Accessions and objects
Number each accession and the objects in it, describe and locate them, and keep the receipts, loans and deaccessions beside them. Everything stays in this browser; save the catalogue file after every session. New to this? Read how to accession museum objects or print from the registers.
Opening your catalogue in this browser.
What the catalogue desk does
The desk keeps an accession register and an object catalogue for a historical society or small museum. Each accession gets the next number for its year, such as 2026.14, and each object under it the next object number, such as 2026.14.3, with parts lettered 2026.14.3a-b. The Numbers tab lists gaps, duplicates, overlapping parts and numbers written another way, and renumbering leaves a dated note in the record's history.
Objects carry a name from your own term list, a description, maker, date, materials, dimensions, condition, a location by room, case and shelf, and photos. Incoming receipts, loans in and out, condition checks and deaccession records sit beside them. A spreadsheet can be imported column by column, and the whole catalogue saved as one catalogue file, a zip of the records and photos that opens again in any browser. Nothing is uploaded.