Arches®

Open-source software platform freely available for cultural heritage organizations to independently deploy to manage cultural heritage data

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About

Goal

Arches is an open-source data management platform that is freely available for organizations worldwide to install, configure, and extend in accordance with their individual needs and without restrictions on its use. Due to the complex and varied nature of cultural heritage data, and to promote interoperability and sustainable data practices, Arches has been developed as a standards-based, comprehensive and flexible platform that supports a wide array of uses, including Arches for Science, and involves a diverse international community of users.

Arches Project Website

Visit the Arches project website for more information on this open-source platform.

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