Museum of the City of New York

The Museum of the City of New York will acquire and implement a new collections management system to improve stewardship of and access to the more than 750,000 objects and images in its New York history-focused collections. After conducting an audit of the legacy system and creating a detailed report of desired functionalities for the new system, the museum will migrate 462,000 records, beta test the new system, train staff on it, and evaluate it. The new system will enhance collections discoverability, improve internal collections management processes, and streamline information input and reporting. In addition, staff members expect improved accuracy of cross-field mapping with the museum's Collections Portal (www.mcny.org) platform, which will facilitate research by external users, such as scholars, writers, curators, filmmakers, and students.