Custom Museum Website Design

Increase engagement and connect with your visitors, donors and volunteers with a website built specifically for your museum’s needs. We design museum websites that can handle the needs of growing organizations.

Envision your fully custom, easy-to-update museum website.

You want to draw more visitors and be the authority on your subject matter. You have events to promote and info to share. Your website should be the marketing hub for your organization, but if it’s providing a frustrating experience for you and your visitors, it could be costing you growth.

We evaluate your unique needs and goals to design a website that meets your needs today, and has room to grow with you. You’ll be able to stop fighting with your website so you can focus on your goals.

We partner with museums, historical sites and cultural institutions of all sizes.

Museum + Cultural Institution

Des Moines Art Center

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Ready to make their website propel their mission, Des Moines Art Center partnered with Landslide Creative to rethink and re-energize the museum’s online presence.

Museum + Cultural Institution

Historic Locust Grove

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We created a design inspired by the historic home and surrounding natural environment to reinvigorate the online experience and engage their community.

Museum + Cultural Institution

Harn Museum of Art

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We migrated the site to Wordpress for more streamlined administration, and used it as an opportunity to restructure the site and improve the user experience.

Museum + Cultural Institution

Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

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We reorganized the site to accommodate a large volume of content, while keeping the navigation simple and intuitive.

Faith-Based

The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation and Culture

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We organized a large volume of articles and educational material while providing a tranquil experience for visitors.

Website Strategy

Every successful museum website starts with a strong strategic plan.

We begin by listening, getting a thorough understanding of your challenges, goals, and brand character. We then create tailored plan that addresses your specific objectives. This process allows us to be responsible stewards of your resources and deliver a substantial return on your investment with a website that effectively supports your mission.

Our Website Strategy Process

Strategy-Driven Approach

Instead of jumping right into design trends or features, we take time to meet with your stakeholders and understand your goals, audiences, and workflows. A strategy-first process means every decision is intentional and aligned with your goals to facilitate meaningful interactions.

Intuitive Site Map & Navigation

We construct user journeys for your target audiences and outline your existing and new content areas. With these guides, we create a site map and information architecture that intuitively organizes your content and leverages smart user experience patterns.

Audience Prioritization

Museums and cultural institutions have many constituencies to serve through their website — visitors, donors, educators, members, volunteers, and researchers, just to name a few. We help you prioritize and balance competing needs to create optimal user experiences for every user.

Conversions & Calls to Action

Your museum website should engage visitors and prompt action. We work with you to lay out your key conversion opportunities — whether it’s making a donation, becoming a member, planning an in-person visit, or other connection point — and orient your site around these calls to action.

Anne M.

Marketing & Communications Manager

“This is your sign, hire Landslide Creative…they’re great!”

“We used Landslide Creative for a complete website redesign and we are thrilled with the results! Landslide’s experience integrating Tessitura was also a huge plus for us, as well as their full transparency with pricing…The entire Landslide team was always incredibly responsive and attentive to our changing needs. Our entire organization is thrilled with our new, fully-accessible website.”

Chris

Marketing Director

“Their dedication to our project was above and beyond their call of duty.”

“The team at Landslide Creative was an absolute pleasure to work with. Their dedication to our project was above and beyond their call of duty and the new website was absolutely pristine at the time of launch. They were the only organization to take the time to visit our location, demonstrating a deep commitment to their customers as more than just a dollar amount. It was a personal touch that you don’t see much anymore.”

Website Design

Custom Website Design Services for Museums, Art Galleries & Historical Sites

Whether you have an existing visual brand you love or you’re ready for a design refresh, your museum website will be custom designed based on your brand personality, while prioritizing UX best practices and accessibility.

We follow an iterative design process that starts with wireframes and preliminary design concepts and moves to full page mock-ups. You provide feedback along the way, guaranteeing you love the final product.

  • Mobile-Friendly Design

    We take a mobile-first approach with responsive design so your website works seamlessly on all devices.

  • Accessible Design

    We use best practices for accessible web design and follow WCAG standards.

Our Web Design Process

Website Development

Smart Museum Website Development to Maximize Your Reach

We build for your needs today, and look ahead to anticipate future growth, so you’re set up for long-term success.

Our Website Development Process

Full Control with PageBuilderLS

We created PageBuilderLS, our custom page builder tool, to give you the control to quickly and easily add, remove and edit content without compromising the design of the site. No coding or advanced knowledge is needed, and your site is extremely flexible so that it can accommodate your changing needs.

Integration with Your Third-Party Tools

We can integrate your website with the third-party tools you rely on, such as Tessitura, Blackbaud, eMusuem and others. Seamlessly sell tickets, accept donations, manage collections, and more.

Multi-Layer Security, Performance & Analytics

We factor in security and efficiency at every step to ensure your site is safe and reliable with fast loading times for peak performance. Ongoing analytics reviews help us uncover new opportunities.

Search Engine Optimization Grows Your Reach

We implement best practices for search engine optimization so you can get found by your target audiences. We can provide ongoing optimization for continuous improvement.

A Website That Scales with Your Organization

We protect your investment by building your site so it can scale with you as you grow and your needs evolve over time. You won’t need to redesign your website anytime soon.

Training & Support You Can Count On

Your website launch is just the beginning of our partnership. We’ll train your team members who will be maintaining your site. We are only ever a phone call or email away, if you have a question or need assistance.

MUSEUM Website Features

What features are included with our museum website design services?

Our custom web design and development packages include all of the essential features and functionality, and we work with you to prioritize any advanced features you might need. Use the arrows below to see examples of features of your new museum website.

Questions About Museum Website Design

  • What makes Landslide Creative your preferred museum website company?

    You’re our primary focus. We’re a small company, and we use that to your advantage. Our senior team is hands-on with your project, and we can be highly responsive and agile.

    We have have museum design experience. Our clients are primarily mission-driven organizations that share similar goals to impact and connect with their community. We’ve developed best practices to specifically serve these organizations efficiently and effectively.

    You’ll actually like working with us. We’re serious about our work, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We love what we do, and that comes through our process. After all, a website launch is a major project. Let’s enjoy the process!

  • How does website pricing work?

    We break our website pricing into two distinct parts:

    The strategic planning phase comes first and includes an in-person or virtual LaunchPlan strategy session. During this session, we get into the details of your big-picture objectives and technical requirements and brainstorm any additional features or functionality you would like to see. This ensures we have an accurate picture of what you need and want in your website, and allows us to develop a comprehensive plan for execution.

    After the strategic plan is completed and approved, we put together a detailed statement of work (SOW) for the design and development phase and provide a final price based on executing it as specified.

    If you have a specific budget, we can typically work with you to create a plan to maximize your value.

    If you are working with an RFP, please send a copy to [email protected], and we’ll be happy to respond!

  • Will you respond to my museum website request for proposals (RFP)?

    Yes! Please send your RFP to [email protected], and we’ll follow up with any questions.

  • Do you provide hosting, security or maintenance?

    Yes, we provide website hosting, security and maintenance.

    We can also work with your internal team or an existing provider if you prefer.

    We do not require any ongoing maintenance contracts. Because of the flexibility and control of our system, our clients typically have few maintenance requests. However, we are always available to provide small or large scale maintenance as needed.

  • What additional digital marketing services do you provide?

    We can provide a variety of powerful marketing and creative services that increase the reach and engagement of your site: content production, ongoing search engine optimization, remote user testing, video production, graphic design, and more.

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