Every digitized object is open access.◆No gatekeeping. All objects published openly.◆PHOTARCH — research infrastructure for archaeology.◆Every digitized object is open access.◆No gatekeeping. All objects published openly.◆PHOTARCH — research infrastructure for archaeology.◆

Access

PHOTARCH is an open commons. The archive is free to use, there is no subscription for individuals, and every published record is open access by default.

Without an account

Free
  • —Browse the whole archive
  • —View artefact details, metadata and provenance
  • —Filter, search, map and timeline
  • —Cite any record by its ARK identifier

With a free account

No card
  • —Download JPEG with embedded XMP metadata and scale
  • —Download TIFF masters
  • —Favourites, collections and canvases
  • —Share collections and canvases by private link
  • —Compare up to 24 artefacts with scale alignment
  • —ICC colour profiles
  • —Bulk CSV export of archive metadata
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For institutions

Museums, universities and heritage organisations working together in PHOTARCH use the organisation subscription — the same one that covers the capture tools, at 200 € per month for ten seats. It is not a separate archive plan: the archive stays free, and the subscription adds the shared workspace around it.

  • —Institution dashboard with team overview
  • —Up to ten researchers on one organisation
  • —Team activity: canvases, annotations, collections, favourites
  • —Manage ingest of new objects
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Contributing to the archive is free. Objects captured with the PHOTARCH method are validated in the desktop app and curated into the archive at no charge.