For historical societies
Mixed collections, one place, run by volunteers.
Historical societies juggle documents, photographs, artifacts, and archives — often with a rotating crew of volunteers and no dedicated collections staff. MuseumBuild is built so cataloging an object requires only a name, and everything else (accession numbers, QR labels, location tracking) happens automatically.
- Handle walk-in donations the professional way: a Temporary Custody receipt at the door, the donor's story captured on the spot, and a formal accession with an e-signed Deed of Gift when the committee accepts
- Switching from PastPerfect? Drop their export into our import wizard — the columns map automatically
- Built-in volunteer training teaches real museum practice — including a module on exactly what to do when someone brings something in
- Organize documents, photos, and artifacts under one standard category list
- Volunteers catalog with one required field — hard to get wrong on purpose
- Track what's where with QR labels, even across scattered storage
- Publish local stories to a public page your community can browse