Accessioning
- Manual, scanned-paperwork, and conservative photograph-assisted intake
- Donations and incoming loans
- Multiple artifacts connected to one accession
- Donor/lender identity and agreement-document history
Product overview
Serious collection work, made understandable.
MCVM connects the records, physical stewardship, research, output, and controlled teamwork a small museum handles every day.
A clear place to begin
See the work that needs attention.
The dashboard brings items needing attention, collection statistics, backup status, and an artifact spotlight together without turning ordinary tasks into technical administration.
View the full product tourCatalog & media
- Identity, provenance, description, condition, people, periods, and events
- Photographs, documents, audio, and video
- Guided CSV, TSV, and JSON record imports
- Active and archived record states
Artifact research
- Private, attributed human and AI-assisted Research History
- Reusable sources and evidence links
- Staff drafts and Supervisor/Owner review
- Append-only finalized entries with linked corrections
Locations, condition & inventory
- Storage, exhibit, transit, loan, and missing-item states
- Append-only movement and custody evidence
- Inventory campaigns and discrepancy review
- Outgoing loans and returns
Labels & reports
- PDF-native exhibit labels with exact preview
- Flexible collection and research reports
- Museum Book and curated output
- Worklists and inventory reports
Staff Stations
- Individual staff and volunteer identities
- Supervised intake and protected changes
- Remote photographs on the museum's Wi-Fi
- Review queues that preserve authority
Public Collection
- Artifacts stay private until the museum includes them
- Local preview before upload
- Readiness checks for descriptions and photographs
- Private donor/lender and Research data excluded
Backup & recovery
- Complete backups with database, linked files, and private Research
- Full Collection Migration for complete MCVM-to-MCVM moves
- Integrity verification and transparent health
- Restore, move, and reconnect safeguards
Optional assistance
AI supports museum judgment. It does not replace it.
Photo Intake stays conservative. Deliberate Artifact Research can go deeper. In both, museum staff review what is retained and what changes the official record.