Looking for gallery/archive plugin

Hello everyone, I am wondering if you can help me out with a problem. I’ve looked around the net but haven’t found a plugin that really suits the need I have. I intend on creating a series of galleries for different topics, possibly through different albums within each gallery.

The goal is to create something similar to an archive of information. Using not only text but photos of historical documents and occurrences. Ideally, through tags, categories, or searching, a user would be able to find more information on a specific topic. Likely, they would find a gallery or tag.

I’ve tried using NextGen gallery, but it doesn’t quite have the customization, or settings I require for what I am looking for. So, a plugin that suits this is ideal.

Thanks in advance for any feedback, or help.