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Getting Started with Omeka

This guide introduces you to the digital curation platform Omeka. In it, you will find instructions for adding items and building collections and exhibits. You will also learn how to use a variety of options to customize your site.

Exhibits Basics

Exhibits tell a story. They allow you to put your items in context by building a narrative for your user. If the focus of your collection in Omeka is a diary, for example, you might create an exhibit using a page from that diary, photographs from the historical period, and a photograph of the author of the diary. You might then add text that tells a story about the context in which the diary was written. Here are some optional layouts for your exhibit: