David, Yes, eMuseum supports multiple approaches to constituent searchability, from simple searches on name and name variants to elaborate queries linking dates, roles, attributes, and geography. Here are a few examples: The most basic approach to constituent searching with eMuseum 5.1, using the standard default template: http://emuseum5.gallerysystems.com/people A more extensive implementation of constituent searching at the Reading Public Museum: http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/advancedsearch/objects Example of a timeline and geolocation at the Danish Arts Foundation: http://vores.kunst.dk/en/start Remember, though, that the success of these approaches depends on the completeness and accuracy of your authority tagging, whether it is links to a custom thesaurus or to a term and name authority such as AAT and ULAN. If you want to contact me directly I can give you other examples and perhaps show you how eMuseum can provide the kind of access you’re looking for. Best, Danielle Uchitelle ________________________________ Danielle Uchitelle | Chief Operating Officer [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | 646.733.2239 x264 GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.com<http://www.gallerysystems.com/> From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Lowe Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 8:04 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Constituents details in eMuseum Sorry to as an eamuseum question in the TMS list, but I assume many of you also use eMuseum. How configurable & searchable are constituents in eMuseum. I see various institutions including various fields, but so far I don't find them searchable. Can it be configured to search for, say, female painters in Spain in the 1700s? The gender and discipline would come from a custom thesaurus, and the location and dates from addresses. I do something like this with Photographers' Identities Catalog (a custom built app http://pic.nypl.org/map/?address.AddressTypeID=*&address.CountryID=20&bbox=*&Nationality=*&gender.TermID=2027998&process.TermID=*&role.TermID=*&format.TermID=*&biography.TermID=2028094&collection.TermID=*&DisplayName=*&Date=%5B1687%20TO%201899%5D&mode=2) Anybody doing adventurous stuff with names in eMuseum? I haven't found anything more than a free-text search of the Display Name field. -- David Lowe | The New York Public Library Specialist II, Photography Collection Photographers' Identities Catalog<http://pic.nypl.org> To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed.