The National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI) has embarked on web transformation project to make its sites more user friendly and accessible to everyone.
The NMSI completed the first phase of the work last month, when it switched on the Science Museum website's new Sitecore content management system.
As a result, the technology, which was implemented by Eduserv, the not-for-profit IT services group, is delivering an enhanced, interactive user experience to some 6.5 million visitors who go to the site to look at more than 2,500 objects from the museum's vast collection.
The NMSI now plans to build on this initial phase by integrating the site with others in it portfolio - such as the National Railway Museum and the National Media Museum - in addition to ensuring that they adhere to the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C's) Web Accessibility Initiative.
"NMSI offers visitors the opportunity to explore science, technology and innovation in a fun and engaging way. To do this, we need to have the right technology platforms in place," said Mel Burns, the NMSI's chief information officer (CIO).
"Eduserv has delivered a content management system that we hope will help us to enhance the visitor experience and allow our staff to author, approve and upload content faster without duplicating effort. With the launch of our new Information Group and the CMS we hope to make more of our fabulous assets and information available to more people, quicker and better.
"Sitecore will allow non-technical staff to quickly and easily create and load content which will help us to achieve our aim."
