CyprusArk is a custom Content Management System (CMS) designed to support small museums in preserving, managing, and disseminating their collections. It is built using Django and integrates advanced metadata handling and interoperability features to ensure data can be consumed by both humans and machines.
Small museums often face challenges in managing their digital collections due to limited resources and technical expertise. CyprusArk addresses these challenges by providing an open-source, lightweight, and extensible CMS tailored to their needs.
- Backend: Django framework
- Frontend: Responsive templates with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Interoperability: Schema.org for structured metadata
- Integration: Supports linking with external frameworks such as Clowder
- Collection and item management
- Metadata editing and export in standard formats
- File and media upload support
- API integration for data sharing
- Multilingual support
- Documentation and dissemination of cultural heritage collections
- Support for research in Digital Humanities
- Integration with larger infrastructures such as the European Cultural Heritage Cloud
- Extending interoperability with linked data frameworks
- Enhancing user experience with modern frontends like React or Vue
- Integration of AI-powered tools for analysis and classification
CyprusArk demonstrates how tailored CMS solutions can empower small museums to preserve and share their collections in innovative and sustainable ways.