Museum & heritage website design & development

Museum & heritage website development

The web gives museums and heritage sites the potential to develop and grow beyond the limits of their venue, their visitors and their expectations for their budget.

It provides the ability to deliver a wider range of information about the collection, exhibitions and venue, and to include images, content, and access to areas not currently available to the general public. It can be low maintenance, developed in phased production and is a cost-effective way of offering more.

The web also offers the unique opportunity to use multimedia and databases to create exciting interactive online learning, flexible exploring of content by researchers while meeting the needs of enthusiasts and casual visitors, as well as information management for staff and curators.

• Online information delivery
• Educational projects
• Creating community
• Advertising and promotion
• Online museum shops
• Foreign language translation

Online information delivery

The web empowers small and large museums to create the interactive user experience, allowing users to drive the level of information they require - ranging from a light interest, to an enthusiast, to a researcher.

Multimedia can create the experience the ‘light interest’ visitor is looking for, while an online database or content information system gives the access to in-depth information a ‘researcher’ requires.

Information delivery is not restricted to a single approach.

The web can be displayed in-gallery; interactive in-gallery CD delivered presentations can link up with interactive web projects; monthly e-newsletters create a continuing learning experience as well as promoting interest in items and collections; and interactive projects can not only deliver information but also collect information for future generations about our current lives and memories.

Information delivery does not always have to be free! Creating an exhibition CD or an educational CD for schools does not need to be expensive, and could offer you the ability to sell the product on-site or on-line. For more information > contact us

Educational projects

Learning can start before, during and after the visit. Interactive online projects offers users the ability to explore items over and beyond that available within the museum visit.

Zooms can be used to investigate details, rotation allows access to inaccessible areas, panoramas with rollover information allows identification and context, and audio brings writing to life.

Educational projects for schools can include online activities for children and whiteboard delivery, classroom activities downloaded via the website, and on-site activities downloaded via the website.

Post visit activities can include the posting of children’s work on the website. Educational projects can also include investigations of museum materials, interactive explorations, and resources, lessons and learning grids for teachers.

Projects do not need to be large and can be developed in a phased approach to suit budget requirements. For more information > contact us

Creating community

Modern technology offers a unique way for people to become involved whether it is through online forums and e-newsletters for enthusiasts for the museum or exhibition, the collection and sharing of memories and personal items, or accessing experts though online interviews, articles and video lectures. For more information > contact us

Advertising and promotion

The web offers an amazing opportunity to create exciting marketing projects beyond usual expectations. Nowadays it is not enough to simply have a website which mentions your opening times; potential visitors are looking for more!

With the emphasis of web advertising and marketing being on the delivery of information, museums and heritage projects are in an ideal position to share their resources and receive the marketing benefits. For more information > contact us

Online museum shops

An ideal way to expand the customer base for a museum shop is to create an online version. For small museums or visitor attractions this can be as simple as using PayPal for a limited number of items; for larger museums, we can build a full online shop with sophisticated e-commerce capability. Both options can be easily linked to email campaigns to promote special offers and new products. For more information > contact us

Foreign language translation

Where museums have a high number of foreign language visitors, the web can be used to easily supply visitors with museum and exhibition information in a number of languages. This has the advantage of promoting the museum through foreign language online searches as well as reducing the cost of producing paper-based materials in a wide range of language editions. Foreign language e-pamphlets or e-leaflets can be produced at relatively low cost and sold or distributed online. For more information > contact us

See our > portfolio for examples of our work.