Omeka

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title: "Omeka" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["free-software-programmed-in-php", "free-institutional-repository-software", "2008-software", "content-management-systems", "free-content-management-systems", "digital-library-software", "software-using-the-gnu-general-public-license"] description: "Digital archiving software" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omeka" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Digital archiving software ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox software"]

Field	Value
name	Omeka
logo	OmekaBadge.png
logo size	250px
caption	Omeka logo
developer	Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at
George Mason University (GMU) (2008–2016) Corporation for Digital Scholarship (2016–present)
released
programming language	PHP
operating system	LAMP
language	English, et al.
genre	Content Management System
license	GPL-3.0-or-later
website	Omeka
latest_release_version
latest_release_date
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| name = Omeka | logo = OmekaBadge.png | logo size = 250px | caption = Omeka logo | developer = Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University (GMU) (2008–2016) Corporation for Digital Scholarship (2016–present) | released = | programming language = PHP | operating system = LAMP | language = English, et al. | genre = Content Management System | license = GPL-3.0-or-later | website = Omeka | latest_release_version = | latest_release_date = Omeka (also known as Omeka Classic) is a free, open-source content management system for online digital collections. As a web application, it allows users to publish and exhibit cultural heritage objects, and extend its functionality with themes and plugins. A lightweight solution in comparison to traditional institutional repository software like DSpace and Fedora, Omeka has a focus on display and uses an unqualified Dublin Core metadata standard.

Its software is currently being used by the Newberry Library, as well as many small museums and historical societies. The Missouri School of Journalism uses Omeka to share their archive of 38,000 photographs from the Pictures of the Year International contest.{{Cite web | title = POYi Archive | work = Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism | access-date = 2009-01-07 | url = http://archive.poyi.org/

Originally developed by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, Omeka was awarded a technology collaboration award by the Andrew Mellon Foundation,{{Cite web |title = Recipients of Third Annual Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration Announce |work = The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |access-date = 2009-01-07 |date = 2008-12-08 |url = http://matc.mellon.org/press-release |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081229035940/http://matc.mellon.org/press-release |archive-date = 2008-12-29

In November 2017, the project released Omeka S, a new version of Omeka designed for institutional use, providing the capability to host multiple sites which draw from a common pool of resources, such as Wikidata, in this case through a third-party module. Omeka Classic, the original project, will continue to exist alongside Omeka S with a focus on serving individual projects and educators.

References

References

1. (2008-02-20). "Introducing Omeka". [[George Mason University]].
2. (2016-02-24). "Creating an Omeka Exhibit". Programming Historian.
3. (2011). "Exposiciones digitales y reutilización: aplicación del software libre Omeka para la publicación estructurada". Métodos de Información.
4. (2016-02-17). "Up and Running with Omeka.net". Programming Historian.
5. (2014-03-04). "Exhibiting library collections online: Omeka in context". New Library World.
6. "LIBIS technische partner van Flandrica".
7. (30 June 2016). "Omeka et Scholarly Editions".
8. (2010-01-01). "Using Omeka to Build Digital Collections: The METRO Case Study". D-Lib Magazine.
9. (2011-12-01). "Digital Tools: Zotero and Omeka". Journal of American History.
10. (2013-01-08). "Omeka in the classroom: The challenges of teaching material culture in a digital world". Literary and Linguistic Computing.
11. (2015-09-19). "Using Omeka and Neatline to Facilitate Student Research in a Core Literature Class". Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings.
12. (2019-02-27). "Omeka S is a web publication system for universities, galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. It consists of a local network of independently curated exhibits sharing a collaboratively built p..". Omeka.
13. "Omeka".
14. (11 July 2022). "nishad / omeka-s-wikidata". Github.
15. "Omeka".

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