diff --git a/scripts/metadata-html-builder.js b/scripts/metadata-html-builder.js
index 8ae18086..92da6528 100644
--- a/scripts/metadata-html-builder.js
+++ b/scripts/metadata-html-builder.js
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ export async function fetchMetadataAndCreateHTML(metadataViewConfig, assetData,
   if (assetData === undefined || assetJSON === undefined) {
     assetJSON = await getAssetMetadata(getAssetIdFromURL());
   }
+  // Remove "urn:aaid:aem:" prefix from displayed 'assetId' value
+  if (assetJSON.assetId) {
+    // A deep copy of the assetJSON object is created to avoid modifying the original object
+    assetJSON = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(assetJSON));
+    assetJSON.assetId = assetJSON.assetId.replace('urn:aaid:aem:', '');
+  }
 
   const metadataContainer = document.createElement('div');
   metadataContainer.classList.add('metadata-container');
diff --git a/scripts/metadata.js b/scripts/metadata.js
index f9368c5a..ccc53b8b 100644
--- a/scripts/metadata.js
+++ b/scripts/metadata.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { fetchCached } from './fetch-util.js';
 import { getBaseConfigPath, getMetadataConfigs } from './site-config.js';
 
 const SEARCH_FIELD_TO_POLARIS_API_MAP = {
+  uuid: 'assetId',
   'dc-format': 'repositoryMetadata.dc:format',
   'repo-name': 'repositoryMetadata.repo:name',
   'repo-createDate': 'repositoryMetadata.repo:createDate',