Preserving Ohio's story, one collection at a time.
Storehouses gives museums, galleries, historical societies, and cultural organizations a secure system to document, protect, and steward the objects entrusted to their care.
Built for institutions. Designed for statewide impact.
Supporting the organizations that safeguard Ohio's heritage
- Museums
- Art Galleries
- Historical Societies
- Historic Sites
- Archives
- Cultural Organizations
Bring clarity and control to every collection.
From community artifacts to nationally significant works, Storehouses helps Ohio institutions create reliable records, coordinate stewardship, and prepare collections for the future.
Complete Collection Documentation
Know what you hold—and where it is.
Create a structured record for each object, including provenance, acquisition history, condition, photographs, documents, value, and current location. Keep essential information in one secure place rather than scattered across spreadsheets, shared drives, paper files, and institutional memory.
Preservation & Risk Readiness
Be prepared before something goes wrong.
Connect condition notes, appraisals, insurance records, storage information, and emergency documentation directly to each object. Give your team the information it needs when collections are relocated, restored, damaged, or placed on loan.
Controlled Collaboration
Give the right people access to the right records.
Provide appropriate access to staff, volunteers, board members, conservators, insurers, researchers, and partner organizations without exposing the entire collection or relying on duplicate files.
A Statewide Approach
One Ohio. Thousands of collections worth preserving.
Ohio's cultural heritage is held not only by major museums, but also by local historical societies, galleries, historic homes, libraries, universities, faith communities, public agencies, and volunteer-led organizations.
Storehouses provides flexible infrastructure that helps each institution strengthen its own collection practices while contributing to a broader culture of preservation across the state.
Built for the objects that carry Ohio's story.
Storehouses can organize a wide range of physical collections and the records connected to them.
Art & Decorative Objects
Paintings, sculpture, photography, furniture, ceramics, textiles, and works on paper.
Historical Artifacts
Civic objects, personal effects, military artifacts, tools, equipment, signs, and community memorabilia.
Archives & Special Collections
Manuscripts, photographs, maps, rare books, correspondence, media, and historically significant documents.
Historic Properties
Furnishings, architectural elements, fixtures, restoration records, and objects associated with historic homes and sites.
Cultural & Religious Collections
Ceremonial objects, vestments, community records, sacred art, and materials documenting cultural traditions.
Scientific & Industrial Collections
Inventions, machinery, specimens, prototypes, transportation objects, and materials connected to Ohio innovation.
The information behind every object, connected.
Storehouses brings the documentation surrounding an object together so that important knowledge does not disappear when staff changes, files are misplaced, or collections move between locations.
- Collection records and object profiles
- Provenance and acquisition history
- Photographs, video, and supporting documents
- Condition and conservation records
- Appraisals and insurance documentation
- Storage and display locations
- Loans and temporary placements
- Staff roles and permissions
- Emergency and continuity exports
- Reports for leadership, boards, and funders
A practical path to stronger stewardship.
01
Document
Create or import structured records for objects, collections, and locations.
02
Connect
Attach photographs, provenance, condition information, appraisals, and supporting documents.
03
Protect
Control who can access sensitive records and maintain secure institutional continuity.
04
Sustain
Build repeatable practices that remain useful through staff transitions, emergencies, grants, and future growth.
The Ohio Storehouses Initiative
Help bring modern collection infrastructure to more Ohio institutions.
Storehouses is developing partnerships with funders, community foundations, businesses, and cultural leaders to make collection documentation and preservation tools available to qualifying Ohio organizations.
Sponsored programs can support platform access, collection photography, record creation, staff training, data migration, and preservation-readiness projects.
Strengthen Ohio's legacy by protecting the collections behind it.
Whether preserving a neighborhood archive, a historic house, a fine-art collection, or a statewide museum, Storehouses helps institutions steward culturally significant objects for generations to come.