Join the conversation sign up for the collectiveaccess newsletter. Designing a virtual exhibit pastperfect museum software. It is designed for museums, but may be used by various institutions including libraries, archives, and natural history collections. Good value software for museum collections management comments. How to use the knowledge base how to contact pastperfect support how can we work on pastperfect from offsite storage or a home computer. 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. Pastperfect allows us to keep record of all the artifacts in our collections as well as have a searchable database for assisting researchers locate items they might need.
You select which pastperfect records to include, and which data fields and images to share. Virtual exhibit allows you to convert catalog records and images stored in pastperfect to html for. An index of pastperfect online sites can be found here. Pastperfect allows for the database storage of artifacts, documents, photographs, and library books. With over 10,000 clients, pastperfect museum software sets the collection management standard for organizations and collections of all sizes. Pastperfect has recently added a function to produceprint qr codes to add to label exhibits. How can i add a search function to my virtual exhibit 5.
Good value software for museum collections management. Digital imagingmultimedia, network upgrades, barcode printing, virtual exhibit, pastperfectonline, etc. Collectiveaccess is an opensource, community driven resource that benefits from the input of volunteer developers. You may jump to any one by clicking view full record. Used by over 10,000 museums, pastperfect offers affordable, comprehensive, and easytouse software for organizations 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 company was founded in 1996 with the mission to create affordable software products for museums. However, you may click the table of contents to select any image to view. Pastperfect user guides pastperfect museum software.
Pastperfect online and virtual exhibit pastperfect online if you have any questions, please contact our support office at 1. Quality collections and contacts management software. We have had issues with integrating the virtual exhibits into our website and have. Whats the difference between pastperfect online and virtual exhibit. How can i remove the description field from the table of contents for virtual exhibit.
Instead, it enables users to connect with other opensource applications already in use by the cultural sector for online exhibition. 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. 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. How do i create a link from a virtual exhibit record to a multimedia file audio, visual, pdf hosted on a remote web server. Virtual exhibit converts collection records and images stored in pastperfect to html for posting on the world wide web. Once the exhibit information has be completed, catalog records chosen and data fields selected, you can begin making choices for how the web pages will look on your virtual exhibit site.
Sold as an inexpensive desktop solution, pastperfect 5. A sidebyside comparison of museum collection management. Some alternative products to pastperfect include netx, resourcemate, and doubleknot. Volunteers are always welcome to get involved by contributing translations, code, user support, and ideas. 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. This software is free no time limits, no usage limits, no registration requirements, no spyware. Virtual exhibit is designed to be similar in structure to the exhibits catalog of pastperfect. Virtual exhibit is the fast and easy way to put your exhibits online. It is also possible to run pastperfect on mac computers with additional software. If you have any questions, please contact our support office at 1.
Virtual exhibit this addon package provides you with the flexibility to design a collectionsbased website using cascading style sheets css that reflects your institutions personality. Virtual exhibit gives you the ability to create a pastperfect kiosk for your patrons by creating a site that you can load onto a kiosk computer in the public area of your institution. This computer does not need to have internet access or pastperfect installed the html pages can be viewed directly from the hard drive. Scattergather and ezmarc are not available as addon features for pastperfect 5. Pastperfect online and virtual exhibit are easy, affordable ways to share your collections with new audiences through the web. Pastperfect software, 300 n pottstown pike ste 200, exton. Both products provide an easytouse interface that guides you through the process of creating your site. Pastperfect also will allow the user to acquire images through most digital cameras and scanner directly into the software. How can i make text images readable online using virtual. We are the worlds leader in collection and contact management software. We have illustrated many with multiple photos, including historic building interiors, then and now. Table of contents takes you to a list of individual images. Printing of qr codes as an optional feature for users with pastperfectonline, inventory manager, barcode printing, or virtual exhibit. Pastperfect museum software is an application for collections archiving.
You can simply create an image of the documents using your scanner, attach them to your pastperfect record as images, and include those records in your virtual exhibit. Exhibit home page will return to this page of the exhibit. Virtual exhibit virtual exhibit ve is the instant web site creator for pastperfect museum software. Your virtual exhibit website has three levels of pages a list of exhibits page, an exhibit page that is the home page for each. Museums, historical societies, schools, nonprofits, and other groups can now organize their collections without spending valuable resources on collection management database software. This is just an introduction to pastperfect, not a handson workshop. A photographic guide to the many faces of alamo plaza. Pastperfect has allowed us to maintain better intellectual control per industry standards. Call for appointments, on weekends and other times check out the news letters. The collectionspace team and community is made up of museum professionals, software engineers, and interaction designers. The software is made up of a suite of modules and services for managing your collections of digital assets, however it doesnt have any native ability to create digital exhibits. Virtual exhibit is an excellent way to present written and typed documents from your collection to the public, without having to type the text into a database. Desktop software for all your museum management needs.
Each is designed with a different approach to sharing your collections on the web. Sharing collections online pastperfect museum software. Virtual exhibit uses the same top navigation bar and navigation tools as the rest of pastperfect software. Please see chapter 2 the basics for detailed information. This software will do everything a small or large museum could ask for. The user guide is also available in print and can be purchased from our online store.
Voxexpo virtual expo, fairs, events the most popular. The images are interrelated, so to get the full story, we recommend going in order from start to finish. How can i include the archives container list in my virtual exhibit site. There will be a brief discussion about the pastperfect online and virtual exhibit addon feature. Add a virtual art gallery to your website and curate exhibitions that will engage and inform your online audience with its interactive presentation. Creating a virtual exhibit pastperfect museum software. Library home page will take you to the library web page. Latest pastperfect museum software update release notes.
With regards to system requirements, pastperfect is available as windows software. Pastperfect is the worlds leading software program for collection and contact management. 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. Virtual exhibit is a great way to promote your museums exhibits and events. Increase length of accession recas field to 30 characters. Curate exhibitions in your own 3d viewing room with exhibbit. How do i change the display order of fields on my virtual exhibit website. Pastperfect offers software program for collection and contact management. Point and click on the records you want to share, and ve will create an entire web site for your museum. Pastperfect prezzi, recensioni, informazioni capterra. It can then be hosted on the users server or a hosting service is available. New option on catalog image management screen to place an object id stamp on the image. Virtual exhibit automates the work and allows you to personalize the home page, color scheme, font size, image size, and more with simple onscreen selections. You select the records and data fields from pastperfects objects, photos, archives, and library catalogs to highlight in virtual exhibits.
For this users guide, we will create an example virtual exhibit site based on the data in the pastperfect evaluation program. The voxexpo software has been developed to effortlessly setup a virtual exhibition that has been designed to assist and support a normal physical exhibition. We provide everything you need to catalog and share your collection. Virtual exhibit converts selected collection records and images from pastperfect into html. Duplicate your gallery exhibitions duplicate your current bricks n mortar exhibition in your website and create virtual exhibitions from your stockroom, to show onsite.
My tests confirm these codes can direct visitors to more information about each car either the past perfect virtual or online exhibit or an entirely separate website. Jump to beginning will return you to the first content page of the exhibit. Check out this knowledge base article for the differences between the two products. Anyone curious about the software s capabilities and user interface. Our latest release, pastperfect web edition, is a cloudbased software. Buy the book and get the premium version, its worth every penny. You will create your new virtual exhibit and fill in its information. 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. Pastperfect is a software company and offers a software title called pastperfect. Created an online exhibit using past perfect virtual exhibit software and objects from the museum collection. Pastperfect provides two optional products for sharing your collections online.
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