A portal dedicated to the Principality's cultural heritage
Culture.mc is a large-scale project in which every detail has been carefully thought through, from its design to its use. The result is a platform that is aesthetically pleasing, accessible and technically powerful.
The site brings together all the players who shape Monaco's cultural scene. Thanks to a well-structured calendar, it centralises all upcoming events and offers a clear overview, making it easy to follow the programming without missing a thing. Whether it's a one-off or a recurring event, such as theatre plays or emblematic festivals (such as Printemps des Arts), the platform offers a varied cultural offering that is constantly updated by the players themselves.
Renowned institutions and varied themes
as well as museums (such as the New Monegasque National Museum and the Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology), Culture.mc reflects the diversity and richness of Monaco's heritage. Libraries and art education centres are also represented, covering a wide range of cultural interests.
What you'll find
Monaco's cultural calendar
Culture.mc offers a wealth of content, with pages dedicated to each cultural institution and a constantly updated diary organised into different themes (such as seasons, festivals and other categories of events). The "Seasons" and "Festivals" sections bring together events around the same theme or institution, creating links between them.
For each event, users can find all the information they need:
- full presentation
- target audience
- link to ticketing
- event status
- schedule
- other dates available
- related events
- organising bodies, etc.
Advanced filters have been integrated to enable visitors to navigate easily through the many options available (type of event, theme, language, audience, etc.).
Contribution tools for cultural players
A contributor space has been created for Monaco's cultural players. They can manage their events and news in a simple and intuitive way. Each institution can modify its pages, add events and go through a validation process with the DAC before publication.
This space, designed to be accessible even to digital novices, is also connected to other platforms to share events on sites such as YourMonaco or interactive terminals in the city.
Cultural players (museums, institutions, etc.) who have not yet registered can contact the DAC to join the platform. .
Users log in via their MonGuichet account (secure and nominative). This system guarantees the validity of users on Culture.mc and gives them personalised access to manage their content (events, cultural news, etc.).
Interactive map
The site features an interactive map of all the cultural 'facilities and venues', making it easy for visitors to locate events. This constantly evolving module will offer even more detailed information on cultural points of interest.
Archives
Finally, Culture.mc also keeps track of past events in an archive section, accessible via the search engine, enabling users to find information even after the events have ended.
This platform is aimed at...
Two specific sections have also been created to meet the needs of particular audiences: one dedicated to young people and the other to Monegasque heritage. These sections benefit from carefully selected curated content, highlighting events, news and online cultural offers tailored to these groups.
Culture.mc also offers online cultural content, such as podcasts and videos, accessible via specific pages entitled "Watch" and "Listen".
To enhance the user experience, these sections provide direct access to multimedia content via players integrated into the platform.
An enriched experience and innovative design
The Culture.mc website features a modern, interactive design, designed to provide a fluid, enjoyable user experience, even for novice users: for browsing, searching for specific content, or listing information about an event.
During the design phase, the Digital Services Department carried out tests with cultural players and visitors, enabling us to optimise the ergonomics and tree structure of the content.
Culture.mc is based on the Design System found on other government sites. However, this site stands out for its more creative aesthetic, adapted to Monaco's cultural universe. Specific blocks and graphic elements have been created to create a unique visual identity, and the use of colour reinforces this new "theme" in the Government's Design System.
The Culture.mc site joins more than 40 other sites already developed by Inforca for the Principality, while standing out graphically from the more institutional sites.
A search engine optimisation strategy and a high-performance portal
At the same time, in-depth work was carried out to optimise the site's natural referencing. From the outset, the sections and links have been designed to make the information accessible to search engines.
A maximum number of standards have been applied, and information directly intended for indexing robots has been added so that search engines can quickly position the site in the very first search results.
On the technical side, major efforts have been made to ensure fast, fluid browsing, despite the large number of events on Culture.mc. Filter performance has been optimised, as has the loading of images and content, to ensure a smooth browsing experience.
With a view to eco-design approach the project team also made some compromises on the number and weight of images used to optimise the site's performance.
What's planned for the future?
Our shared ambition is to make culture.mc the starting point for all internet users interested in culture in the Principality, in order to increase the number of visitors to all types of cultural events and venues. To achieve this, the DAC and DSN have already come up with some ambitious features that we hope to be able to help bring to fruition.
Interview by Alisée, Digital and Event Development Manager at Inforca, with Yohann, Director of Inforca's digital agency, and Sébastien, Lead Fullstack Developer at Inforca's digital agency.
