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.
As a community project facilitated by Base, we invite you to use and contribute to this growing resource.
Peabody Essex Museum
For over 220 years, PEM has been dedicated to collecting, preserving, and showcasing compelling artwork throughout history and from around the world.
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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
PHP
used by 438 institutionsA popular open-source scripting language widely used for web development and server-side applications. 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.
Google Analytics
used by 88 institutionsA web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic, offering detailed insights into user interactions and site performance. Read moreHotjar
used by 43 institutionsA behavior analytics tool that combines heatmaps, session recordings, and feedback surveys to help understand how users interact with your website.
Craft CMS
used by 25 institutionsA user-friendly content management system that emphasizes flexibility and control, making it ideal for custom web development. Read more
SEOmatic
used by 8 institutionsA powerful SEO plugin for Craft CMS that automates SEO best practices and provides extensive configuration options.
Yii
used by 25 institutionsA high-performance PHP framework for developing modern web applications efficiently.
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
GSAP
used by 92 institutionsA high-performance JavaScript library for creating animations and transitions in web development.
Dropbox
used by 3 institutionsA file hosting service that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, and personal cloud features.
Cloudflare
used by 178 institutionsA global network service that provides content delivery network (CDN), DDoS mitigation, internet security, and distributed domain name server services.
Google Hosted Libraries
used by 79 institutionsA content delivery network provided by Google that hosts popular JavaScript libraries for faster and more reliable delivery.
cdnjs
used by 89 institutionsA free and open-source content delivery network for JavaScript libraries, enabling faster loading of web pages by serving files from distributed servers.
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.
Shopify
used by 86 institutionsA comprehensive e-commerce platform that allows businesses to create and manage online stores with various sales and marketing tools. Read more
