Public Access
Expand your museum’s audience to millions of internet users by sharing your collection items online.
With Public Access, you can easily share your collection with the public. You select the records and images to share, as well as what data fields are shared from each catalog. You also have control over various site settings, including the navigation buttons, built-in email forms, search settings, and styling.
Each Public Access site is customized by our staff to complement an organization's main website. This includes a home page that can be further customized with images and links or additional information about your online collections. If you want to change the look of your site, you have full control or you can ask our staff for help.
Public Access has a built-in report to help you identify the most common searches performed on your site. Google Analytics can be added for a more detailed analysis of site usage and visitor statistics. Free submission to Google Indexing is available, which can help make your collections more visible to the public.
Please note: Public Access requires PastPerfect Web Edition. If you are interested in sharing collections online with the public in conjunction with your PastPerfect Version 5.0 program, please visit museumsoftware.com/pastperfectonline.html.
Easy to Use
Select records to go online individually, using a query, or from Catalog Lists. Newly selected records and updates to previously shared records are published immediately. Changes to site settings are also instantly visible.
Safe & Secure
You choose which records, fields, and images from your PastPerfect program are available online. The web-friendly images shared on your site can be watermarked for protection. Sites can also be password protected.
Save Time
PastPerfect Online can serve as your own 24/7 research assistant. Web visitors can search your collections at their own pace before contacting you with an idea of what they need, freeing up your time for other projects.
Built-in Forms
Customizable email forms help you solicit feedback on items in the collection and provide online visitors the opportunity to request image reproductions. Additionally, online visitors can use the Email to a Friend form to share items from your collection.
Customizable
Sites are designed to complement your main website. All sites feature a customizable Landing Page, where you can include search tips or information about your organization. Changes to your site can be made at any time through simple checkboxes, dropdown menus, or by modifying HTML and CSS.
Site Statistics & Google Indexing
The built-in reporter helps you identify the most common searches performed on your site. Google Analytics can be added for a more detailed analysis of site usage and visitor statistics. Free submission to Google Indexing is available, enabling your collections to become accessible to anyone using Google.
Pricing
Institutional Members of the American Association for State and Local History (A​A​S​L​H) receive a 20% discount on the majority of PastPerfect products and services.
Public Access Annual Hosting | Standard | A​A​S​L​H |
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Public Access for Starter Package | $250 | $200 |
Public Access for Full Package | $375 | $300 |
Public Access for XL Package | $750 | $600 |
Public Access for 2XL Package | $1500 | $1200 |
Please contact our sales staff by calling 1-800-562-6080 or emailing sales@museumsoftware.com to start sharing your collections online.
A full price list for Web Edition and the Public Access add‑on can be found on our pricing page.
List of Collections
Western
- Arizona Historical Society - Tucson, AZ
- Benton County Historical Society (OR) - Philomath, OR
- Cannon Beach Historical Society - Cannon Beach, OR
- Cascadia Art Museum - Edmonds, WA
- City of Campbell - Campbell Historical Museum - Campbell, CA
- Coronado Public Library - Coronado, CA
- Crook County Historical Society–Bowman Museum - Prineville, OR
- Friends of Timberline - Portland, OR
- Gold Nugget Museum - Paradise, CA
- Harney County Library - Burns, OR
- Heritage Museum of Layton - Layton, UT
- History Center of San Luis Obispo County - San Luis Obispo, CA
- History San Jose - San Jose, CA
- Issaquah History Museums - Issaquah, WA
- Japanese American Historical Society of San Diego - San Diego, CA
- Kelley House Museum - Mendocino, CA
- Kodiak Historical Society - Kodiak, AK
- La Quinta Historical Society - La Quinta, CA
- Marin History Museum - San Rafael, CA
