The platform for cultural heritage
Collections · Media · Content · Guide
One platform. Complete audit trails.
AWS hosted · Open standards · No lock-in
Purpose-built collections software, priced for your museum.
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. Adopt Collections, Media, or Content on their own, or run all three on one shared record.
6–12 weeks
Typical implementation
No per-record fees
Predictable pricing
Full data export
JSON · CSV · JSON-LD
Open standards
IIIF · Getty · linked data
A growing suite, 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.
Every plan includes
- 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
- Guided onboarding and implementation
Annual licensing by operating budget
| Operating budget | Single app | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Under $5M | $12k/yr | $24k/yr |
| $5M–$15M | $16–24k/yr | $32–48k/yr |
Single app is Collections, Media, or Content individually. Platform is all three. Guide is included at every tier. No per-user or per-record fees. 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. Included with every plan.
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.