Project Details
- Client: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art
- Location: Clinton, New York
- URL: emuseum-2022.hamilton.edu
- Features: Geographic map feature | eMuseum API | My Collections
- Project Type: Public-facing website
Seamless Integration with eMuseum
Built on eMuseum framework, the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art’s online collection blends effortlessly with the overall look and feel of their main website. Discover how the museum enriches their object records with a novel display of related geographical data, shown through a custom map feature at the end of each record.
A Teaching Museum with a Global Collection
Residing on the Hamilton College campus in Clinton, New York, the Wellin is a teaching museum that showcases the inner workings of a museum to students, along with a broad-reaching collection of 6,000 objects. The permanent collection’s holdings range from Ancient Mediterranean artifacts to British Modernism paintings and contemporary photography.
Mapping Collections for Deeper Insight
To bring these diverse objects together, the Wellin requested a personalized geological feature for their eMuseum site. Through a series of maps, each object record showcases the artist’s origin, where the object was made, excavated, or published, and even the location depicted in photographs and relevant paintings.
The objects within The Wellin’s collection are frequently studied by students, faculty, and researchers. To assist in the research process, their eMuseum object records hold rich historic and provenance detail, and they can be saved and sorted into groups using the Favorites feature.
