Crowdsourcing Tools

Utilize our digital tools to help refine and enrich the Turathium archive:

• 💬 Engage in Discussion
• 🧩 Submit New Media & Metadata
• 🖋 Refine Descriptions
• 📜 Transcription & Translation
• 🎖️ Add to the Golden Registry

Add your voice. Share your insight. Join the conversation.

Commenting on resources allows you to:

• Clarify technical terms or historical details
• Share insights, corrections, or family knowledge
• Ask questions or spark discussions with fellow users

How to Comment:

Scroll to the bottom of any Item, Item Set, or Media page to find the comment box and::

• 💬 Add a new comment
• 🔁 Reply to an existing thread

🧠 Your insights bring archival materials to life, connecting memory with meaning.

Contribute photographs, documents, or stories in any media form to enrich the Turathium archive. Whether you have an illustration, image, or link to a related discovery, your submission strengthens the cultural fabric of the archive.

You can add:

• Photographs or scans of collectible items you own.
• Links to related websites, or publications.
• Untold stories, personal experiences, or fieldwork notes.
• Definitions or clarifications of technical or cultural terms.

How to submit an item:

• To add an item, click the button below to start.
• Please fill out the form, then click the Submit button.
• Ensure that you are authorized to share the content.
• And you've reviewed and accepted our Terms of Use.

Add Now

Help refine and enrich the descriptions of existing items. Sometimes, an item has been uploaded but lacks detailed metadata or contextual background. Your expertise can fill that gap.

You can:

• Add missing information like origin, date, or context.
• Suggest more precise classifications or terminology.
• Expand upon historical or thematic background.

Descriptive contributions improve searchability, archival value, and research usability.

Describe Now

Transcription

Turn handwritten or printed documents into searchable, readable text. Your efforts make historical documents accessible to a broader audience and preserve fragile data for future generations.

You can:

• Transcribe handwritten letters, certificates, or records.
• Translate text from Arabic, French, Ottoman Turkish, or other relevant languages.
• Clarify difficult handwriting or archaic terms.

Application of Transcription and Translation:

Transcription helps decipher handwritten messages, captions, and documents, achieving a better understanding of heritage objects. Because this task requires significant resources, we rely on crowd efforts to complete it.

Transcription is especially helpful for:

• Photo Captions
• Postcard Messages
• Vintage Correspondance
• Vintage Documents

🎖️ Honor Recipients of Orders, Decorations, and Medals

Turathium's Golden Registry documents recipients of Orders, Decorations, and Medals (ODMs), offering biographical snapshots and connecting them to specific honors.

You can:

• Add new names and brief biographical details.
• Upload a photo of the recipient or the medal certificate.
• Correct existing records with verified information.

The Golden Registry enriches phaleristic studies and national historical memory.

Register a Recipient of a Decoration Medal

Every Contribution Matters

Whether you add a single comment or propose an entire exhibition, your participation is critical to preserving Lebanon's and the region's cultural heritage.

We warmly invite collectors, scholars, families, and enthusiasts to take part. Together, we can build a more complete and enduring archive—one contribution at a time.