At Legacy Planning & Preservation, we specialize in helping small museums and heritage organizations safeguard and share their collections, stories, and cultural heritage. Through tailored digitization, archival support, and strategic preservation planning, we empower organizations to connect with their communities and ensure that important historical narratives are protected for future generations.
✅ Strategic Preservation Planning
Customized plans to safeguard historical records.
✅ Digitization & Archival Support
Converting fragile documents into digital assets.
✅ Collection Management & Digital Exhibits
Organizing and showcasing collections online.
Bridging the past, present, and future by empowering individuals, families, and cultural institutions to embrace technology and use it to preserve their heritage.
Our process starts with a clear, tailored plan. We work alongside our clients to understand their specific needs and goals, crafting personalized solutions to ensure that every legacy—whether personal or institutional—is preserved.
We bridge the gap between past and present by utilizing modern tools such as digitization, digital asset management, and virtual exhibits, while honoring the traditional practices of archival preservation.
Partnering with museums, HBCUs, and heritage organizations to strategically manage archival records, digitize collections, and implement comprehensive preservation plans that safeguard cultural and historical assets.
We partner with museums, libraries, and historical organizations to bridge the gap between past and present. Our tailored digital preservation strategies ensure that artifacts, documents, and rare collections remain protected and easily accessible for researchers, educators, and the public.
We develop strategic preservation plans for small museums, HBCUs, and heritage organizations, ensuring long-term protection for their collections.
We offer digitization, digital asset management, digital exhibit design and development, enabling institutions to preserve and share their collections online.
Design, development, and implementation of custom, collection management for artifacts, 3D objects, audio, video, and or photos.
Legacy Planning & Preservation provides free, expert-driven resources to help Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAMs) navigate digitization and preservation with confidence.
✅ Download the GLAM Digitization Toolkit – Step-by-step guidance for digital preservation.
✅ Take the Digital Readiness Assessment – Find out if your institution is prepared for digital transformation.
✅ Explore Case Studies & Best Practices – Learn how other institutions have safeguarded their collections.
We discuss your institution’s digitization and preservation goals to understand your unique needs.
We evaluate your collection’s format, condition, and storage needs to determine the best digitization and archival solutions.
We create a tailored plan that aligns with your budget, priorities, and long-term collection management strategy.
Once approved, we get to work digitizing, cataloging, and preserving your collection for greater accessibility and longevity.
We work with museums, archives, and libraries to digitize, organize, and preserve historical collections. Tell us about your project, and we’ll create a tailored preservation strategy that fits your institution’s goals and budget.
📌 Digitization enhances accessibility and engagement by making collections more discoverable, interactive, and shareable.
✅ Increased Online Access – Visitors, researchers, and educators can explore collections from anywhere. ✅ Virtual Exhibitions & Storytelling – Create immersive digital exhibits that bring history to life. ✅ Interactive Educational Tools – Schools and researchers can integrate digitized materials into curriculum-based learning. ✅ Social Media & Community Engagement – Share historic artifacts, oral histories, and collections in engaging formats. ✅ Preservation & Searchability – Users can search metadata-rich archives, making discovery easier. 💡 Want to see real-world impact? Explore our case studies on GLAM digitization projects.📌 Yes! Metadata is key to making digital collections searchable, organized, and usable over time.
We offer: ✅ Custom metadata schemas tailored to your collection’s needs (Dublin Core, MARC, METS, MODS). ✅ Integration with archival management systems like ArchivesSpace, Omeka, PastPerfect, and CollectiveAccess. ✅ Standardized cataloging to improve interoperability and retrieval. ✅ Consultation on best practices for digital preservation and discoverability. 💡 Need help structuring metadata for your collection? We provide custom metadata strategies for institutions.📌 We follow industry-standard archival formats to ensure long-term preservation and accessibility.
Common formats we use: 📜 Images: TIFF (Preservation), JPEG2000 (Compressed Archival), PNG/JPEG (Web Use). 📂 Documents: PDF/A, XML (EAD for finding aids), OCR-processed PDFs for searchable text. 🎞 Audio/Video: WAV (Broadcast-quality), MP3 (Access Copies), MP4/ProRes for high-definition video. ✅ We follow guidelines from: Library of Congress Digital Preservation Standards Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) 💡 Not sure which format is best for your project? We provide format selection consulting based on your institution’s needs.📌 Yes! There are several funding sources available for GLAM digitization initiatives.
Some notable grants include: ✅ National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) – Digital humanities and preservation grants. ✅ Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) – Funding for library and museum digital transformation. ✅ Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) – Digitizing Hidden Collections grant. ✅ National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) Grants – Archival projects and digital access grants. ✅ State and Regional Arts & Humanities Grants – Localized funding sources for cultural heritage preservation. 💡 Need help securing funding? We offer grant consultation services to help you navigate applications.