We are pleased to present the Small Museums Cataloguing Manual (4th edition), the industry-standard reference for community museums wishing to start or develop their collections cataloguing. This essential practical tool is FREE to download below.

This user-friendly, full-colour edition has been fully revised to include guidance on using cataloguing software on computers, ‘how to’ examples of worksheets and up-to-date lists of useful resources.

The Small Museums Cataloguing Manual accords with Benchmark A2.4.2 of the National Standards for Australian Museums & Galleries and links to our Community Collections Training program.

Downloads

Full Publication
File size: 2.3MB

 Cataloguing Worksheet
File size: 20KB

Additional Resources

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online
• Australian Picture Thesaurus
• Supplements - Classification and Authority Lists, 1996 Edition

If experience difficulties viewing the PDF files, you can download the latest version of the Adobe Reader free of charge from Adobe

This edition was supported by our generous sponsors, Arts Victoria and Heritage Victoria with in-kind support from Museum Victoria for production of the full-colour images used throughout.