Since 21 April 2010 the database “Degenerate Art” [Entartete Kunst] is accessible for all interested persons in the internet. It was generated with MuseumPlus and is the result of many years of research conducted by the Research Center “Degenerate Art” belonging to the Department of Art History of the Free University of Berlin [More...
Museum Folkwang offers a new web presence
With their new web presence in January 2010 the museum provides for the first time selected objects to interested persons in an online catalog being generated by eMuseumPlus.
After a two-year construction period a new building of the Museum Folkwang was opened on 30.01.2010. It was created by the British architect David Chipperfield and cost approximately 55 million euros....
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Since December 2009 the online database of the Collection of Prints and Drawings of the ETH is online
The Collection of Prints and Drawings of the ETH Zurich [Graphische Sammlung der ETH] possesses a collection inventory of more than 160,000 works on paper. To these belong several drawings, prints, artist books and miscellaneous of more than 8,500 artists.
In scope of the project “digitalization and recataloging” the old...
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Urs Zemp
On February 17th, 2010 Urs Zemp died at the age of 54 years after having suffered for a long time from a serious disease. The zetcom team mourns the death of the co-founder who was responsible for the foundation of the company and who had contributed during 10 years to its prosperity and who was also very engaged in all kinds of different museum projects. With Urs we lose a good brother, business partner and project manager. In deep mourning,...
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zetcom won open call for tender of the SERAC harmonization project
In spring 2009 zetcom AG participated in an open call for tender of the SERAC harmonization project in Lausanne and in June 2009 we won the tender offer.
The service for cultural affairs of the canton Vaud [SERAC] will introduce a new homogeneous information system which is especially adapted to the needs of the entities. To these entities belong the direction and eight museums which are located in different areas of Lausanne and the...
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The Ashmolean opens a stunning new building
On the occasion of the opening of a spectacular building, the Ashmolean Museum had to relocate their complete collection with the aid of MuseumPlus
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum and also one of our biggest customers. Due to the construction of a stunning new building, designed by the world-renowned architect Rick Mather, the museum had to relocate its big collection of more than 400,000 objects. With the aid of MuseumPlus they now move...
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Verkehrshaus in Lucerne launches eMuseumPlus on the occasion of their 50th anniversary
The museum Verkehrshaus (Swiss Museum of Transport) in Lucerne is the most visited museum in Switzerland. It illustrates the history of transportation and contains over 3,000 exhibition objects covering 20,000 square meters. We are happy to announce that we successfully implemented eMuseumPlus on the occasion of their 50th anniversary.
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zetcom establishes a subsidiary in Barcelona, Spain
In spring 2009 zetcom AG founded its newest subsidiary in Spain. Under the direction of Mister Abel Carretero the team, composed of three highly specialized MuseumPlus experts, starts working with the Spanish museums. They are situated in the heart of the Carrer Balmes, one of the most important streets in the quarter Eixample which is well-known for its magnificent streets and lots of testimonies of modernistic architecture. To our clients in...
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Les Musées d’art et d’histoire [the museums in Geneva (MAHG)] rely on MuseumPlus
After an open call for tender the museums in Geneva [Les Musées d’art et d’histoire (MAHG)] decided in autumn 2008 to administer for the first time their collections with the aid of a unitary documentation system. zetcom Ltd. is proud and very glad that the museums chose the application software MuseumPlus. Les Musées d’art et d’histoire...
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The Aargauer Kunsthaus decides for MuseumPlus
In a public tender offer MuseumPlus could compete successfully with other software companies. In summer last year the canton Aargau evaluated several museum management systems from several software companies in order to substitute their existing data bases for a new one.
We are very glad that they chose MuseumPlus and we are looking forward to a successful implementation in the beginning of this year. The More...