I have used NOMENCLATURE in several museums and have found it to be a
concise and servicable system. IT DOES HAVE ITS QUIRKS. There are
numerous categories that are weak in object names.
The other system to investigate would be the Getty's Art & Archetechture
Thesaurus. It is quite voluminous and detailed but volunteers may have
trouble with it,
Patrick Reynolds
Curator, Hist Soc. of Berks Co.