Omeka

I recently consulted on a project using one of my favorite archive tools, Omeka. When I heard about their use of the tool, I smiled and started to relive all of my great times learning and utilizing this online tools over the years.

Omeka is a web-based exhibit building tool for archivist. There is a focus on online digital collections that slant towards cultural heritage projects. Omeka is part of the larger Digital Scholar project base – https://digitalscholar.org.

At this writing, there is Omeka S for institutions, Omeka Classic for individuals and educators and Omeka.net for hosting clients. Each of these options is well developed.

I first learned about Omeka on my own when I was researching free, web hosting services online. I then had to use Omeka for a library class project. In those days, Omeka usage was free. It was a freemium model that was bound to go paid because it was so good.

As of this writing, here are the prices –