The platform for cultural heritage
Collections · Media · Content · Guide
One platform. Complete audit trails.
Apache-2.0 · Self-host or hosted · No lock-in
Purpose-built collections software, open source to the core.
Many institutions still run collection software from the 1990s. Madrona is a modern, web-based platform with Getty vocabularies, IIIF, and linked data built in - and none of the technical debt. All of it is Apache-2.0: install it yourself for nothing, or pay us to host, support, and migrate you onto it.
Apache-2.0
Open source, end to end
Self-host free
Or we run it for you
Full data export
JSON · CSV · JSON-LD
Open standards
IIIF · Getty · linked data
Four applications, one shared record
Collections
Standards-based cataloging with full workflow support: location tracking, loans, acquisitions, exhibitions, and condition reporting.
Media
Digital asset management with rights tracking, derivative generation, watermarking, lightboxes, and IIIF image and presentation APIs.
Content
A website builder for pages, events, and exhibition guides, with public collection access connected directly to your records.
Free to self-host, always
- The complete platform. No paid-only edition.
- Unlimited users. No per-seat fees.
- Unlimited records. No per-object charges.
- Getty vocabularies (AAT, ULAN, TGN) and IIIF
- Complete audit history and field-level access control
- Full data export in JSON, CSV, and JSON-LD
Or we host it, one price by budget
| Operating budget | Everything included |
|---|---|
| Self-hosted | Free |
| Under $500k | Free |
| $500k–$1M | $6k/yr |
| $1M–$5M | $12k/yr |
One price, every application included — there is no smaller edition and no upgrade to sell you later. Hosting buys infrastructure, updates, backups, and support; never the software. Support scales with the tier. See full pricing →
Built-in intelligence
Guide
A museum-trained assistant inside Collections, Media, and Content. It answers questions, explains standards, and surfaces the right record at the right moment. In the repository like everything else.
Searches your records before answering · Cites the standards it draws on · Your data is never used for training
Built by people who have migrated collections off legacy systems and worked inside museum collections teams.
Most institutions are live in 6 to 12 weeks. Migration scoped as a fixed-price statement of work.
Would rather run it yourself? That path is free and documented, and we will still take your call. Self-host Madrona →