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The Museum Archive Software Project<\/h1>\n

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The Museum Archive Software Project<\/h1>\n

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For Directors, Curators, Archivists and the people that help them<\/p>\n

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The restoration process has begun.<\/h2>\n

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Welcome to the restoration
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The restoration of the Museum Archive software like any restoration is focused on the future usability of the software. With that in mind, the focus of this first stage is moving the entire project to a more easily managed development environment that will allow us to keep things where they are so that no one gets lost along the way.\u00a0
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In any restoration there is some history to recognize<\/span><\/p>\n

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Past <\/span><\/h1>\n

Jim Halpin started the Museum Archive Software Project in 2009 which has allowed Museums, Historical Societies, Schools, Nonprofits, and other groups to organize their collections without spending valuable resources on collection management database software.<\/span> The Project continued to do so without any changes since the last revision in 2014 when active development ended. The Basic version was free while the Premium version required the purchase of his book on the development of the software. Jim removed that requirement in 2018 and cut back on the support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Late 2021 Jim decided to retire and contacted <\/span><\/span>me to say that he had taken the project off line. I let him know that we were sorry to see the project go; I had always liked the idea of the project. He asked if we were interested in developing it further and we agreed to support the project for a year or so to see what we could do.<\/p>\n

RESTORATION – Through 2022 – 2024 we got to help quite a few organizations with various issues from simple setup questions to helping a castle museum in Ireland consolidate 3 installations of the software across a network to a single database.\u00a0
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The fact that the software has continued without an update since 2014 is a testament in itself. A lot of things have changed in that time. For one thing, Windows 10 and 11 have made 64 bit operating systems common place. The software is still more than adequate for the job it does for collections across this country as well as others around the world.\u00a0 To stay healthy, though, the software is in need of an update and continued maintenance. While our restoration is progressing, perhaps what is needed is a renovation.<\/p>\n

Over the next few weeks we will start contacting existing users known as having bought the book or that have been in contact with Jim or ourselves in order to reconnect with them and let them know just what is happening.<\/p>\n

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… AND become part of this restoration.<\/p>\n

The Museum Archive Software Project is under way!
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Enter your name and email and we’ll include you in email updates and send you a link to the original site where you can read about it and download the original basic version.<\/p>\n

If you’re already using the Museum Archive software, please let us know in the comment. Now is a great time to mention what you’d like to see changed or added in the software!<\/p>\n

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