Museums

Digitisation Of Heritage Documents For Museums

Ideal for:

Safeguarding Cultural Heritage
Increasing Global Accessibility
Enhancing Search and Discovery
Protecting Against Physical Degradation
Ensuring Relevancy in Digital Era

Museums are custodians of our collective cultural and historical heritage, safeguarding artifacts and exhibits that tell the stories of our past. In today’s digital era, preserving these treasures and making them accessible to the public has never been more important.

Microform’s Heritage Department provides comprehensive digitisation solutions tailored to the unique needs of museums. Our services not only protect artifacts from physical degradation but also open up new possibilities for interactive exhibits and global accessibility, ensuring that museums remain relevant and engaging in the digital age.

Digitise for Greater Accessibility

Museums benefit immensely from digitisation by extending their reach and preserving their collections. Digitised collections can be shared online, allowing global audiences to access exhibits and educational resources that they might not otherwise be able to see in person. This increases public engagement and educational opportunities, as well as supports research by making museum collections more accessible to scholars worldwide.

Digital preservation also protects artifacts from physical degradation, ensuring that they remain intact for future study and appreciation.

Why Digitise with Microform?

With extensive experience in the field, Microform’s Heritage Department delivers high-quality digitisation across diverse projects.

Our comprehensive services, spanning from initial planning and digitisation to meticulous metadata creation and secure storage, are tailored to meet each institution's specific requirements.

We prioritise the security and integrity of digital files, providing reliable storage and robust data backup options. Partnering with us ensures the preservation of valuable historical assets while enhancing their accessibility, promoting wider engagement and educational opportunities.

Ready to begin? If you would like to discuss your specific requirements with our team, or to understand more about our processes, please get in touch with us today.

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/ Benefits of Digitising For Museums

Wider Public Access

Museums can extend their reach beyond physical visitors by creating digital archives and virtual tours, allowing anyone with an internet connection to explore their exhibits.

Online collections can support educational programs and research worldwide.

Enhanced Preservation

Digitising fragile or deteriorating items ensures their information is preserved even if the physical objects continue to degrade.

Digital archives protect against loss from natural disasters or other unforeseen events.

Interactive and Innovative Exhibits

Digital technologies enable the creation of interactive displays, augmented reality experiences, and digital kiosks, enriching the visitor experience and making history more engaging.

/ Why choose Us?

It’s a family affair

We’re proud to fly the flag for family-run businesses, and although our team has grown significantly over the last 60 years, we still bring a personal touch to everything we do.

Complete protection

To ensure your materials are safe in our care, we implement strict security measures and undergo regular disaster recovery assessments.

Specialist heritage facilities

The storage, preparation and digitisation of your heritage materials is carried out in our purpose-built single-level, temperature-controlled studio area measuring over 10,000 feet.

Respected and respectful

Our skilled, knowledgeable and experienced handlers and technicians are known for their meticulous handling of heritage materials – treating them with the respect they deserve at all times.

Gentle preservation

We use cutting-edge technology and advanced techniques to provide one of the UK’s most specialist digitisation services for your rare, precious and fragile heritage materials.

Services by us, for you

Our flexible services are fully tailored to ensure organisations meet their key objectives regardless of the type or quantity of materials.

/ Reviews from our Customers

Microform are one of the best companies that I have had the pleasure of working with in a long time. They work as part of the extended team, so communication isn’t an effort; it is a natural part of the process of getting the job done and delivering results.

Alison John Registration Services Manager, Warwickshire County Council

I love REG...the slick, quick and accurate re-production of any register entry is great, none of the staff at this office would go back to life without it!

Anne Atherton Superintendent Registrar, St Helens Registration Service

We have found the REG system a joy to manage and work with. Not only does it give us easy, speedy access to the certificates, we can now also offer a more professional, timely service to the public. All the staff have been impressed by how easy it is to use.
Microform Imaging have been a great company to work with, delivering excellent service and creating a unique, bespoke partnership.

Dawn Titherington Superintendent Registrar, Blackpool Council

Due to our repository being off site it was vital that we looked at alternative ways to work. Working with Microform and the REG system they had designed has transformed the way we work. No longer do staff have to leave the office to access registers on a daily/hourly basis all records are accessible instantly. Staff have welcomed the system and have full confidence in how to search, edit and print certificates. It has enabled us to offer a 2 hour turnaround certificate service for a premium fee increasing our income. Working with Microform has been a pleasure and one of most successful partnerships.

Gillian Greeson Superintendent Registrar, Wigan Council

REG has transformed the way in which we produce certificates. The process is simplified and streamlined and together with our ongoing indexing project has enabled us to achieve the efficiency targets required by the local authority.

Pat Evans Superintendent Registrar, The Register Office, Liverpool

From the first meeting we had to discuss our requirements with Mo, all the way through to now, communication in all forms have been exceptional. I very much doubt you could improve the quality of customer care and satisfaction. The relationship with Rachel throughout the project gave exceeded all my expectations, she has made the project a pleasure and stress-free experience. The level of professionalism and ''can do'' attitude she has shown from day one has been amazing and made what could have been a time of worry and concern for me, in to a feel-good working experience. Microform go the extra mile to make life easier!

Robert Harrison IT Director and Partner, HGF

I was thrilled to bits with the hard drive containing the scans of all my scrapbooks and would like to thank you very much for doing such a splendid job and for treating them with such great care.

Sir Stirling Moss