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Increase Archival Collection Visibility and Enhance Online Visitor Engagement

Discover the archival CMS built for mission-driven archivists.

  • Expand access to your holdings with a dynamic portal
  • Adhere to archival standards, including EAD3, DACS, RAD, ISAD(G), and Dublin Core
  • Reduce IT dependence while improving stewardship and control
  • Configure workflows without coding

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Finding Aids. Stewardship. Connection.

Make Your Archival Collections More Accessible, Searchable, and Easier to Manage

“There was no way for us to move into the 21st century without ArchivEra.”
Director, Lehi Historical Society & Archives

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Increase Visibility and Access

Help researchers, staff, and the public explore your collections through a dynamic portal. Publish finding aids, highlight featured materials, and expand access to your archives

  • Easily create finding aids that improve searchability
  • Highlight featured collections and expand outreach
  • Enrich discovery with multimedia, AI-powered search, and social sharing

Work More Efficiently

Reduce administrative friction across research requests, workflow documentation, and records management.

  • Use email to manage research requests from intake to response
  • Track requests and build a reusable knowledge base
  • Keep internal and public-facing content aligned and up to date
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Strengthen Stewardship and Intellectual Control

Maintain secure control over your collections. Customize role-based permissions, adhere to archival standards, and organize records with confidence.

  • Manage internal and public access with role-based permissions
  • Support archival standards and consistent description practices
  • Organize collections with clarity and control

“We feel a lot safer about the intellectual control of our collections with ArchivEra.”
Archivist, Arizona State Archives

Demonstrate Value to Stakeholders

Use clear metrics and reports to show the impact of your archives, inform decisions, and advocate for ongoing support.

  • Monitor visitor interests to guide collections development
  • Report on activity, usage, and impact with confidence
  • Build trust with funders, sponsors, and stakeholders
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Make Your Collections Accessible Anywhere

ArchivEra is 100% web-based, giving staff and users flexible access to collections across locations and devices. Support research, collaboration, and public access needs.

  • Access collections on mobile devices
  • Serve staff and end users across multiple locations
  • Greater flexibility for modern archives

Trusted by Archivists Across Organizations of All Sizes.

ArchivEra supports archives with a wide range of missions, team sizes, and levels of complexity. From small organizations to large institutions, archivists around the world rely on ArchivEra to improve visibility, strengthen stewardship, and support discovery.

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“The public portal is clearly effective for the average user; ArchivEra has focused things—and has brought in researchers who wouldn’t have thought of us before.”
Christina Wakefield

Associate Archivist, City of Thunder Bay

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“With ArchivEra, we’ve been able to seamlessly integrate our collections and better serve our community.”
Scott Keefer

Archivist, The Daughters of Charity Provincial Archives

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“ArchivEra is the workhorse and the hub around which all of our workflow rotates.”
Jamie Green

Head of Arrangement & Description, American Heritage Center

See how ArchivEra can support your organization. Schedule a call with an archival CMS expert today.

Helpful Resources for Evaluating Your Archival CMS Options

Not ready to speak with our team just yet? Explore these self-serve resources to help you evaluate archival collections management software and move forward with confidence.

Watch the Product Tour

Take a closer look at ArchivEra’s features, interface, and workflows.

Download the Buyer’s Guide

The Archivists’ Advantage: Choosing the Right Collections Management System features advice from Margot Note, a seasoned archives expert and consultant with significant experience in heritage organizations. It’s written for archivists selecting an archival collections management system for the first time or replacing an existing CMS to meet changing needs.

A Right-Sized Option for Smaller Archives

For archives with lean teams, limited budgets, or focused requirements, Lucidea’s Essentia Program offers outstanding value. Get the power and flexibility of an enterprise-class archival CMS in a package that is right-sized for your organization.

Essentia helps smaller archives strengthen intellectual control, access, and stewardship with room to grow as needs change.

Why Essentia?

  • Affordable access for smaller teams
  • Right-sized to match your requirements
  • Flexible as your needs evolve
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Explore ArchivEra with an Archival Collections Management Expert

If you’re looking for an archival CMS that helps you increase visibility, support stewardship, and manage your collections more efficiently, we would love to show you how ArchivEra can support your mission and your goals.

FAQs

Can ArchivEra support archival standards?

Yes. ArchivEra supports key archival standards, including EAD3, DACS, RAD, ISAD(G), and Dublin Core.

Can we configure ArchivEra without heavy IT involvement?

Yes. ArchivEra is highly configurable to the needs of your staff and end users. You can adapt fields, modify workflows, and customize user experiences without coding or ongoing dependence on IT.

Does ArchivEra support multimedia content?

Yes. ArchivEra supports a wide range of archival materials, including physical, digital, and multimedia.

Does ArchivEra offer AI features?

Yes. ArchivEra offers optional AI Search capabilities that help users find and surface relevant content more efficiently, even if they aren’t sure exactly what to search for.

What kinds of archives use ArchivEra?

ArchivEra is used by colleges and universities, government archives, corporate archives, historical societies, religious archives, special collections, and more.

Can I speak to an existing client?

Absolutely. We have happy clients around the world who are willing to speak with you. Get in touch, and we’ll connect you with a relevant reference.

What is ArchivEra built on?

ArchivEra is built on LucideaCore, a flexible platform backed by 35 years of experience serving thousands of organizations worldwide. LucideaCore applications help archives and other information-centered organizations improve curation, discoverability, and access.

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Before you go

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The Archivists’ Advantage; Choosing the Right CMS

Margot Note, a seasoned archives expert and consultant, explains how to search for, select, buy, implement, and maximize the value of an archival collections management system.
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