Case Study: The Henry Ford achieves global access to 56,000+ artifacts with Progress Sitefinity

The Henry Ford Makes Massive Artifact Collection Available Online with Progress

The Henry Ford, an internationally recognized museum with a 26‑million‑artifact archive, needed to make its vast collection accessible online — only 5% was on display and digital assets were scattered across 40+ sites and multiple repositories (56,000+ images/videos, ~1.5 TB). The Digital and Emerging Media team required a responsive, SEO‑friendly, cost‑effective solution that could consolidate disparate systems, support mobile users and improve the overall digital customer experience.

Perficient Digital implemented Progress Sitefinity CMS to unify content, create relationships between stories and raw data, consolidate search and add e‑commerce for high‑resolution image sales, while integrating ticketing, collections, video, mapping and payments. Since launch the site has seen visits up 12%, digital collections usage up 155%, social referrals more than double, online revenue up 24% and about a 50% efficiency gain in site maintenance — opening new audiences and revenue streams.

The Henry Ford

Matt Majeski

Director, Digital and Emerging Media