Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens’ mission is to provide authentic Japanese cultural experiences that entertain, educate and inspire. Since opening in 1977, Morikami has been a center for Japanese arts and culture in South Florida. With rotating exhibitions, tea ceremonies performed monthly in the Seishin-an tea house, educational outreach programs with local schools and organizations, and Japanese traditional festivals celebrated for the public several times a year, Morikami strives to spread appreciation for the living culture of Japan.

Morikami underwent a major redesign and update over the summer of 2019. Project goals focused on updating visual branding assets and content, aligning the user experience with contemporary standards, streamlining the navigation architecture, and developing a brand new automated membership management platform.

Backend improvements included updating the content management interface to make it easier for multiple admin users to remain on brand when creating new content. The end result makes it much easier for admins from the retail store, education department, membership department, and marketing department to manage a dynamic ecommerce environment that has more than 200 retail products and an even higher number of education and membership products.