digital collections

2022-11-15

Launch of new online collection search

In 2018 all six museums that are a part of National Historical Museums moved in to the same database. Since then, the museum’s old online search services have been available to the public pending the development of the a new shared search interface based on the new database. Now the first version of the new ...
2021-08-26

The digital world of the Vikings

Can you have your cake and eat it too? Or: can you have more information in an exhibition than ever before while still putting the objects in the center? Most of us who work with digital solutions are aware of the benefits with interactive screens. All information does not have to be visible at once. ...
2021-05-24

Usable Authorities for Data-driven Cultural Heritage Research

In September 2020 we at NHM, toghether with Nationalmuseum and Wikimedia Sweden, applied for part of the research and development grant that is distributed by the National Heritage Board to central museums. The project Usable Authorities for Data-driven Cultural Heritage Research was funded and we started working in February 2021. The project focuses on exploring ...
2021-05-24

Intermediate storage, filters and extended search options

Just over two months ago, we announced that our collections are finally searchable on the internet again. Since then, we have worked intensively with the promised, improved features. The goal of the next launch and the new functions we are developing right now is that new online collection search will be able to replace both ...
2021-05-21

1500 bigraphical records matched to Wikidata

A small step for humanity, but a big step for the National Historical Museums of Sweden in the work to re-establishing a digitally accessible infrastructure around our collection information! We have now matched our first 1500 biographical records (persons and institutions related to our collections) to corresponding objects in Wikidata. By telling the internet that ...
2021-02-12

You can search the collections!

We are now launching the first, simple search function to search the collections at the National Historical Museums! For the first time since the museums moved into the same collection management system in 2018, you can now find updated information and media about the collections. This first, simple search box that we now make available ...