Showcasing Items on Omeka S

Some of the more common ways to showcase items on Omeka S are by using the following page blocks. You can display one or multiple items using these blocks:

  • Item with Metadata
  • Item showcase
  • Universial Viewer

 

An item from JSU displayed on the page using the "Item with metadata" block. 

Items from TSU and CAU displayed on the page using the "Item showcase" block. 

Muses, Panel Six

Muses

A mural at CAUAM. 

The Castration of Humanity

A mural at TSU.

An item from TU displayed on the page using the "Universial Viewer" block. 

Omeka also allows you to display media and assets on a page using the "Asset" block or the Media Embed block. The Asset block is the only option that allows you upload the media representation directly from your computer while editing a page. 

An item from FAMU displayed on the page using the "Media Embed" block. 

Cloth Doll

A item from the collection at FAMU's MEBA.

An item displayed on the page using the "Asset" block. 

Eliza Atkins Gleason. (Credit: University
of Louisville Photo Archives) by way of https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2019/changing-minds-making-difference-eliza-atkins-gleason
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