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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Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), the nation’s first collection of American art, is an unparalleled record of the American experience.The collection captures the aspirations, character, and imagination of the American people throughout three centuries. The museum is the home to one of the largest and most inclusive collections of American art in the world. Its artworks reveal key aspects of America’s rich artistic and cultural history from the colonial period to today. SAAM is a place to picture yourself in American art. As the global leader and trusted source on American art and craft, SAAM engages its community, the nation, and the world by exploring tradition and innovation while showcasing the bold and unexpected.
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Google Analytics (GA4)
used by 285 institutionsGoogle's analytics platform that offers advanced tracking and analysis capabilities across web and app data for enhanced user behavior insights. 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 moreCFML
used by 2 institutionsColdFusion Markup Language, a scripting language used for web development that simplifies the creation of dynamic web pages.
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
Alpine.js
used by 9 institutionsA lightweight JavaScript framework for composing behavior directly in HTML, similar to Vue.js but with a smaller footprint.
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.
jQuery
used by 485 institutionsA fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library that simplifies HTML document traversal, event handling, and animation.
Select2
used by 51 institutionsA jQuery-based replacement for select boxes that supports searching, tagging, and remote data sets.
jsDelivr
used by 63 institutionsA free and open-source CDN for web development that supports JavaScript libraries, CSS frameworks, and other assets from multiple sources.
Unpkg
used by 42 institutionsA fast, global CDN for everything on npm, making it easy to load JavaScript modules and other files from the npm registry.
Magneto
used by 1 institution
