Academic Project Notice: This website is a non-commercial student project created as part of the Advanced Web Programming and PHP Programming module at University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica. It serves exclusively as an academic exercise and does not pursue any commercial purpose.
Information pursuant to § 5 TMG (German Telemedia Act)
Responsible Person
Paula SchwalmStudent, University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica
Zagrebačka Ul. 5
10410 Velika Gorica
Croatia
Contact
E-Mail: paula.schwalm@mni.thm.de
Responsible for Content pursuant to § 18 Abs. 2 MStV
Paula Schwalm (address as above)
Academic Context
This platform was developed within the Advanced Web Programming and PHP Programming module at University of Applied Sciences Velika Gorica, as a semester project. The application is operated exclusively for educational purposes and is not intended for commercial use.
Supervisor and academic institution: Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Fachbereich MNI, Wiesenstraße 14, 35390 Gießen.
Hosting
This website is hosted by:
Hetzner Online GmbHIndustriestr. 25
91710 Gunzenhausen
Germany
Website: www.hetzner.com
Hetzner's data centres are located in Germany and Finland. Data transmitted to or stored on this platform is processed within the European Union.
Third-Party Services & Open-Source Libraries
This platform makes use of the following third-party services and open-source libraries:
| Name | Purpose | Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Leaflet.js | Interactive museum map | leafletjs.com — BSD 2-Clause Licence |
| OpenStreetMap | Map tiles displayed via Leaflet | openstreetmap.org — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL |
| Font Awesome Free | Icons throughout the interface | fontawesome.com — CC BY 4.0 / SIL OFL 1.1 / MIT |
| Art Institute of Chicago API | Artwork search & discovery | api.artic.edu — free public API |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art API | Artwork search & discovery | metmuseum.github.io — free public API |
| Nominatim / OpenStreetMap Geocoding | Geocoding museum addresses for the map | nominatim.openstreetmap.org — ODbL |
Image Sources
Images used on this platform originate from the following sources:
- Pexels — free stock photos used for UI backgrounds and decorative imagery. All Pexels images are licensed under the Pexels Licence (free to use, no attribution required).
- Wikimedia Commons / Wikipedia — public domain and freely licenced artwork reproductions. Each image is subject to the licence stated on its respective Wikimedia Commons page.
- Art Institute of Chicago & Metropolitan Museum of Art APIs — artwork images retrieved via their public APIs. These institutions make their open-access collections available under a CC0 Public Domain Dedication.
User-uploaded images are the responsibility of the respective uploading user. See Section 6 of our Terms and Conditions for details.
Disclaimer
Liability for Content
As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general law pursuant to § 7 Abs. 1 TMG. According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG, however, we are not obligated to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity.
Obligations to remove or block the use of information under general law remain unaffected. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the time of knowledge of a specific infringement. Upon becoming aware of corresponding legal violations, we will remove this content immediately.
Liability for Links
Our website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. We cannot therefore assume any liability for this external content. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal content was not recognisable at the time of linking.
A permanent content control of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of an infringement. Upon becoming aware of legal violations, we will remove such links immediately.
Copyright
The content and works created by the site operator on these pages are subject to German copyright law. Duplication, processing, distribution or any form of commercialisation of such material beyond the scope of the copyright law shall require the prior written consent of its respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of these pages are only permitted for private, non-commercial use.
Where content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, third-party content is identified as such. If you should nonetheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please inform us accordingly. Upon becoming aware of legal violations, we will remove such content immediately.