Amon Carter Museum

Web Design

The Amon Carter Museum of American art approached Bluecadet with the goal of redesigning their website and online collection explorer.

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Approach

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, in Fort Worth, Texas needed a robust collection explorer that allowed the general public to explore and engage with the artworks, while also functioning as a tool for researchers and museum employees.

The collection explorer

We built a collection explorer which features a clean, navigable, interface that is inviting for the casual visitor, but includes a robust, intuitive taxonomy, filtering, and flexible narrative system that allows curators to find works and easily organize the collection.

Key features included: Robust filtering system, object detail pages, artist pages, collection "themes" groupings.

Collection Architecture

One of the main challenges we had to address was how to organize the collection in a way that allows curators to develop narratives about the pieces, while also providing a structure that fosters clear navigation and exploration.

We ultimately landed on a system that is split into three distinct branches: All works, Themes, and Artists

Details

User flows
Wireframes
Final visual designs

Deliverables

Sketch
Google Docs and Slides

Tools + Software