July 2021
Managing your Vernon Browser online collection website
Building and upgrading online collection websites with the Browser module has remained very popular with Vernon CMS users.
In order to share this topic in more detail, our webinar on 1 July 2021 talked about how to manage your Vernon Browser website. It covered exporting and importing, managing colours, comments, image labels, and highlights. The webinar is now freely available on our Vernon CMS YouTube Channel.
Watch the Vernon Browser webinar:
Recently launched or upgraded Vernon Browser websites
The McNay
The McNay Art Museum, located in San Antonio and named for founder Marion Koogler McNay. The first acquisition was Diego Rivera’s Delfina Flores and it has since grown into the first modern art museum in Texas. The Museum’s collection has expanded to more than 22,000 works.
Castlemaine Art Museum
Founded in 1913, the Castlemaine Art Museum has a unique collection of Australian art and fascinating historical artifacts reflecting the early history of the district. The art collection consists of approximately 1600 paintings, prints and works on paper; 200 art ceramics, 80 plinth-scale sculptures, and 120 photographs.
Artspace Mackay
Artspace Mackay is a leading Queensland regional art gallery that holds the Mackay Regional Council (MRC) Art Collection. With over 1,200 works of art, the collection features one of the biggest holdings of artists’ books in Australia outside of the capital cities and includes a significant holding of Lyre Bird Press publications.
New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa
The museum houses one of the nation’s most important heritage collections, which covers the breadth of our relationship with the sea; from the Great Pacific Migration a thousand years ago to the cutting edge of modern technology and design used in America’s Cup and modern yachting.
Review of “Digital Futures: Embracing New Strategies” conference
Our UK-based representative, Alex von der Becke, attended the recent online conference, “Digital Futures: Embracing New Strategies” which was about how museums have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic, the lessons they have learned, and how they are approaching re-opening after lockdown.
Remote Access to Vernon CMS
You do not need a physical link to your local network to connect to Vernon CMS. Whether you are working from home or in a remote storeroom, you can access Vernon CMS with an internet connection.
Remote access to Vernon CMS has many benefits:
- Connect from a remote location. e.g. working from home.
- Use Vernon CMS over slower connections.
- Use Vernon CMS on Macs and tablets.
Vernon CMS Dusky Dolphin release is coming
The next major version of Vernon CMS is undergoing final testing. The release is planned for the 3rd quarter of this year. The release includes new features for managing consumables that are used by collection objects, recording technical information about objects, and for cataloguing object accessories. We have also improved the XML Import process.
Vernon Systems develops innovative software for cultural organisations to manage and share their collections. We've been dedicated to the cultural sector since 1985.