Spectrum around the world
Spectrum is used not only in the UK but in a growing number of countries internationally. The national museum agencies of several countries have translated versions of the standard into their own languages, licensed by Collections Trust. Here are more details and links to these localised versions of Spectrum.
If you represent a national museum organisation and are interested in translating Spectrum please contact us.
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Arabic/العَرَبِيَّة
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Coming soon.
Partner organisation: British Council.
Spectrum version: 5.0.
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Finnish/suomi
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Partner organisations: National Board of Antiquities; Finnish National Gallery; Finnish Museums Association.
Spectrum version: 4.0 (units of information).
Published: 2014.
Click this link to open the web pages for this translation.
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French/Français (canadien)
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Partner organisation: Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada.
Spectrum version: 5.0.
Published: 2019.
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German/Deutsch
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Partner organisations: German Museum Association; Institut of Museumsforschung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz.
Spectrum version: 3.1.
Published: 2013.
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A German translation of Spectrum 5.0 is in progress.
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Dutch/Nederlands
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Partner organisations: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (Netherlands); FARO (Belgium).
Spectrum version: 3.1.
Published: 2008.
Click this link to open the web pages for this translation (Netherlands).
Click this link to open the web pages for this translation (Belgium).
A Dutch translation of Spectrum 5.0 is coming soon.
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Norwegian/norsk
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Partner organisation: Norwegian Arts Council (Kulturrådet).
Spectrum version: 4.0.
Published: 2016.
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A Norwegian translation of Spectrum 5.0 is in progress.
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Polish/polski
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Partner organisation: National Institute for Museums and Public Collections (NIMOZ).
Spectrum version: 4.0.
Published: 2016.
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Portuguese/português
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Partner organisations: Sistemas do Futuro, Fundação Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal); Centre for Documentation and Memory, Immigration Museum, Sao Paulo State Secretary of Culture (Brazil).
Spectrum version: 4.0.
Published: 2013.
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Swedish/svenska
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Partner organisations: Swedish National Heritage Board, Digisam.
Spectrum version: 4.0.
Published: 2015.
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A Swedish translation of Spectrum 5.0 is coming soon.