People Module

The table below lists the default fields available in the People module of eMuseum. These fields can be configured throughout your eMuseum site to:

• Be displayed in different views (detail, results list, search, API, etc.)

• Be included in search functionality

• Be relabeled with custom display names

• Be reordered to suit your workflows

• Be assigned select permissions for access control

ℹ️ Note: Your institution’s implementation of eMuseum may include customizations that add to, modify, or replace these default fields to better meet your specific requirements.

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Default Fields

Field	Internal Name	Description
Alternative Numbers	altNums	Alternate numbers for the selected constituent record
Birth Date	beginDate	Constituent birth date. > ℹ️ Used in advanced search and stored but not displayed by default.
Bibliography	bibliography	Constituent bibliographical information
Biography	biography	Constituent biography text field
Caption	caption	Caption text
Date	date	Combination of the constituent’s begin and end dates. Sometimes includes display date.
Name	displayName	People Display Name text field
Death Date	endDate	Constituent death date. > ℹ️ Used in advanced search and stored but not displayed by default.
Events	events	Related events
Exhibitions	exhibitions	Related exhibitions
External Vocabulary	extVocabData	External vocabulary data linked to constituent
First Name	firstName	First name of the person
Flex Fields	flexFields	Customizable flex fields
Geography	geography	Constituent geography
Id	id	Constituent ID (used internally)
Last Name	lastName	Last name of the person
Letter	letter	Letter (alphabetic index for sorting/grouping)
Loans	loans	Related loans
Media	media	Related media files (images, audio, video, etc.)
Middle Name	middleName	Middle name of the person
Title	nameTitle	Title associated with the person (e.g., Dr., Sir)
Names	names	Alternative names of the person
Nationality	nationality	Nationality text field. > ℹ️ This label is included with constituent display date.
Node	node	Node association
Object Medium	objectMedium	Medium data carried over from related objects
Objects	objects	Related objects from the Objects module
People-Objects Link	peopleObjectsLink	Used for displaying links to related objects
Person Type	personType	Type of constituent (e.g., artist, maker, donor)
Primary Media	primaryMedia	Medium selected for primary display
Last Updated	recordLastUpdated	> ℹ️ Date the constituent record was last updated
Relations	rels	Related records via links/associations
Remarks	remarks	Field for free-form remarks about the constituent
School	school	School field text. Usually the school or style with which a constituent is associated
Sites	sites	Related sites
Source ID	sourceId	Source record identifier
Text Entries	textEntries	All text entries for the record
Terms	thesaurusXrefs	All thesaurus attributes/terms for the record