Argus, developed by Lucidea, is a feature-rich collections management system (CMS) tailored for museums and galleries. It enables institutions to manage, organize, and display artifacts and digital assets efficiently. Argus supports the creation of engaging multimedia exhibits and offers a customizable database to handle accessions, loans, and related files seamlessly.

Features

• Streamline Digital Collections Management: Manage, organize, and display artifacts with a customizable database. Handle accessions, loans, and related files using a single system.
• Automated Workflows: Improve productivity with an intuitive user interface that requires little training. Live data syncing, mobile data entry, and custom workflows save time on manual tasks.
• Accessible Portal: Highlight specific exhibits or objects for a global audience and let users search the entire collection in a few clicks.
• Trusted Collection Standards: Supports the British international reference standard for cultural heritage collections (Spectrum).
• Multimedia Exhibits: Engage visitors with sophisticated image galleries, links to related objects, and in-depth multimedia documentation.
• Statistics Tracking: Demonstrate impact to donors, sponsors, or grant committees with in-depth reporting, statistics tracking, and data integrations with existing systems.

Benefits

• Efficiency: Streamlines artifact cataloging, storage, and display across formats and file types.
• Flexibility: Customizable aspects of the system to meet organizational needs without IT or developer support.
• Accessibility: Meets accessibility standards (508, WCAG) with screen readers, audio display units, and more.
• Security: Ensures data safety with user permissions, secure hosting, TSL encryption, SOC2 certification, and more.
• Integration: Connects to existing systems or external databases through API capabilities.
• Support: Lifetime free, 24/7 technical support from in-house experts and continuous platform updates.