Case Study: Hammer Museum opens its collection to the public with Cogapp

Hammer Museum launches online collection of 50,000 works with Cogapp

The Hammer Museum, a cornerstone of Los Angeles's artistic landscape, sought to make its vast and eclectic collection of thousands of artworks accessible online for the first time. Their challenge was to create a sustainable digital infrastructure that would provide powerful search tools and align with their core mission of public accessibility and free admission. They partnered with digital agency Cogapp to build a new online collections website.

Cogapp delivered a robust and fully accessible online collection featuring intuitive and advanced search functionality, automated data updates from the museum's systems, and unique features like a "My Collection" tool for saving artworks and integrated "onward journeys" for discovery. The solution made nearly every work in the Hammer's holdings available in high resolution for public enjoyment and academic use. Cogapp's work successfully provided unprecedented access to the collection, fostering deeper engagement with a global audience and enhancing the museum's educational impact.

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