- Mazamas - Portland, OR
- Mill Valley Public Library - Mill Valley, CA
- Mineral King Preservation Society - Three Rivers, CA
- Moses Lake Museum & Art Center - Moses Lake, WA
- Museum of the Peace Corps Experience - Oregon City, OR
- Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV
- North Olympic History Center - Port Angeles, WA
- Rosicrucian Order, AMORC - San Jose, CA
- Roswell Museum & Art Center - Roswell, NM
- Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton - Atherton, CA
- San Anselmo Historical Museum - San Anselmo, CA
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum - San Diego, CA
- Santa Monica History Museum - Santa Monica, CA
- Sausalito Historical Society - Sausalito, CA
- Sharlot Hall Museum - Prescott, AZ
- Siskiyou History Alliance - Yreka, CA
- Southern Oregon Historical Society - Medford, OR
- Sumner Historical Society - Sumner, WA
- The Archives of Falconry - Boise, ID
- University of Hawaii - Hamilton Library - Honolulu, HI
- Valdez Museum - Valdez, AK
- Washington State University - Museum of Art - Pullman, WA
- White River Valley Museum - Auburn, WA
Mountain-Plains
- Aspen Historical Society - Aspen, CO
- Beaumont Heritage Society - Beaumont, TX
- Bosque Museum - Clifton, TX
- Brownsville Historical Association - Brownsville, TX
- Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum and Grave - Golden, CO
- Carlsbad Museum & Art Center - Carlsbad, NM
- City of Austin - O. Henry & Dickinson Museums - Austin, TX
- Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum - Dallas, TX
- Denver Botanic Gardens - Denver, CO
- Eddy County Historical Society - New Rockford, ND
- History Nebraska - Lincoln, NE
- Hot Springs County Museum & Cultural Center - Thermopolis, WY
- Jackson Hole Historical Society & Museum - Jackson, WY
- Jefferson County Historical & Genealogy Society (KS) - Oskaloosa, KS
- Kansas State University, Historic Costume & Textile Museum - Manhattan, KS
- Lake Jackson Historical Museum - Lake Jackson, TX
- Louisville Historical Museum - Louisville, CO
- Montana Historical Society - Helena, MT
- Museum of the Great Plains - Lawton, OK
- New Mexico Holocaust Museum - Albuquerque, NM
- Polish Heritage Center at Panna Maria - Panna Maria, TX
- Rapid City Public Library - Rapid City, SD
- Science of Mind Archives and Library Foundation - Golden, CO
- Siouxland Heritage Museums - Sioux Falls, SD
- The Blackwell School Alliance - Marfa, TX
- The Brinton Museum - Big Horn, WY
- Tulsa Foundation for Architecture - Tulsa, OK
- University of Wyoming - Art Museum - Laramie, WY
- Williamson Museum - Georgetown, TX
- Wilson Historical Museum - Wilson, OK
- Wyoming State Museum - Cheyenne, WY
Midwest
- Amana Heritage Society - Amana, IA
- American Swedish Institute - Minneapolis, MN
- Benzie Area Historical Society - Benzonia, MI
- Cable Natural History Museum - Cable, WI
- Campbell House Museum - St. Louis, MO
- Capital Area District Libraries - Lansing, MI
- Carmel Clay Historical Society - Carmel, IN
- Center for Michigan Jewish Heritage - Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Champaign County History Museum (IL) - Champaign, IL
- Champaign County Historical Society - Urbana, OH
- Chatfield Music Lending Library and Archive - Chatfield, MN
- Circus World Museum - Baraboo, WI
- City of Sun Prairie – Sun Prairie Historical Library & Museum - Sun Prairie, WI
- Delaware County District Library - Orange Branch - Delaware, OH
- Delaware County Historical Society (IN) - Muncie, IN
- Dennos Museum Center - Traverse City, MI
- Des Moines Public Library (IA) - Des Moines, IA
- Dunkerton Historical and Tourism Association - Dunkerton, IA
- Fulton County Heritage Alliance Collection - Wauseon, OH
- History Center - Linn County Historical Society - Cedar Rapids, IA
- Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation - Des Moines, IA
- Iowa State University - AESHM - Ames, IA
- Jackson County Historical Society (IL) - Murphysboro, IL
- Jackson County Historical Society (MO) - Independence, MO
- Jefferson County Library - Northwest Branch - High Ridge, MO
- Kent State University Museum - Kent, OH
- Lakeside Heritage Society - Lakeside, OH
- Living History Farms - Collections - Urbandale, IA
- Madison County Historical Museum (IL) - Edwardsville, IL
- Masonic Home of Missouri - Columbia, MO
- Michigan State Capitol - Lansing, MI
- Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library - Mishawaka, IN
- Mitchell County Historical Society (IA) - Osage, IA
- Neville Public Museum - Green Bay, WI
