Great museum websites

[bunn]

Does anyone have any opinions on great museum websites that you have run across recently?  If so, what struck you as good about 'em?  I'm on the hunt for ideas.

I do like the Ashmolean one - even if I'm not 100% convinced by the slideshow, the way they get a lot of good points for the museum onto the homepage without it looking cluttered is very nice.

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[ozisim.livejournal.com]

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com
Home page is full of relevant stuff, but not too busy, and not a scroll wheel marathon.
All the important stuff top left under a box labelled "Planning your Visit"
And the further you move along those boxes to the right, the more detailed the information gets.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I like the way they've got it all on one screen, but I wonder if that small font size is an issue for some readers.

[ozisim.livejournal.com]

Ahh.
So I am vision impaired so have the accessibility settings on my computers all set to make life easier.
So I didn't notice that the fonts were small, because the site didn't ignore my accessability settings because it thinks it knows best. - that is one of my biggest pet hates. I even occasionally run across sites that won't let you zoom in!!! Ridiculous!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

That annoys me too, although I think it's become a bit less common now that everyone is using different devices and browsers.

When a site owner was in a situation where everyone (he knew) was using more or less the same browser and screen resolution, it was really hard to convince them that there were people looking at the same website and unable to read it without upping the font size. :-/