There is a language toggle button in the bottom right corner, but at least on my mobile device it is entirely obscured by the cookie disclosure button. And worse, the search seems entirely broken if you switch the site to English- I got no results searching eg. for everything in the "Painting" category.
Interesting this post appears in the same week as Paramount pulling the content of much of their archived cable TV content. The internet giveth and the internet taketh away.
Sorry to be that guy, but this site is terrible to navigate as a non-French speaker. I'm not sure it would be that great as a French speaker. I've seen online archives from other Museums that do a far better job of making their exhibits more accessible.
The ENG button on the bottom left only seems to translate basic boilerplate, not any description or other content. Browsers do a decent job of translation.
But the only thing you can do is search for stuff, there is no way to browse at all that is obvious to me. I prefer looking at Google Arts & Culture which is often well designed and photographed.
I am sure some poorly paid contractor built this site.
As a French guy. It mostly works for French speakers.
It's developed by an under-financed public service. Also, as a client, they are artists with no knowledge of accessibility and no clear view of what they need.
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Great resource, terrible site.
Why can't any serious museum create a good, simple image gallery? Low resolution, missing images, curatorial cruft, bad UI, dead ends.
Just show me the work. It shouldn't be so hard to use.
I like this one: https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection?q=&Artist=Vincent...
[1] https://cep.museepicassoparis.fr/explorer
[2] https://cep.museepicassoparis.fr/explorer/massacre-en-coree-...
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You can explore the collection here[2] it seems.
[1]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/translate/
[2]: https://cep.museepicassoparis.fr/explorer/auteur/91977?field...
But the resolution of the images are absolutely horrible...
Like: https://cep.museepicassoparis.fr/explorer/figure-mp1990-16 vs https://www.museedegrenoble.fr/oeuvre/43/1922-figure.htm
But the only thing you can do is search for stuff, there is no way to browse at all that is obvious to me. I prefer looking at Google Arts & Culture which is often well designed and photographed.
I am sure some poorly paid contractor built this site.
It's developed by an under-financed public service. Also, as a client, they are artists with no knowledge of accessibility and no clear view of what they need.
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