RICHMOND, Va. (January 26, 2010) – Ironworks, a management, Web and IT consulting firm, has been awarded a contract with the Virginia Information Technology Agency (VITA) on behalf of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) to design and build its new website.
Ironworks will implement a new content management system along with a full creative redesign of the VMFA’s site (www.vmfa.museum), creating a fresh and engaging user experience. The content management system will offer the Museum content owners more control of the website, while establishing the foundation to more easily expand site functionality and better align with the future vision around social media, online collections, user-contributed content, and more.
The new website comes at an exciting time for VMFA, in the midst of a massive expansion project that will add 165,000 new square feet to its existing 380,000 square-foot building. Expected to be completed by May of 2010, the new space and site will transform the way visitors experience VMFA exhibits, both in its Richmond, VA, location as well as on the Web.
“The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is transforming its existing galleries with the addition of the James and Frances McGlothlin Wing, the Claiborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden and a 600 space parking deck museum complex,” states director Alex Nyerges. “Not only will the galleries be dynamic with increased space for permanent collections and special exhibitions, the overall visitor experience will be accessible, inclusive and fun. We are confident that the new website will reflect the museum experience and overall quality that represents a top ten museum such as the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,” he continued.
The six-month bidding process was extremely competitive, with Ironworks beating out many other reputable firms. Ironworks, founded in 2001 and headquartered in Richmond, VA, with 250 employees across 5 offices, is known for bringing strategy and design capabilities along with the technical expertise to deliver the most appropriate solution for the client. “We are very excited to be working with VMFA to build the online presence in conjunction with the major transformation underway for the Museum.” said Will Loving, Ironworks Co-Founder and COO.
For more information about the Statewide Contract, visit VITA's website.
About Ironworks Consulting
Ironworks is a management, IT and Web consulting firm with one mission - never fail a client. Ironworks offers expertise to clients nationwide in the practice areas of Strategy and Program Management, Business Process Improvement, User Experience, Content Management, Portal Solutions, Enterprise Search, Service-Oriented Architecture, and Business Intelligence. Headquartered in Richmond, Va., Ironworks also operates from offices in Tysons Corner, Va., Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C., and Minneapolis, Minn. For more information, visit www.ironworks.com.
About the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts serves visitors with extensive exhibition and arts education programs in Richmond and throughout the commonwealth. The grand opening will be on May 1, 2010.
VMFA’s collection features a panorama of world art spanning creative achievements from ancient times to the present. Outstanding offerings are the Mellon collections of British Sporting Art and French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, including nine original waxes and seven bronzes by Edgar Degas; the Lewis collections of Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, Art Deco and Modern decorative arts and Modern and Contemporary painting and sculpture; the Pratt Collection of Russian imperial Easter eggs and objects of fantasy from the workshops of master jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé; the Gans collection of English silver; European and American paintings, works on paper and sculptures, including masterworks by Francisco Goya, Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt and Augustus Saint-Gaudens; the collection of Ancient, Classical and Egyptian art, including a rare, life-sized marble statue from the 1st century A.D. of the Roman emperor Caligula; and one of the world’s leading collections of the art of India, Nepal and Tibet.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is an educational institution of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The museum is on the Boulevard at Grove Avenue. Admission to the museum is free, although there may be a fee for special exhibitions. For additional information about exhibitions and programs, telephone (804) 340-1400 or visit the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts web site, www.vmfa.museum.