www.nzmuseums.co.nz
The NZMuseums website is a place for all New Zealand museums to showcase their collections and activities to a global audience. It is a promotional tool as well as a museum directory, online collection management system, and a site for discussion and learning about museum issues and events.
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Latest NZMuseums news
Cool tool to search NZMuseums' collections
Search New Zealand museums' collections with the NZMuseums widget. Have a play. You could put it on your website or blog!
Presentation: 'Discovering New Zealand Museums' by Paul Rowe
Paul Rowe engaged audiences recently with his presentation at the Museum Association conference (London, UK).
Getting started on NZMuseums
Profiling your museum and it's collection on NZMuseums is easy and full of benefits. Here's how to get started:
- Search for your museum on NZMuseums
- If it is not on there, then contact us
- If your museum is on the site, request your login from us, with your login you will have access to edit your profile information, edit existing collection records, upload images, and create new collection records.
- You don’t have to use NZMuseums as your collection management system. You may just want to use it as a website presence and include up to date contact details and photos of your museum.
Search the NZMuseums website
Contact us to get your login and get started!
Download our FAQ sheet which includes:
- Who is the end-user of this site - the target market?
- What's in it for your museum?
- How much will this cost?
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Using NZMuseums as an online collection management system
Once you have requested your museums login to eHive you can upload your collection by following the simple instructions on the eHive wiki for the world to see!
Initially it is best to upload a minimum of 20 items to your museums profile, otherwise your page is going to look very bare!
How much?
Up to 200 images, and related text is free. After that, licenses are available for US$99 (NZ$250 at the moment) for 500 Mb of space (up to 2,000 items) on NZMuseums per year. There are cheaper rates available for larger volumes of storage.
There is a grant for a one year licence fee that can assist you with the first year. Continue reading to find out more.
How to get your collection online
The preferred method for getting your items onto NZMuseums is through the Museum Login on the website. However, if you don’t have an Internet connection or have a large volume of information to convert, the easy to use spreadsheet provides an alternative. Once you have completed the spreadsheet, send it on a CD with your images to Vernon Systems Ltd for it to be uploaded to the website.
Send to:
NZMuseums Data
Vernon Systems Ltd
PO Box 6909
Auckland 1141
Request your museums login details
Check out the eHive wiki
Check out all the rates
NZMuseums One Year Licence Fee Grant
Download the spreadsheet
The 7 step plan for digitisation
The 7 step plan for digitisation has step by step instructions about starting your digitisation journey. It covers:
• forming your digitisation team
• what items to catalogue and a numbering system
• what information about each object that you need
Download the 7 step plan for digitisation
Other opportunities on NZMuseums
What's on
We have been working closely with NZLive.com to ensure you are getting the most out of our services.
If your museum lists it’s events on NZLive.com they are automatically included on your NZMuseums website profile. It is free to list your museum and its events on NZLive.com, if you aren’t already, what are you waiting for?
Whanganui Regional Museum’s profile is a good example of the What's on section
Contact NZLive.com to list your events
Visit NZLive.com
Spotlight on a museum
If your museum has collection items on NZMuseums you can ‘Spotlight’ your museum on the homepage of the website. All we need is an article (300-500 words) and a photo. You could tell everyone about the history of your museum, or an object or collection of particular significance.
Check out Spotlight's already on NZMuseums
Contact us to be in the ‘Spotlight’
Blog
We have several active blogs on NZMuseums at the moment. They range from advice about fundraising at small museums to social media and sustainability in museums.
We would love you to write a blog for NZMuseums. It can be about anything to do with museums, museums on the web or digitisation please.
Don’t forget you can also leave comments on other blog entries.
Visit the NZMuseums Blog
Contact us if you would like to write a blog
News
Does your museum have some news that it wants to share? If you have then let us know and we will put it in News on NZMuseums.
Visit the NZMuseums News
Contact us if you would like to submit a News piece.
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NZMuseums One Year License Fee Grant
The NZMuseums One Year License Fee Grant is aimed at small mainly voluntary run museums that can commit to 200+ in one year, and would like financial support to increase their online collection storage.
To receive this grant you need to commit to uploading 200 – 2000 items to NZMuseums within one year of receiving the funding.
Download an application form
For any queries about this grant contact:
Lucie Paterson
Communications Officer
National Services Te Paerangi
luciep@tepapa.govt.nz 
0508 678 743
Do you have any queries?
For any technical queries use the eHive forum. It only takes a few seconds to register, and from there you can ask whatever questions you need to.
For all instructions and help on how to use eHive please go to the eHive wiki or contact us. If you have other questions about the process and the NZMuseums website, don't hesitate to contact us.
Visit the eHive forum
For instructions on how to use eHive visit the eHive wiki, email us or call 0508 678 743.