By WKTV Staff
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum has launched their newly redesigned website.
The new design aims to provide an improved experience for all visitors, whether they are casual browsers, planning field trips and tours, exploring the digital collections or conducting research on the Ford administration.
The new website, www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov, has been designed with user and researcher feedback.
Key features include:
- Enhanced User Accessibility: With improved alt text and titles, the website’s thoughtful design ensures that visitors of all ages and technical abilities can easily navigate the information.
- Expanded Artifact Exploration: With limited physical space, a small percentage of the museum’s artifacts can be displayed. The new Digital Artifact Collection will showcase all the objects in the collection. Constantly growing, this digital resource allows users to not only search thematically, ranging from bicentennial materials to Head of State gifts, but users can also explore highlighted collections such as Betty Ford’s dresses and the many footballs gifted to the President. For those unable to visit the museum in person, users can also learn more about objects in our permanent and temporary exhibits.
- Detailed Presidential Activity Log with Accompanying Photographs: Users can explore the daily, nearly down-to-the-minute schedule of the President paired with pictures in the Daily Diary and Contact Sheets.
- Improved Research Tools: Researchers will benefit from the improved search functionalities, detailed metadata and timelines for both the President and First Lady.
- Improved Access to Virtual Exhibits: Experience the original, curated, online exhibits easily with the revamped website such as the 1976 Presidential Election and The Watergate Files.
Enhanced interaction
“Launching the new website represents a significant step forward in our mission to make our resources more accessible and engaging for everyone,” said Brooke Clement, Director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum.
“We are proud to be able to enhance the ways people can interact with our collections and to make our shared history more readily available.”
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum invites everyone to explore the new website and discover the wealth of resources and experiences it offers.
