Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Art Museum - The British Museum

The British Museum; whenever I think of this I think of either Indiana Jones and his constant "It belongs in a museum" line or The Mummy with the character Evelyn Carnahan always trying to get a job there, iirc. At any rate, this museum is one place I would like to visit one day.

As far as their website goes, it looks very professional and up to date. It's straight forward and easy to follow, which is always a plus, and it doesn't appear to be Flash heavy. There's a different color scheme for each page. There is a main nav bar on the top and a subnav bar on the side, which has more links. The only time the subnav changes is on the "Explore" page when there's isn't a side navbar, instead there's a subnav under the main nav.

It's not text heavy or image heavy by any means; they definitely know how to lay out a website to make it work in the best way possible. I think this is a good example of a well done, functional museum website and I would be very surprised if such a renowned museum had anything less than this.