Culture Index exists to catalog cultural institutions online, and highlight the best practices that inspire us.
Launching with a focus on museums and building from there, we are a resource for both research and discovery. Browse information about online communications, and discover ideas with examples of what’s possible for cultural institutions in the digital space.
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Denver Art Museum
The Denver Art Museum's mission is to enrich the lives of present and future generations through the acquisition, presentation, and preservation of works of art, supported by exemplary scholarship and public programs related to both its permanent collections and to temporary exhibitions presented by the museum. Founded in 1893 as the Denver Artists' Club, the Denver Art Museum today is one of the largest art museums between Chicago and the West Coast. The museum’s global art collections represent cultures around the world, with more than 70,000 works of art in 12 collections, including African art, architecture and design, art of the ancient Americas, Asian art, European and American art before 1900, Latin American art, Oceanic art, modern and contemporary art, photography, textile art and fashion, Indigenous arts of North America, and western American art.
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MailChimp
used by 159 institutionsMailchimp is a widely-used marketing platform that helps businesses manage and automate email campaigns. It offers tools for creating, sending, and analyzing emails, as well as managing subscriber lists. Read more
Google Analytics (GA4)
used by 317 institutionsGoogle's analytics platform that offers advanced tracking and analysis capabilities across web and app data for enhanced user behavior insights. Read moreFacebook Pixel
used by 213 institutionsA code snippet that tracks visitor actions on your website to optimize ad targeting and measure the effectiveness of Facebook advertising campaigns.
Siteimprove
used by 15 institutionsA digital optimization platform that provides insights and tools for improving website performance, accessibility, SEO, and content quality. Read more
Drupal
used by 112 institutionsAn open-source content management system known for its flexibility and extensive customization options, often used for complex and large-scale websites. Read more
PHP
used by 484 institutionsA popular open-source scripting language widely used for web development and server-side applications. Read more
Apache HTTP Server
used by 231 institutionsA widely-used open-source web server that provides powerful features and extensive customization options.
Amazon CloudFront
used by 23 institutionsA fast content delivery network service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency.
GoDaddy
used by 48 institutionsA web hosting and domain registration company that offers a range of services including website building and online marketing.
Amazon Web Services
used by 114 institutionsA comprehensive cloud computing platform offering a wide range of services for computing, storage, databases, analytics, machine learning, and more.
MailChimp
used by 151 institutionsMailchimp is a widely-used marketing platform that helps businesses manage and automate email campaigns. It offers tools for creating, sending, and analyzing emails, as well as managing subscriber lists. Read more
core-js
used by 364 institutionsA modular standard library for JavaScript that provides polyfills for ECMAScript features.
jQuery
used by 537 institutionsA fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library that simplifies HTML document traversal, event handling, and animation.
Lightbox
used by 42 institutionsA JavaScript library that displays images and videos in a clean, overlaying lightbox, enhancing user experience.
