The result is not a folder of tabs. It is a small, recoverable record designed to improve one live encounter.
Minutes 0—05: define the object
Write museum, object type, visible title, identifier and unknown fields. Do not begin with a broad image search.
Minutes 05—12: find the responsible page
Use identifier plus institution, then match title, image and dimensions. Save the exact URL.
Minutes 12—20: identify the record type
Mark collection entry, visitor story, image page, excavation archive or publication and define its scope.
Minutes 20—28: match the image
Compare whole silhouette, component, viewpoint and stable marks. Recover creator and license at the file source.
Minutes 28—36: map the fields
Place title, material, date, dimensions and provenance in source-specific columns. Keep blanks and disagreement.
Minutes 36—44: test freshness
Separate page update, photograph, visitor conditions and display-state dates. Check official visit information.
Minutes 44—52: build the offline brief
Keep identifier, one context image, one exact source and one open question. Reduce screen dependence.
Minutes 52—60: write the claim ladder
Separate direct observation, institutional identification and interpretation. List missing evidence.
Afterward: test recovery
Confirm another reader can find the object without your browser history. Add institution, identifier and citation text.
Afterward: audit rights
Keep creator, license, source record, crop, resize and compression notes with local derivatives.
Afterward: mobile QA
Check full words, images, source links, focus and no overflow at 360 pixels.
Afterward: desktop QA
Check hierarchy, crop, console, navigation and readable line length at 1440 pixels.
Afterward: version changes
Date corrections and distinguish page change, installation change and editorial error.
Afterward: recover without history
Close the original tabs and test whether institution, title, identifier and citation text can recover the exact record. Add whatever field was missing. A research brief should not depend on autocomplete, personal browser history or an unshared bookmark folder.
Afterward: inspect component boundaries
Confirm whether the saved image shows a whole object, fragment, lid, base, group or restored ensemble. Keep component identifiers and dates separate when the responsible catalogue does.
Afterward: compare rights records
Separate object data, page copyright and image license. Follow every reusable photograph to its creator and original file page, then document local crops, responsive sizes and compression.
Afterward: state the status boundary
Label visitor information as current-check required, object data as source-dated and gallery images as installation states. One recent page cannot make every connected claim current.
Afterward: create the handoff
Write institution, exact object identifier, strongest source, unresolved field and next query as a compact handoff. Another reader should be able to continue without your tabs, browser history or private notes.