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DAM for museums and archives Preserve and share your institution’s digital heritage

Gain control, ensure access, and safeguard your digital assets for the long term.

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A central hub to control and share your digital collections

Built to manage complex digital collections

Manage images, videos, other files, and all their associated data from a central hub. At the core of your content ecosystem, Fotoware enables you to have full control of your digital collections.

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Integrate with key systems

Provide users with a seamless experience where your assets and data are available and up to date in the systems you use. Integrate with your Collection Management System, Adobe Creative Cloud, website CMS and more. Automate repetitive tasks and simplify processes from asset ingestion to sharing and distribution, saving time and reducing errors.

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Share collections with the world

Manage access to your assets for anyone within the organization and external parties, or build public collections where selected assets can be explored by the public in self-service.

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"We went from applying metadata to one asset at a time to hundreds at once - reducing errors and saving countless hours of work ."

Sionan Guenther - Associate Registrar for Digital Resources
Rhode Island School of Design Museum

Key features for museums, libraries and archives

  • Ingestion and metadata tools

    Ingest large volumes of digital assets to your repository from wherever you are. Add and manage metadata easily at any time.

  • Powerful search and taxonomies

    Help users to find what they need using visual filters that also aid quick and consistent tagging.

  • Automated workflows

    Build custom workflows to automate metadata insertion, image processing, approval and publishing workflows.

  • Structured metadata

    Build sophisticated data models that support different search strategies, consistent data capture.

  • Access control

    Use metadata and advanced user settings to control access to digital assets.

  • GDPR and copyright management

    Keep track of image rights and licenses, including GDPR consent. Revoke access and unpublish easily.

Powerful content delivery and control at your fingertips

Easy integrations Extensive Rest API

With the sophisticated and highly flexible API, you can connect your DAM with the third parties of your choice, including Collection Management Systems like MuseumPlus and Axiell.

Reliable publishing to public portals CDN-powered omnichannel delivery

Ensure a single source of truth across all channels and platforms. Original content items stored are in Fotoware and made seamlessly available in other systems through the API. With CDN-powered integrations and customizable business rules, your content is automatically made accessible from third party software like brand portals or websites.

Smart data structures Reliable business data with Master Data Management

Put an end to data silos and access complete and up-to-date information when browsing your assets, by separating the data from the files. Fotoware enables you to build complex data structures and map these to your assets, ensuring a single reference for every data value.

Recorded webinar Learn from Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

How Rijksmuseum Amsterdam future-proofs digital collections with DAM

Discover how Rijksmuseum Amsterdam preserves, controls and distributes thousands of digital content items. Join live and learn directly from Application Manager, Iris Labeur.

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Contact us: Get expert advice on managing your digital collection with DAM

Have questions about managing, preserving, or sharing your digital collection with a digital asset management system? Our experts are here to help. Let’s find the right solution for your museum, archive, or gallery.

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