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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International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture. Cornell Capa founded ICP in 1974 to champion “concerned photography”—socially and politically minded images that can educate and change the world. Through exhibitions, education programs, community outreach, and public programs, ICP offers an open forum for dialogue about the power of the image. The extensive collection of prints and materials unravels the rich history and ever-evolving photographic medium.
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MailChimp
used by 149 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
Drupal
used by 106 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 438 institutionsA popular open-source scripting language widely used for web development and server-side applications. Read more
Nginx
used by 214 institutionsA high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy known for its stability, rich feature set, and low resource consumption. Read more
Facebook Pixel
used by 191 institutionsA code snippet that tracks visitor actions on your website to optimize ad targeting and measure the effectiveness of Facebook advertising campaigns.
Amazon Web Services
used by 107 institutionsA comprehensive cloud computing platform offering a wide range of services for computing, storage, databases, analytics, machine learning, and more.
Pantheon
used by 21 institutionsA web ops platform for open-source Drupal and WordPress websites that offers hosting, automated workflows, and collaboration tools.
MailChimp
used by 141 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
Amazon S3
used by 36 institutionsAmazon's scalable storage service for object data that offers high durability, security, and performance for data storage and retrieval.
Cloudflare
used by 178 institutionsA global network service that provides content delivery network (CDN), DDoS mitigation, internet security, and distributed domain name server services.
Fastly
used by 21 institutionsA cloud platform that offers CDN, security, and edge computing services to accelerate web and application delivery.
core-js
used by 329 institutionsA modular standard library for JavaScript that provides polyfills for ECMAScript features.
jQuery
used by 485 institutionsA fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library that simplifies HTML document traversal, event handling, and animation.
Modernizr
used by 92 institutionsA JavaScript library that detects HTML5 and CSS3 features in the user’s browser, allowing for graceful degradation.
MariaDB
used by 21 institutionsA community-developed fork of MySQL that aims to maintain compatibility while providing additional features and performance improvements.
ACME Technologies
used by 6 institutions
Lightspeed eCom
used by 4 institutions
