Massachussetts Museum of Contemporary Arts
General information
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URL: http://www.massmoca.org/
City / Country: North Adams, MA / USA
Theme: Art
Languages: English
Platforms: Web
Web accessibility: Not specified. /W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Mission: "More than 80 major new works of art and more than 50 performances have been created through fabrication and rehearsal residencies in North Adams, making MASS MoCA perhaps the most fertile site in the country for new art. The museum thrives on making and presenting work that is fresh, surprising, and challenging." (http://www.massmoca.org/mission.php)
Outstanding characteristics: Sol LeWitt Retrospective website.
Maps
No maps available.
Exhibitions
In the galleries
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http://www.massmoca.org/search_results.php?st=2&search=11
Information about current Gallery events. Displays current events, and also allows user to:
- Search by date
- Search by date range
- Search by category
User can retrieve more information about an event by clicking on it. Event info pages usually contain textual information, but in some cases there are also links to external sites or videos.
Performing arts
http://www.massmoca.org/search_results.php?st=2&search=30
Information about current Performing Arts events. Displays current events, and also allows user to:
- Search by date
- Search by date range
- Search by category
User can retrieve more information about an event by clicking on it. Event info pages usually contain textual information.
User can buy tickets directly from the event page.
Resources
Kidspace
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http://www.massmoca.org/kidspace/
Contains activity cards, teacher guides and other resources, all of them in pdf format.
Podcasts
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http://www.imamuseum.org/for-educators
The IMA offers resources, many designed to meet Indiana Academic Standards and available free of charge, for learning about our world and the people in it.
Contains Theme tours http://www.imamuseum.org/for-educators/k-12/theme-tours  (with activities in pdf), and lesson plans (pdf and doc).
Visit planning
No special features to plan the visit.
Visit follow-up
No special features to follow-up the visit.
Online community
Blog
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http://blog.massmoca.org/
Blog design is plenty consistent to the whole MASS Moca website.
Mobile features
No features for mobile devices.
Searching & browsing
Browsing behavior based on a main top menu. Subsections are displayed by rollover.
When the user clicks on an option, a menu of its subsections appears at the left side of the page.
Search
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The search box appears permanently at the top right of every page.
Google custom search, without advanced search.
Search events
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http://www.massmoca.org/search_results.php?st=6
Calendar, In the galleries and Performing arts sections contain two types of searching options:
- Search by date
- Search by date range
Site map
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http://www.massmoca.org/sitemap.php
Site index (clickable hierarchical tree)
Subscription
Email newsletter
http://www.mainstreetmail.com/signup/index.php?listID=741&redirect=http://www.massmoca.org
E-mail list
Online transactions
Email newsletter
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http://www.mainstreetmail.com/signup/index.php?listID=741&redirect=http://www.massmoca.org
Redirects to Main Street mail. User has to submit his email address to receive email newsletter.
Online Store
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http://www.massmoca.org/hardware.php
Coming soon. Not yet available.
Buy your tickets
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http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=2324
Links to an external application in a new window. Different look-and-feel from the main website.
Membership
http://www.massmoca.org/membership.php
Links to an external application (Virtual Cart, secure shopping) in the same window. Different look-and-feel from the main website.
Annual Fund
http://www.massmoca.org/annual-fund.php
User can make a donation to support MASS MoCA's Annual Fund. Links to an external application (Virtual Cart, secure shopping) in the same window. Different look-and-feel from the main website.
Outstanding best practices
Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective
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http://www.massmoca.org/lewitt/
Exhibition website
User can visit Sol LeWitt works selecting one of these three options:
View by grid
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http://www.massmoca.org/lewitt/grid.php
View by floorplan
http://www.massmoca.org/lewitt/floorplan.php
GOOD PRACTICE View timelapse
http://www.massmoca.org/lewitt/timelapse.php?id=16
Allows user to observe the whole process of development of a Wall Drawing, either in sequential order (playing the video) or controlling a scrollable timeline.
GOOD PRACTICE Download the audio tour
User can download a podcast audio tour of the Lewitt installation from itunes