idea 36 · build only
Smart 404
A lost visitor gets the collection, not a dead end.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
Object permalinks get shared, quoted in papers and mistyped. The 404 is a collection page whether you like it or not.
https://www.metmuseum.org/hubs/open-access404
That object is not here
The link you followed points at an accession number this collection does not hold.
/object/1987.334.b
Closest in the collection
A dead end sends people back to a search engine. A 404 that searches for what they typed keeps them.
It takes what was in the broken URL, puts it in the search box already typed, and offers the nearest accession numbers by common prefix. Object permalinks get quoted in papers and mistyped in emails for decades, so this page gets more traffic than anyone expects.