- New Albany-Floyd County Public Library - New Albany, IN
- Nicollet County Historical Society - St. Peter, MN
- Northern IL University - Art Museum - DeKalb, IL
- Norwegian American Genealogical Center, Inc. - Madison, WI
- P. H. Sullivan Museum - Zionsville, IN
- Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm - Rochester Hills, MI
- Rogers Park - West Ridge Historical Society - Chicago, IL
- Sandusky Library - Sandusky, OH
- Schingoethe Center of Aurora University - Aurora, IL
- Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet - St. Paul Province - St. Paul, MN
- Sparta Township Historical Commission - Sparta, MI
- Swenson Center - Augustana College - Rock Island, IL
- The Edgewood Museum - Edgewood, IA
- Tipton County Historical Society - Tipton, IN
- William H Willennar Genealogy Center - Eckhart Public Library - Auburn, IN
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum - Madison, WI
- Zeeland Historical Society - Zeeland, MI
Mid-Atlantic
- Adams County Historical Society (PA) - Gettysburg, PA
- American Helicopter Museum & Education Center - West Chester, PA
- Annapolis Maritime Museum - Annapolis, MD
- Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel - Philadelphia, PA
- Avalon Free Public Library History Center - Avalon, NJ
- Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs - Hackensack, NJ
- Canal Society of New Jersey - Morristown, NJ
- Chester County History Center - West Chester, PA
- Chhange at Brookdale Community College - Lincroft, NJ
- DC History Center - Washington, DC
- Delbarton School - Morristown, NJ
- Division of Historic Sites & History Services - Middlesex County - New Brunswick, NJ
- East Hampton Historical Society - East Hampton, NY
- EBT Foundation, Inc. - Rockhill Furnace, PA
- Erie County Historical Society - Erie, PA
- Fenton History Center Museum & Library - Jamestown, NY
- Fort Ticonderoga Museum - Ticonderoga, NY
- Franklin County, Pennsylvania Archives - Chambersburg, PA
- Franklin Township Public Library - Somerset, NJ
- Women's History and Resource Center - Washington, DC
- Gallaudet University Archives - Washington, DC
- Germantown Historical Society (PA) - Philadelphia, PA
- Historic Takoma Inc. - Takoma Park, MD
- Holocaust Awareness Museum and Education Center - Elkins Park, PA
- Howard County Historical Society (MD) - Ellicott City, MD
- Hunterdon County Historical Society - Flemington, NJ
- Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum - Washington, DC
- Longport Public Library - Longport, NJ
- Montgomery County Historical Society (MD) - Rockville, MD
- Museum for Art in Wood - Philadelphia, PA
- National Fire Heritage Center - Emmitsburg, MD
- National Museum of American Jewish Military History - Washington, DC
- New York City Fire Museum - New York, NY
- New York Transit Museum - Brooklyn, NY
- Niagara Falls Public Library - Niagara Falls, NY
- Northport Historical Society & Museum - Northport, NY
- Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum - Ocean City, MD
- Players Foundation for Theatre Education - New York, NY
- Rosenbach Museum & Library - Philadelphia, PA
- Rye Historical Society (NY) - Rye, NY
- Schenectady County Historical Society - Schenectady, NY
- St. Mary's County Historical Society - Leonardtown, MD
- Tonawanda Kenmore Historical Society - Kenmore, NY
- UMGC: University of Maryland - Global Campus Arts Program - Adelphi, MD
- Voices Center for Resilience - New Canaan, CT
New England
- Appalachian Mountain Club Library & Archives - Bretton Woods, NH
- Babcock-Smith House Museum - Westerly, RI
- Biddeford Historical Society - Biddleford, ME
- Boston Children's Museum - Boston, MA
- Canton Historical Society (MA) - Canton, MA
- Cape Cod Museum of Art - Dennis, MA
- Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation Society - Cape Elizabeth, ME
- Cary Memorial Library - Lexington, MA
- Castine Historical Society - Castine, ME
- Chelmsford Historical Society - North Chelmsford, MA
- Cohasset Historical Society - Cohasset, MA
- Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum - Arlington, MA
- Dennis Historical Society, Inc. - South Dennis, MA
- Emily Dickinson Museum - Amherst, MA
- Heritage Museums & Gardens - Sandwich, MA
- Historic Newton - Newton, MA
- Jamestown Historical Society - Jamestown, RI
- Laconia Historical & Museum Society - Laconia, NH
- Maine Historical Society - Portland, ME
- Maine Maritime Museum - Bath, ME
- Margaret Chase Smith Library - Skowhegan, ME
- Marist College Archives and Special Collections - Poughkeepsie, NY
- Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association - Oak Bluffs, MA
- Mystic River Historical Society - Mystic, CT
- Nichols House Museum - Boston, MA
- North Hampton Heritage Commission - North Hampton, NH
- North Kingstown Free Library - North Kingstown, RI
- Norwalk Public Library - Norwalk, CT
- NSCDA - MA - Boston, MA
- Old Bristol Historical Society - Bristol, ME
- Plainfield Historical Society (NH) - Plainfield, NH
- Plimoth Patuxet Museums - Plymouth, MA
- Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association - Deerfield, MA
- Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives - Watertown, MA
- Revolutionary Spaces - Boston, MA
- Rye Historical Society (NH) - Rye, NH
- Sisters of Notre Dame Training School - Ipswich, MA
- St. George Historical Society, Inc. - Tenants Harbor, ME
- Steamship Historical Society of America - Warwick, RI
- Sudbury Historical Society Inc. - Sudbury, MA
- Thornton W. Burgess Collection - East Sandwich, MA
- Tufts University Art Galleries - Medford, MA
- Vassalboro Historical Society - North Vassalboro, ME
- Woods Hole Historical Museum - Wood's Hole, MA
Southeastern
- Aiken County Historical Museum - Aiken, SC
- Art Museum at the University of Memphis - Memphis, TN
- Augusta County Historical Society - Staunton, VA
- Augusta Military Academy Museum - Fort Defiance, VA
- Battleship North Carolina - Wilmington, NC
- Boca Grande Historical Society - Boca Grande, FL
- City of Raleigh - HRM Program - Raleigh, NC
- Columbus Museum - Columbus, GA
- Delta Flight Museum - Atlanta, GA
- Edgar Allan Poe Museum - Richmond, VA
- Floyd County Historical Society (VA) - Floyd, VA
- Fort Valley Museum Inc. - Fort Valley, VA
- George H. and Laura E. Brown Library - Washington, NC
- Given Memorial Library and Tufts Archives - Pinehurst, NC
- Harrodsburg Historical Society - Harrodsburg, KY
- High Point Museum & Historical Society - High Point, NC
- Historic Mobile Preservation Society - Mobile, AL
- Historical Society of Palm Beach County - West Palm Beach, FL
- International Museum of the Horse - Lexington, KY
- Lam Museum of Anthropology - Wake Forest University - Winston Salem, NC
- Loudoun Museum - Leesburg, VA
- Manassas Museum - Manassas, VA
- Manatee County Historical Resources - Bradenton, FL
- Matheson History Museum - Gainesville, FL
- Montgomery Bell Academy - Nashville, TN
- Mooresville Public Library - Special Collections - Mooresville, NC
- Museum of Chincoteague Island - Chincoteague Island, VA
- Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia - Atlanta, GA
- Museum of the Shenandoah Valley - Winchester, VA
- National Ornamental Metal Museum - Memphis, TN
- Radford University Art Museum - Radford, VA
- Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Historical Society - Fredericksburg, VA
- Salvation Army Southern Historical Center - Atlanta, GA
- Sanford Museum - Sanford, FL
- Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum - Carrollton, GA
- St. Augustine Historical Society - St. Augustine, FL
- University Museum - University, MS
- Wake Forest College Birthplace Society - Wake Forest, NC
- Wilton House Museum - NSCDA - Richmond, VA
International
- Bowen Island Museum & Archives - Bowen Island, BC Canada
- Chatham Sports Hall of Fame - Chatham, ON Canada
- Grenada National Museum - St. George’s, Grenada
- Heritage Abbotsford Society - Abbotsford, BC Canada
- Homer Watson House and Gallery - Kitchener, ON Canada
- Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre - Beamsville, ON Canada
- Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre - Winnipeg, MB Canada
- Maritime Museum of British Columbia - Victoria, BC Canada
- Merrickville & District Historical Society - Merrickville, ON Canada
- Museum of Dufferin - Mulmur, ON Canada
- National Trust for the Cayman Islands - George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
- Norfolk County Museums and Archives - Simcoe, ON Canada
- Orillia Museum of Art & History - Orillia, ON Canada
- Owen Sound Museums - Billy Bishop Home & Museum - Owen Sound, ON Canada
- Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society - Garden Bay, BC Canada
- Penetanguishene Centennial Museum -Penetanguishene, ON Canada
- Queen's Own Rifles of Canada - Toronto, ON Canada
- The Friends of Algonquin Park - Whitney, ON Canada
- The Treasury Research Centre + Archive - Thames, North Island, New Zealand
- Toronto Fire Historical Society - Toronto, ON Canada
- University of British Columbia - Okanagan Art Gallery - Kelowna, BC Canada