Time-Based Media Collections

Streamline the cataloguing of time-based media collections and film archives with TMS Collections

Time-Based Media Collections and Film Archives

With many moving parts at play, time-based media collections and film archives require a flexible, sophisticated collections management system to better manage their cataloguing and organization. Our software ensures every collection object, its display equipment, and documentation is flawlessly managed, from the pre-acquisition stages to your gallery floor.

Easily manage both physical and digital assets with the numerous customization features available in the user-friendly interface

Benefit from versatile modules and features, designed to simplify the unique challenges of time-based media collections

Get the most from your data with endless configurability and automated metadata extraction from digital assets

Stay organized and have a clear view of accessioned works, thanks to unlimited object linking for easy future reporting and digital delivery

Overcome the hurdles of TBMA documentation, care, and obsolescence with a centralized, searchable database

Host and play time-based media video files directly in the database, and publish them online with eMuseum to promote public engagement

Features to manage your time-based media collections and film archives

Object records

Object Records | Time-Based Media Collections | Gallery Systems

Keep detailed object records with custom input fields and an unlimited number of linked photos.

Linked media

Linked Media | Time-Based Media Collections | Gallery Systems

Enrich your object records by uploading video and audio files, and play them directly in the interface.

Tombstone view

Tombstone View | Time-Based Media Collections | Gallery Systems

Easily manage the many different versions and formats of your time-based media art (TBMA) with our components feature.

Hierarchy view

Hierarchy View | Time-Based Media Collections | Gallery Systems

Document each component according to its specific location for superior object management.

Before [TMS], if we wanted to catalogue all of the details about the multiple tapes and copies for our time-based media collection, it would become very complicated.  double right quotes

Hiroko Kimura-Myokam, Research Fellow, The imai Foundation

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