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Flexible, scalable and secure. PastView provides everything a digital collection could wish for in a digital collections platform.

How can PastView be used?

Configure PastView to achieve your digital access and discovery goals, offering options for public, private, and monetised access to your digital collections.
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Public

Engage your audience with innovative publishing features designed to captivate and enhance interaction with your digital collections.
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Private

Safeguard the value and integrity of your most precious digital collections by providing controlled access exclusively.
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Monetise

Monetise your digital collections with income-generating features that deepen audience engagement and support sustainability.

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What's in your collection?

Whatever your material type, PastView will enhance how you publish and share.

Your Books

See how Burma Star published their books online to enhance access and discovery.

Manage & publish your books with:
  • Page Turning
  • Harness Metadata
  • Magnifying Glass Zoom
  • Keyword Search
  • Advanced Filters

Books

See how Burma Star published their books online to enhance access and discovery.

  • Page Turning
  • Harness Metadata
  • Magnifying Glass Zoom
  • Keyword Search
  • Advanced Filters
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How PastView works

At its core, PastView provides users with an easy way to manage their collections, from uploading to editing and publishing controls.

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All features

Whether managing, publishing or generating revenue, hand select features to realise your access and discovery goals.

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Website design services 

Excite & engage your audiences, with PastView's built in website design tools or explore our bespoke design services.

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Ingest & migration services

Optimise collection organisation with our data support services to realise your archive's discovery and access potential.

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How PastView works

Enjoy complete control of your collection data,  establishing the terms and details that will support the creation of highly effective digital collection structures. 

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All features

Whether managing, publishing or generating revenue, hand select features to realise your access and discovery goals.

LEARN MORE

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Website design services 

Excite & engage your audiences, with PastView's built in website design tools or explore our bespoke design services.

LEARN MORE

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Ingest & migration services

Optimise collection organisation with our data support services to realise your archive's discovery and access potential.

LEARN MORE

Stories from our users

HSBC (NEW)

Sharing over 150 years of story, culture and brand heritage

Working in the vault, we are fortunate to be able to flick through photograph albums, read correspondence files, and watch old film footage from years gone by... However, this is the first time that we have been able to open up our cultural heritage for everyone to explore – wherever they are in the world. It is a very exciting moment for the Archives team.

Tina Staples, Global Head of Archives

Latest news & advice

PastView Blog Discover the digital collections with enhanced access thanks to PastView. Read our blog for advice on accessibility, news and features

  • ArchivalOne (USA Partnership) Press Release
    by Paul Marks on 27 March 2025 at 8:30 am

    ArchivalOne (USA Partnership) Press Release:  

  • Unlocking the Power of Brand Heritage for Milestone Anniversaries
    by Paul Marks on 12 March 2025 at 2:32 pm

    Celebrating Your Brand’s Milestone Anniversaries   Every brand has a story. From its inception, to its evolution over the years, your company’s history is filled with moments that define its identity. Yet, many organisations overlook the marketing potential of their own archives. As your milestone anniversary approaches, you have a unique opportunity to celebrate your brand’s journey, engage your audience, and create impactful content that strengthens brand loyalty. However, a common challenge stands in the way: accessibility. You may have a treasure trove of historical materials - old photographs, loose letters, bound books, VHS tapes, Betamax, audio reels,  film reels, glass plate negatives, even physical items such as product packaging or the products themselves, that hold key moments from your past. But without the means to digitise, view, or share these materials, their potential remains locked away.    

  • MARAC Fall '24 | ArchivalOne: A Unified Solution for Digital Archives
    by Paul Marks on 15 November 2024 at 4:27 pm

    On Thursday 14th November, we had the privilege of presenting at MARAC’s third virtual event, 'The Renaissance & Renewal Conference', which brought together archivists from across the community to celebrate creativity, advocacy, versatility, and innovation in archival work. We had the opportunity of introducing attendees to ArchivalOne - our collaborative effort to simplify and enhance archival management and digital publishing. A collaboration between PastView (by Townsweb Archiving), History Associates Incorporated (HAI), and National Office Systems (NOS), ArchivalOne combines decades of expertise to provide a seamless, one-stop solution for the digitisation and management of cultural heritage collections.

  • Royal Logistic Corps Museum: Migrating a Military Archive to PastView
    by general@townswebarchiving.com (TownsWeb) on 27 September 2024 at 11:06 am

    CASE STUDY Embarking on a military-style data journey  There is much reason to celebrate for the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) Museum website has just gone live! This means that all of the existing content contained within their previous archive has now, after a long and methodical process, been successfully ingested into the PastView platform. This will truly enhance the visitor experience and modes of engagement, revolutionising how The RLC’s Museum's content is managed and shared.

  • Transforming IMechE’s earliest council minutes with Handwritten Text Recongition
    by Elsie Flynn on 13 February 2024 at 10:00 am

    PRESS RELEASE