Manage your collections with precision.
Professional digital inventory for museums, galleries, private collectors and cultural associations. Simple, secure, compliant.
Who is it for?
A solution tailored to all collection managers.
Museums
Municipal, community, ecomuseums
Galleries
Art galleries, art lending libraries
Collectors
Art, watches, wine, antiques
Associations
Heritage, local history
Libraries
Rare books, media libraries
Universities
Labs, teaching collections
One tool per role.
Six essential gestures.
Not a checklist. The foundations that museums, galleries and collectors rely on every day.
Inventory without friction.
Interactive grid, instant search, bulk editing. Barcode or ISBN scan with your phone — the record writes itself via OpenLibrary.
Conserve, track, restore.
Condition report at every movement. Restoration interventions documented before/after. Compliant decennial inventory check.
Your website, included.
Not a window — a real website in your museum's colors. Articles, HelloAsso ticketing, online shop, donations, newsletter, group visit bookings, augmented tour. Bilingual, Google-indexed, ready in minutes.
Compliant by default.
Joconde XML import/export. OAI-PMH protocol for Europeana. French Rural Museum Label pack. Data hosted in France, GDPR native. Official certificates with QR verification.
Work together.
Multi-user with fine-grained roles (viewer, editor, admin). 2FA strong auth. Task assignment, deadlines, email notifications. Per-user activity audit log.
Your data belongs to you.
ZIP import, Joconde export, REST API. Encrypted daily backups. At any time, you walk away with your data in open formats. No lock-in.
Included everywhere: barcode & ISBN scan, A4 QR labels, drag-and-drop photos, full-screen lightbox, watermark, collection sharing, email notifications, collection mapping, group visit requests, built-in newsletter, GDPR analytics, embeddable widget, IIIF, OAI-PMH.
Receive online donations.
Completely free.
Thanks to the HelloAsso integration, your visitors and supporters can support your museum directly from your portal. 100% of the amount goes to your association -- no commission, no subscription.
- Compatible with your existing HelloAsso account
- Integrated donation page, matching your museum's branding
- Suggested or custom amounts -- the donor chooses
- Automatic receipts for your donors
- Dashboard to track all your donations
to your museum
for French associations -- used by
over 350,000 organisations.
Modules designed for your profession
Search & navigation
Find any object in seconds with a powerful search engine.
- Global multi-entity search (objects, contacts, loans)
- Advanced search with combined filters
- Side-by-side comparison of two objects
- Keyboard shortcuts for instant navigation
- Table or gallery view with preference persistence
Filters by category, period, condition, zone, dates, tags...
Museum standards & Joconde
Compliant with French heritage standards for maximum interoperability.
- Import/export in Joconde format (XML with XSD schema)
- Hierarchical thesaurus: materials, techniques, domains
- Decennial inventory check with campaigns and printable report
- Joconde numbering with sub-numbering for sets
- Compliant movement register
Joconde XML import/export, controlled thesaurus, inventory check
Directory & contacts
Manage your network of donors, borrowers, experts and partners.
- Complete contact records with interaction history
- CSV import and vCard export (Outlook/Contacts compatible)
- Map location (OpenStreetMap / Google Maps)
- Full traceability of objects by donor
- Multiple roles: donor, borrower, restorer, expert...
Interactive grid with filters, search, CSV/vCard export
Full traceability
Every action is recorded. Every movement is tracked.
- Visual timeline of each object's history
- Movement register (transport, conservation, restoration)
- Collaborative team notes on each record
- Global activity log filterable by user and action
- Printable condition reports with conservation tracking
- Precise location: room > cabinet > shelf
History timeline with modification diff
Online shop & donations
Sell your merchandise and receive donations to support your museum.
- Create your catalogue: books, postcards, reproductions, merchandise
- Stock and category management
- Secure credit card payment
- Your visitors receive email confirmation
- Online donations via HelloAsso -- 0% fees for your association
- Suggested amounts (5, 10, 20, 50, 100 €) or custom amount
- Dashboard to track your sales and donations
Shop, cart, free donations via HelloAsso
On-site augmented visit
Offer an immersive experience to your visitors, directly from their smartphone.
- The visitor points their phone at an object: the record appears
- No app to install, everything works in the browser
- Automatic visual recognition of exhibited objects
- Room-by-room tour with description, period and photos
- List mode as a complement for hard-to-scan objects
- Works on iPhone and Android, accessible via QR code at the entrance
Point, discover: your visitors explore collections with their smartphone
Customisation & integration
Adapt the application to your organisation. Integrate it with your tools.
- Custom fields (text, number, date, dropdown, text area)
- Tags, keywords and relationships between objects
- Configurable reference tables (categories, periods, conditions, collections, zones)
- Add reference values on the fly from the form (+ button)
- Bilingual interface French / English
- Documented REST API v1 with key authentication
- Public portal with filters, sorting, collection sharing, SEO
- Barcode scan and automatic ISBN lookup
- Artist/manufacturer records linked to objects
REST API, public portal, bilingual FR/EN, custom fields
Import, export, print
Your data belongs to you. Import, export and print freely.
Import
Joconde XML (single or ZIP), CSV contacts, batch photo import (ZIP), barcode scan, ISBN auto-fill.
Export
Joconde XML, CSV inventory/contacts/loans, vCard, PDF certificates, full JSON backup, REST API.
Object record PDF, QR Code labels (A4), condition reports, loan agreements, certificates of authenticity, insurance attestations.
Security and compliance
Designed to protect your heritage data and comply with regulations.
Multi-user
3 roles (admin, curator, reader). Email invitation. Last login tracked.
Strong authentication
Password + two-factor verification. One-click Google sign-in.
Your data
GDPR export, self-service account deletion, compliant automatic purge.
Built for community museums.
Legacy software (Mobydoc, Actimuseo, MuseumPlus) was designed for national institutions. Museo starts from the daily life of an associative, municipal or rural museum — and scales up to larger institutions.
Mobydoc, MuseumPlus
- —Desktop client to install
- —Onboarding 2-4 weeks
- —Public website separate
- —Backups optional
- —Quoted > €2,000/year
SaaS museum + website
- ✓Web — nothing to install
- ✓Start in 10 minutes
- ✓Public website included
- ✓Daily encrypted backups
- ✓Starting at €0 / month
Excel, Access, FileMaker
- —Manual backups
- —No Joconde standard
- —Photos separated
- —No inventory check
- —No public visibility
Migrate from your current tool
Coming from Excel, an existing Joconde, a FileMaker database? Import in a few clicks — Museo handles CSV, Joconde XML, ZIP photos. For complex cases, we can migrate your data for you.
Discuss my migrationTransparent pricing
Hosting included, updates included, support included.
Essentiel
For small organisations
- 3 users
- Hosted in France
Pro
For museums and local authorities
- 10 users
- Hosted in France
Frequently asked questions
Free trial -- 30 seconds
Create your Museo space. No credit card required.
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of use.
Discovery plan: 100 objects, 3 photos/object, 500 MB. Your data is hosted in France.
Ready to digitise your collections?
Fill in the form and we will get back to you within 24 hours for a free demonstration.