The platform preserves and presents the cultural heritage of the Athens Conservatoire through a searchable digital environment. It includes the Conservatoire’s institutional archive, special collections from important musicians and organisations, and library material such as scores, books, journals, recordings and educational documents.
Visitors can browse by collection, person, organisation, subject or document type, making the archive useful for researchers, students, musicians and anyone interested in the history of music in Greece. The repository is continuously being enriched with new archival descriptions and digitised material.
About the project
The project aimed to create a digital repository for the Athens Conservatoire’s historical archive, special collections and library material. Key requirements included structured cataloguing of archival items, advanced search and browsing, support for different document types, presentation of people and organisations, and a scalable platform able to accommodate new digitised material.
The outcome is an accessible online archive that enables researchers, students, musicians and the wider public to explore valuable documents, scores, photographs and historical records related to the Athens Conservatoire and Greek musical heritage
Why Drupal was chosen
Drupal was selected for its strong capabilities in managing complex cultural heritage content, multilingual information, archival metadata and structured collections. Its flexible content model, advanced search capabilities and robust user-permission system make it well suited for publishing and maintaining a large-scale digital archive that can expand over time.
Technical Specifications
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