Welcome to Musical Instrument Museums Online. The MIMO Project has now ended but work continues to expand the number of collections online. On these pages you can find out about the work of the MIMO Project, what's currently happening and how new museums can join the MIMO Consortium and add their collections to this online resource.

The site works on 3 levels:

• Introduction - a general overview of the work of MIMO
• Technical and Legal Introduction - aimed at museum curators and managers
• Technical Guidelines - detailed information aimed at technical staff

Introduction

• What is MIMO?
  - Background
  - What Happens Next?
• Getting Digital Content Online - The Harvesting Process
• Digitisation
• How Can Other Museums Add Their Collections? - Content Checklist
• Frequently Asked Questions
  

Technical and Legal Introduction

• Digitisation
• Harvesting Content
• Vocabulary and Thesaurus
• MIMO DB
• Legal Aspects
  

Technical Guidelines - Outcomes from the MIMO Project

• The MIMO Digitisation Standard
• Specifications for the Common Data Model for the Description of Musical Instruments
• Metadata Mapping and OAI-PMH Implementation Guidelines

Frequently Asked Questions

• What is MIMO?
• What is the MIMO Toolkit and who is it for?
• What do we have to do to add our content?
• What does it cost?
• We already have digital photographs but not necessarily to the MIMO standard. Can we use these?
• Our language is not represented - can we add a new language to the system?
• Is it possible to add keywords?
• What happens if we add instruments to our collection?
• If data is mapped to standard LIDO can it be mapped to MIMO LIDO?
• What is the long term future for MIMO?
• Is membership of MIMO only open to European museums?
• Can private museums contribute content?
• Is there is minimum or maximum number of instruments that a museum can contribute?
• Why should my museum contribute?
• Who should I contact for further information?