Cataloguing national treasures with the Royal Collection Trust
A charity which looks after the Royal Collection; one of the most important art collections in the world
Established in 1987, the Royal Collection Trust is a department of the Royal Household. It is responsible for the care of the Royal Collection, and manages the public opening of the official residences of Her Majesty The Queen and the official London residence of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.
The Brief
We were contracted to build a new Drupal website to fulfil a variety of functionality for the Royal Collection:
Managed content
A content management system to allow content authors and site administrators to manage a whole host of content over a large site map. User experience
Ensure the site had a clear and usable navigation to help visitors discover a wealth of information with ease. Diverse presentation
Provide a variety of page templates so that content administrators can make decisions about the look and feel of their content, whilst ensuring consistency of style and branding throughout the site.
Solutions provided
- A fully content-managed website, updated by a range of content administrators
- Integration with a large library of existing assets such as images
- A discovery section that showcases tens-of-thousands of articles in the collection
- A variety of visually-engaging, content-rich landing pages
- Features such as search, email signup, fully content-managed exhibition and what's on sections and visitor information pages
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Go for launch!
The site launched in March 2012 and has been engaging and delighting those curious to find out more about the Royal Collection ever since.
Pivale no longer maintain the Royal Collection website and has since undergone many changes.
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