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Cataloguing software for heritage institutions

Classify, catalogue,
and preserve heritage
at scale.

Upload an artifact image or document. Gemini AI extracts structured CCO metadata in seconds. Your curators review, correct, and confirm — building an accurate, searchable record without the manual burden.

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Minutes
From upload to extracted record
CCO Standard
Industry cataloguing framework
Every edit
Logged with reason + timestamp
5 roles
Curators to trustees, all covered
The Interface

Purpose-built for museum cataloguers

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Archive Classifier
Museum Tools
Navigate
Dashboard
Inbox
Archiver
All Artifacts
Exhibitions
AA
Dr. A. Ariyaratne
curator
Archiver
+ Upload Artifact
Tropical House Study
architectural drawingconfirmed
Beach House Plans
blueprintpending
Seema Malaka Sketch
concept sketchpending
Polonnaruwa Study
site photographconfirmed
ELEVATION · NORTHPLAN · 1:100
gemini-2.5-flash · extracted
CCO Metadata
Object Type
architectural drawing
Creator
Geoffrey Bawa
Date/Period
1954–1962
Materials
pencil on tracing paper
Findings
Tropical modernism, vernacular tropical architecture
Studio 01 reference — see also collection BW-1962?

The HITL review interface — Gemini extracts, your team refines.

The Challenge
"Museums hold millions of uncatalogued objects. Classifying them by hand takes decades — and institutional knowledge walks out the door with each retiring curator."

The Cataloguing Cultural Objects (CCO) standard is the recognised framework for describing works of art and material culture. Applying it consistently, at volume, across mixed media — drawings, photographs, artefacts, documents — is a labour-intensive challenge that most institutions cannot scale manually.

Echo Museum changes that equation.

How It Works

From upload to confirmed record
in minutes, not months.

01

Upload

Drag and drop images, PDFs, or drawings. The system handles architectural plans, photographs, sketches, documents — any visual medium.

Supports JPG, PNG, PDF, TIFF
02

Extract

Gemini AI analyses the artifact and extracts structured CCO metadata — object type, creator, date, materials, culture and origin — with confidence scores per field.

Powered by Gemini 2.5 Flash / Pro
03

Review

Archivists and curators review each AI finding in a purpose-built HITL interface: confirm, edit, or dismiss with a reason. Every action is logged immutably.

Every edit logged with reason and timestamp
Features

Every tool your institution needs to build and manage a living archive.

Loan Management

The complete loan lifecycle — from basket to signed contract.

Researchers browse the archive and add up to 50 artifacts to a persistent loan basket. A guided 4-step checkout captures borrowing institution, loan period, exhibition details, venue, and a PDF facilities report — all in one request. Curators review each batch in the inbox, adjust per-artifact pricing, and validate the facilities report before approving. Contracts are generated automatically; signatures and payments follow in-platform.

Multi-artifact basket — up to 50 items per request
Guided 4-step checkout — loan period, exhibition details, venue & facilities report
Curator inbox — edit individual artifact prices, remove items, full audit trail
Facilities report — PDF upload, stored in Vercel Blob, curator validates before approval
Auto-generated contracts, digital signatures & invoice tracking
Request a Loan2 artifacts selected
① Selection
② Loan Details
③ Exhibition
④ Review & Submit
Tropical House StudyDrawing · LKR 45,000
Seema Malaka SketchSketch · LKR 28,000
2 artifacts · LKR 73,000
Next →
Curator Inbox● Pending review
V&A London
pending
Brit. Museum
approved
Tate Modern
draft
Batch items — adjust pricing
Tropical House Studyconfirmed
Seema Malaka Sketchpending
Beach House Plansremoved
RejectApprove batch
Facilities Report — Curator Validation● Valid
📄 GBT_FacilitiesReport_2026.pdf
Uploaded by Dr. H. Smith · reviewed by curator
✓ Mark as valid✕ Invalidate
Reason for invalidation
HVAC capacity specs missing — borrower must submit an updated report before approval can proceed.
📦 Vercel Blob — secure PDF storage
GBT_FacilitiesReport_2026.pdf · 2.4 MB · private · access-controlled
stored
Trustie Dashboard
Artifacts Classified
1,247
+24 this month
Loans Revenue
LKR 2.4M
+12% YoY
Fields Confirmed
89.3%
accuracy rate
Awaiting Curator
14
curator queue
Trustee Dashboard

Financial oversight for your board and trustees.

A dedicated view for external trustees and board members — loan revenue, catalogue completeness, extraction accuracy rates, and pending actions. No access to editing tools; clean financial and operational reporting only.

Revenue and loan activity at a glance
Accuracy metrics from AI extraction
Collection growth over time
Role-gated — view-only for trustees
The Platform

One platform. Every role. Every workflow.

From upload to exhibition — Echo Museum covers the full cataloguing lifecycle.

Archive247 artifacts
Tropical House Study
Drawing
Beach House Plans
Blueprint
Moonstone Necklace
Jewellery
Seema Malaka Sketch
Sketch
Polonnaruwa Study
Photograph
Luna House Model
Architecture
Archive browser
The finished catalogue — searchable and filterable by any confirmed metadata field.
AllPendingApproved
British Museum
pending
V&A London
approved
Tate Modern
signed
V&A London
Requester
Dr. H. Smith
Artifact
Moonstone
Duration
3 months
Fee
LKR 45,000
Approve
Reject
Loan inbox
Curators manage the full loan lifecycle — from request to contract to payment — without leaving the platform.
AllGroupedBy TypeManage
Tropical House Study
Architectural Drawing
confirmed
Beach House Plans
Blueprint
review
Seema Malaka Sketch
Concept Sketch
confirmed
Polonnaruwa Study
Site Photograph
processing
Artifact workspace
Every artifact, every status, at a glance. Switch between grouped, type-card, and list views.
Exhibitions+ New
12 artifacts
Tropical Modernism2024
8 artifacts
Water & Light2024
15 artifacts
Lunuganga Gardens2025
Exhibitions
Build and publish exhibitions directly from your classified collection.
Activity Log
Object Type changed drawingarchitectural drawing
R. Silva · 2h ago
Creator changed Geoffrey Bawa
A. Perera · 4h ago
Date Period changed 1960s1954–1962
R. Silva · 5h ago
Materials changed pencil on tracing
M. Fernando · 1d ago
Audit trail
A complete, immutable log of every metadata decision — who changed what, when, and why.
Built for every role

Who uses Echo Museum?

Curators & Admins

curator

Full platform access. Manage the ingestion pipeline, approve and correct AI extractions, configure object type schemas, manage exhibitions, and control access for your institution.

Inbox — review incoming uploads
Schema management
Exhibitions & collections
System settings

Archivists

archivist

Field-level focus. Review and enrich AI-extracted metadata, confirm or dismiss findings, and track personal contribution activity without access to administrative controls.

Artifact metadata review
Finding confirmation / dismissal
Activity log
Read-only settings view

External Trustees

trustie

Board-level oversight. A clean financial and operational dashboard — loan activity, revenue tracking, collection statistics — without access to the cataloguing workflow.

Revenue & loan dashboard
Collection statistics
Document access
Secure read-only — safe for board access

Researchers & Viewers

viewer

Read-only access to the confirmed archive. Browse all classified artifacts, filter by type or date, and view loan availability — without the ability to modify any records.

All confirmed artifacts
Loan status visibility
Full metadata view
Search and filter
"Echo Museum has transformed how we approach cataloguing at scale. What previously took our team months of manual effort now happens in days — with greater consistency and a complete audit trail."
Head of Collections
Regional Heritage Museum · Early access programme
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