Glamkit
The custom-made CMS for the Cultural Sector, loved by museums and galleries worldwide
What is Glamkit?
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The IC has been working with clients in the cultural sector for nearly two decades. Our portfolio of work includes art museums like the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Art Gallery of NSW, MCA Australia, SFMOMA, and museums like the Australian Museum and ACMI.
As a result of our museum projects, we have also been fortunate to work with many arts and culture organisations like the Factory International in Manchester, Biennale of Sydney, Red Room Poetry, Bundanon Trust, Arts on Tour, NAVA, Carriageworks and Museums and Galleries NSW.
As an outcome of this work, we have assembled a toolkit for projects like this we call Glamkit. The toolkit is based on the powerful, open-source, content management system Wagtail which supports modular content, publishing, sub-sites and micro-sites.
On top of this solid foundation, we have added functionality and content components that are common requirements for cultural sector projects we have built, such as event scheduling, image editing, and partner logo management.
Who's Using It?
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Helping to bring the most valuable collection of art in Australia closer to the population through a new digital platform.
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Powerful features
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Express your rich stories naturally using Glamkit's modular content approach. Text, videos and content from across your offer can be woven together on every page of your site. Use Glamkit's built-in modules, or easily create your own specifically for your site's design.
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No other CMS handles events as well as Glamkit. Events can be any shape or size, and repeat or be one-off. Big events like Exhibitions and Festivals can contain smaller events like tours and workshops. And all this can be integrated with ticket sales systems like Spektrix or Tessitura.
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Curators have the ability to publish more advanced content for a work of art, such as essays and interviews, as well as display other works if it is part of a series.
Every museum thinks differently about its collection. That's why Glamkit's online collection uses a flexible plugin approach, so you can choose what shape your collection is, whether it's art and artists, moving image, books, paleontology, or a combination, Glamkit's got you covered. We've integrated with EMu, Vernon and other collections management systems.
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Glamkit has best-in-class publishing and workflow controls designed for small teams of content professionals, but that scales across your organisation. Publishable content can be versioned, scheduled and assigned to members of your team to take the next step. Team members can take various roles in the process. Create secret links to share work-in-progress with reviewers, without creating new logins.
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Because it’s built in Django and Python, Glamkit can talk to your existing collection, tickets, digital assets and shop systems. Recent projects have successfully integrated Glamkit with Tessitura, Spektrix, EMu, Vernon CMS, Fotoware, NetX, Raiser's Edge, apps and lobby signage. When all your data is brought together, the possibilities are endless.
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Glamkit contains a user friendly library for organising, browsing, and selecting images, audio, and video assets. Synchronise with Digital Asset Management systems like Fotoware, NetX or Canto, or use Glamkit as a simple asset management system. Glamkit handles captions, rights, IIIF-compatible repurposing, and web-safe colorspace conversion.
Support and Customization
We don't charge fees for using Glamkit, just for customising it or adding additional functions. Our clients always receive a perpetual, royalty-free licence to the source code as part of working with us. If there’s any extra-special stuff you need, tell us a little about your project, and we’ll work with you to make it happen.
Email Alastair and Tim at [email protected]