Page Comparison

General information

URL: http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/
City / Country: Lyon / France
Theme: Art
Languages: Français / English (limited)
Platforms: Web
Web accessibility: WCAG-1.0 WAI W3C
Outstanding characteristics: User comments. All website pages contain user comments. User can send a comment, read other visitor's comment, or view a list of comments available.

Maps

Floorplan

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/entete/infos_pratiques/plan-musee/plan_pratique
Interactive 3d floorplan. There is a menu that contains a list of features available on every floor. When user clicks on it, he can see each issue location, and its related images.

Virtual visit

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/modeleMBAFlash?flash=visite.swf&title=Visite virtuelle&displayPrint=0&view_zoom=1&width=570&height=350
3d sequence that shows a brief tour by the museum exteriors.

Exhibitions

Collections

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/collections-musee/chefs-oeuvre/plan1988/plan_chefs_d_oeuvre
Collections are divided by genders. Every section contains basically 4 groups of information:

Presentation

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/collections-musee/peintures/departement4598
Textual information.

Oeuvres choisies

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/collections-musee/peintures/oeuvres-peintures
Visual index of pieces, distributed in some pages. User can also access directly to a subsection by means of a pull-down menu.

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Pieces' information pages can contain variable information, depending on the case:

• A main image of the piece, with other views if available
• Textual information. In some cases, some of the words are clickable, to offer more information that appears on a new layer.
• Additional information (En savoir +), in different formats (textual, images, ...)

GOOD PRACTICE User can write a comment that is displayed on the page to be seen by other website visitors.

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Un peu d'histoire

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History of the museum related to each gender.

Plan

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/collections-musee/peintures/plan4443/plan_peintures
Floorplan of the section of the museum that allocates pieces of the selected gender.  User can see where each piece is (and link to piece's page), and select a subsection.

Exhibitions

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/expositions-musee/actualite
Information about current and past exhibitions.
User can make an online reservation (http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/formulaires/reservations_adultes/)

Resources

Scholarships

link
Downloadable activity cards (pdf format).

Dossiers pédagogiques

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Html-based pedagogic dossiers related to specific exhibitions.

Publications du musée

link
Pdf version of the museum publications.

Visit planning

Agenda

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/entete/agenda
Calendar of museum activities and exhibitions. Contains a searching feature.

Visit follow-up

GOOD PRACTICE User can write a comment that is displayed on the page to be seen by other website visitors (link)

Online community

No online community features.

Mobile features

No features for mobile devices.

Searching & browsing

Hierarchical menu with three levels appears on the top of the pages.

Search

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/recherche?recherche_field=egypte
Simple search feature. No advanced search available.

Site map

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/entete/sitemap
Clickable hierarchical map.

Subscription

RSS

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/infos/flux_rss/

Lettre d'information

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/lettres_d_informatio/
Email newsletter. Subscription only requires user to send his email.

Online transactions

Exhibitions - Online reservation

http://www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/formulaires/reservations_adultes/
Online form.

Outstanding best practices

User comments

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All website pages contain user comments. User can send a comment, read other visitor's comment, or view a list of comments available.
 User can also deactivate / activate comments visualization.