The Lowry
The Lowry uses iBase to manage cultural heritage digital assets, bringing metadata, permissions and search into one governed DAM environment.
Case study
The Lowry Cultural Heritage Digital Asset Management
The UK's home to the world's largest public collection of LS Lowry paintings, The Lowry uses iBase DAM to manage digitised images, enabling searchable internal access to cultural heritage assets and supporting metadata management.
Project summary
Project Summary
iBase helps arts and heritage teams at The Lowry manage cultural heritage assets, keeping material organised, searchable and governed.
Cultural Heritage Digital Asset Management
The system connects cultural heritage collections with discovery, metadata and reuse needs.
Public Discovery
Arts and heritage teams can organise, protect and share digital assets through structured DAM workflows.
Project focus
Project Focus
The Lowry is home to the world's largest public collection of paintings and drawings by LS Lowry. A large selection is on display in a permanent exhibition alongside other works on loan from private collections across the UK.
System managers and editors upload images and digitised documents, adding descriptive metadata as required to make it easy for users to search and find what they want.
Searching options include Quick Search, subject search, keyword search, search by collection.
Upload and Import
Teams can add new material and associated metadata through controlled upload workflows.
Search and Discovery
Users can find relevant assets through structured search, metadata and browsing tools.
Standard Features
Core DAM tools can be configured around the organisation's collection and workflow needs.
Document Preview
Documents can be previewed in the browser without separate viewing software.
DAM outcomes
DAM Outcomes
iBase helps The Lowry keep digital assets organised, searchable and ready for approved reuse.
Metadata, permissions and access controls sit alongside the assets, giving teams a single governed source for day-to-day work.
Staff and users can reach approved material more quickly, with less reliance on fragmented storage or manual transfers.
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