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Frick
Welcome to The Frick Collection. Internationally recognized as a premier museum and research center, the Frick is known for its distinguished Old Master paintings and outstanding examples of European sculpture and decorative arts. The collection originated with Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), who bequeathed his home, paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts to the public for their enjoyment. The institution’s holdings—which encompass masterworks from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century—have grown over the decades, more than doubling in size since the opening of the museum in 1935. A critical component of the institution is the Frick Art Research Library, founded in 1920 by Helen Clay Frick, daughter of the museum’s founder. Recognized as one of the world’s top art history research centers, it has served students, scholars, and members of the public free of charge for generations.
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MailChimp
used by 149 institutionsMailchimp is a widely-used marketing platform that helps businesses manage and automate email campaigns. It offers tools for creating, sending, and analyzing emails, as well as managing subscriber lists. Read more
Google Analytics (GA4)
used by 285 institutionsGoogle's analytics platform that offers advanced tracking and analysis capabilities across web and app data for enhanced user behavior insights. Read moreFacebook Pixel
used by 191 institutionsA code snippet that tracks visitor actions on your website to optimize ad targeting and measure the effectiveness of Facebook advertising campaigns.
Drupal
used by 106 institutionsAn open-source content management system known for its flexibility and extensive customization options, often used for complex and large-scale websites. Read more
PHP
used by 438 institutionsA popular open-source scripting language widely used for web development and server-side applications. Read moreTypeScript
used by 18 institutionsA statically-typed superset of JavaScript that adds optional type checking and is used for developing large-scale applications.
Amazon Web Services
used by 107 institutionsA comprehensive cloud computing platform offering a wide range of services for computing, storage, databases, analytics, machine learning, and more.
Acquia Cloud Platform
used by 16 institutionsA cloud hosting and development platform for Drupal that provides tools for building, deploying, and managing digital experiences.
MailChimp
used by 141 institutionsMailchimp is a widely-used marketing platform that helps businesses manage and automate email campaigns. It offers tools for creating, sending, and analyzing emails, as well as managing subscriber lists. Read more
core-js
used by 329 institutionsA modular standard library for JavaScript that provides polyfills for ECMAScript features.
LazySizes
used by 88 institutionsA lazy loading library for images, iframes, and other media that optimizes loading by only loading elements when they enter the viewport.
jQuery
used by 485 institutionsA fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library that simplifies HTML document traversal, event handling, and animation.
jsDelivr
used by 63 institutionsA free and open-source CDN for web development that supports JavaScript libraries, CSS frameworks, and other assets from multiple sources.
ACME Technologies
used by 6 institutions
BigCommerce
used by 8 institutions