explorer.
We are the worlds leader in museum collection and contact management software. In the last three years we have been adding a tremendous amount of digital media, i. How to use pastperfect granite falls historical museum. It is designed for museums, but may be used by various institutions including libraries, archives, and natural history collections. Employment adirondack experience, the museum on blue. Used by over 10,000 museums, pastperfect offers affordable, comprehensive, and easytouse software for organizations of all sizes. The museum hosts an annual rustic fair in the fall. Collection management systems car collections and digital. History of the town of warrensburg, ny the official town. Apr 15, 2016 i have been fortunate to see the original glass negative of a picture of my maternal grandmother and her sisters from 1901. Our museum has not changed since its conception in 1967. It provides the ability to manage, store, and share collections. A system designed to manage various collections and material formats together, it has a separate oral history module that treats interviews as items. Aug 27, 2008 the museum celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2007.
Experience using pastperfect software is preferred. Institutional members of the american association for state and local history a a s l h receive a 20% discount on the majority of pastperfect products and services. Warrensburgh local history museum goes online new york. If you cannot find a particular object, or if you have any suggestions, please use the feedback form on any object page, or. Readytouse database templates and the userfriendly interface let you easily and quickly organize your collections. Buy the book and get the premium version, its worth every penny. Desktop software for all your museum management needs. Oct 27, 2014 we are a small local historical society that just recently purchased pastperfect software. Optimizing pastperfect for museum description author.
Museum staff will regularly upload objects to our online collection. Where can i get a deal on pastperfect museum software. The culinary arts museum informs the jwu community and the public atlarge about issues concerning the world of food in storybased exhibitions that are timely and relevant. For example, if you are interested in the history of logging, you might search using some of these words. Pastperfect software used to catalog and manage archives, library collections, historic objects, art objects, natural history, archaeology, and photograph collections. Home keyword search advanced search random images archives photos libraries objects. Volunteers are always welcome to get involved by contributing translations, code, user support, and ideas.
When the adirondack museum opened for its 60 th season earlier this spring, it did so as the adirondack experience, the museum on blue mountain lake, with an exciting new brand identity, to better represent what the institution is today. Education program assistance our popular educational programs bring. Pastperfect is the number one selling commercial collection management software. Owned and generously financed by the town of warrensburg, the museum is.
Arizona historical society museum at papago park tempe. Aya is new englands only source of classroom training and onsite consulting for users of pastperfect museum software. The adirondack museum has the finest collection of historic adirondack rustic furniture and furnishings, not in private hands, in the country. The network upgrade allows you to install the program on multiple workstations and share access to common data files residing on the main computer or network file server. You can use it to manage your museums cataloging, acquisitions, loans, and many other activities. The adirondack almanack the adirondack almanacks contributors include veteran local writers, historians, naturalists, and outdoor enthusiasts from around the adirondack region. A sidebyside comparison of museum collection management.