The MODES Users Association

We supply collections management software to more than 480 museums and archives in the UK.

The MUA is a unique not-for-profit consortium of users in museums and archives, formed in 1996. We own and develop the MODES family of software, and provide support and training for MODES & Catalist users.

What is MODES?

MODES is the most widely-used collections management system in British museums.

MODES for Windows is easy to use for data entry, searching and retrieval. It includes validation and terminology control, and support for images and other multimedia. Output can be customised to any format for printing, screen display, or web page production.

ModesXML is a new multi-user version of MODES. Built on a new XML database, it includes many enhanced features for data entry, retrieval and publication.

What is Catalist?

Catalist for Windows is designed for cataloguing smaller museum collections to Accreditation standards. It is simple to use, and requires no experience of computing.