Case Studies

The first version was delivered September 2001. Working in partnership with the new media team at the CMA, Cogapp has continued development on the online collection ever since.

Visitor feedback:

Comment: What a thrill to be able to look at the collection of CMA! I have missed so many things while you are going through the renovation/addition stages and am grateful to know that I will be able to call up favorites whenever I want to see them by creating my "own collection." Thank you so much for offering this opportunity.

Comment: This is just wonderful! Very easy to use, very intuitive interface.

Comment: I loved the personal collection facility. It ws easy to use and full of interesting information.

Comment: Dear Sirs, I am a PhD Student in Barcelona, Catalonia. I have been browsing your web-catalogue: it is the best and most comprehensive I have never seen.

Comment: Regarding data base of collection. I just discovered your email card feature and sent my first card using a print from your collection. What a wonderful way to share your collection. I hope more images of your collection become available for this function.

Comment: the cleveland art museum website is wonderfull, and i ejoied much the tour i had. it made me verry courious to visit the place. i am new in united states of america, so i wanded to visit the culture institutions from the area. your site was one of the few that woke up my interest after seeing other websites. congratulatines, u did a nice work. i will shure be visiting u

What They Said

Leonard Steinbach, Chief Information Officer of CMA said recently of the Museum's partnership with Cogapp:
The depth and thoughtfulness of the CMA Online Collection is a tribute to our long-term relationship with Cogapp. The foundation of our relationship has always been our shared values and our enthusiasm for effective innovation, both of which are always well reflected in the work they do.

As described below, the American Association of Museums awarded a Silver MUSE award to the CMA Online Collection. The citation read in part:
Starting in 2001, the CMA Online Collection has grown from a simple systemcovering some thousand works with limited features to one featuring over forty times that number, with a range of special features described by the MUSE judges as: 'compelling, from ever-changing 'Today's Selections' to advanced search and access to keywords, from personal collections visitors can 'curate' and share, to e-cards for those who just want to say hello with their favourite discovery.'

Commending the Museum and its Online Collection for the intellectual respect and care for the audience that it demonstrates, the judges commented:
'it is the real thing - a rich resource, with a clean and clear design aesthetic, which offers [visitors] endless opportunities to make the CMA's objects their own.

In conclusion, the Judges said:
the CMA Collections Online is a great museum collection resource today, and sets the foundation for an even greater resource in the future'.

Awards

AAM Silver MUSE award, 2006