Terminology Initiatives at the Horniman Museum, LondonThe Horniman Museum has reviewed the terminology it uses in cataloguing its ethnographic collections prior to transferring its databases into MultiMimsy. In particular, the Museum has compiled a the...

SHIC Working PartyThe SHIC Working Party was formed in 1980 and - with some changes in its membership - continues to maintain the Social History and Industrial Classification (SHIC) now in its second edition, SHIC2. The Working Party meets periodically...

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FactsheetsAll of our factsheets have now been transferred to Collections Link, the Collections Trust's national Collections Management Advisory Service.The links on this page will redirect you to the relevant fact sheet on Collections Link.Documentatio...

FactsheetsAll of our factsheets have now been transferred to Collections Link, the Collections Trust's national Collections Management Advisory Service.The links on this page will redirect you to the relevant fact sheet on Collections Link.Documentatio...

CIDOCCIDOC is the documentation committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).CIDOC works to foster greater collaboration and skills-sharing in the fields of documentation and cataloguing of cultural heritage. The Collections Trust is workin...

Collections Trust FundersThe Collections Trust is funded in England by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council: http://www.mla.gov.uk. The Collections Trust is funded in Scotland by the Scottish Museums Council: http://www.scottishmuseums.org.uk. T...

Website Accessibility Accessibility is one of the Collections Trust's core values.This website has been designed to comply with the current best practice in web accessibility. It has been built using valid XHTML, and has been awarded the Bobby 'AAA' ra...

Museum Accreditation Scheme The Museum Accreditation Scheme plays a vital role in ensuring a minimum standard of service delivery and public accountability across UK museums. Administered by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and the lea...

MLA Regional Agencies and Home Country Museums Councils MDA works in partnerships with all MLA's Regional Agencies and Home Country Area Museums Councils to ensure that museums can record their collections effectively and access MDA resources. ML...