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Accession-book-to-database migrations, controlled vocabularies (AAT/Iconclass), reconciled records, and a public-facing search layer. We help scope where to start when 'digitise everything' isn't realistic.

Example · The 2023 British Museum thefts exposed that ~half of ~8m objects had no digital record — the same documentation gap sector audits (Collections Trust, ICOM) find in most national museums worldwide.

HTR for handwritten material (Transkribus-style pipelines), structured metadata, linked-data identifiers (Wikidata, VIAF), and tiered access that respects copyright and safeguarding.

Example · The US National Archives holds ~13 billion pages, only a small fraction indexed; the Vatican Apostolic Archive's 85km of shelving is barely machine-readable — the global 'digitised but unusable' problem.

3D scanning and photogrammetry for at-risk fabric, story-led guides beyond the audio-wand, and cross-institution capacity building.

Example · Notre-Dame's 2019 fire was only reconstructable because Andrew Tallon had laser-scanned it in 2015. Most historic houses globally have no equivalent record; the 2018 Museu Nacional fire in Rio destroyed 20m items.

Practical low-lift tools chosen for small teams, honest advice on what NOT to build in-house, and a shared vendor list so nobody negotiates alone.

Example · The UK Association of Independent Museums (2025) reports 3 in 5 small museums fearing closure; similar pressures hit US 'small and rural' museums (AAM) and regional Italian civic collections post-2020.

Matching sites with the right survey partners, standard data pipelines (ADS / tDAR / OpenContext), and interpretation frameworks so a field season doesn't disappear into a shared drive.

Example · The 2024 LiDAR discovery of Valeriana (a Maya city hidden under Campeche jungle) showed what airborne survey can do — most excavations worldwide still have no data-management plan beyond the PI's laptop.

Curriculum-aligned resource packs, licence-cleared imagery, gamified workshops, and citizen-science briefs a real teacher will actually run on a Tuesday morning.

Example · Rijksmuseum Rijksstudio and Smithsonian Open Access released millions of CC0 images — but teacher uptake stays low because there's no lesson layer on top. That gap is the opportunity.

Bring local groups, schools and volunteers into real research — with safeguarding, data protocols, clear outputs and a route into published work.

Example · MicroPasts (UCL/British Museum), Zooniverse's heritage projects, and DigVentures have shown crowd-sourced research works when scaffolded — and quietly dies when it isn't.

AI-assisted interpretation, gamification, 3D reconstructions, and audience research aimed at the visitors you don't currently reach.

Example · ICOM and NEMO 2024 reports show European museum visits still below 2019 levels; the Van Gogh 'Immersive' circuit proved audiences exist for a different format — the question is doing it with scholarly rigour.

Structured provenance research, transparent public records, and dialogue infrastructure for source communities — technical and diplomatic, not just curatorial.

Example · Benin Bronzes returns, Sarr–Savoy report on African heritage in French museums, and the ongoing Parthenon Marbles debate: every major museum now needs provenance infrastructure it doesn't have.

Not everything is a research project. Some of the highest-leverage help is aggregating what already works — vetted tools, grant templates, RFP language, safeguarding policies, licence models, funder intel.

Example · Europeana Pro, DPC (Digital Preservation Coalition) and CIDOC share fragments of this — nobody has one place a director can go on a Monday morning.

Tell us what you have and what you'd like to change. A 30-minute call will usually tell you whether we're the right partner — even if the honest answer is 'you don't need us for this'.

Example · Every partner starts with a no-commitment intro call.