Index of Tours, Apps and Mobile Programs
Do you know of a museum or other cultural site with mobile tours or apps?
Please add it to the list below (alphabetically by museum or venue name) and, if you can, post a review or other useful information in the Reviews section; here’s how.
Mobile Index
Please include links to the Museum’s or exhibition website and app where applicable. It’s also helpful to note the designer/producer of the tour (if other than the museum), and indicate if the mobile program is free or comes at a charge to the public.
American Museum of Natural History
- Dinosaurs App
- Review by Nancy Proctor, 9 Feb 2010
- Explorer App
- Reviewed by Robin White Owen and Sherri Wasserman, 18 Aug 2010
- Reviewed by Robin White Owen and Sherri Wasserman, 18 Aug 2010
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
- iPod Touch Tour
- Reviewed by Koven Smith 29 Jan 2010
Dallas Museum of Art
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
De Young Museum
- The Warhol Live audio tour
The Hunterian
- 12 Highlights from the Collection, free from iTunes
Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA)
- Sacred Spain TAP-TourML multimedia tour
- Reviewed by Museums Studies students from IUPUI Autumn 2009
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York
- Voices of Liberty, iPod Touch component of the exhibition, available on-site at the museum
Museum of London, UK
- StreetMuseum free from iTunes
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- iAfrica App, free from iTunes
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery, London
- Love Art App, $2.99 from Antenna Audio
National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC
- Vantage Point exhibition cross-platform mobile interpretation solution
- Reviewed by Nancy Proctor 15 October 2010
National Museum of the American Indian, New York City
- Infinity of Nations exhibition app
- Reviewed by Robin White Owen 5 November 2010
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
- MEanderthal App, free from iTunes and the Android Marketplace
- Reviewed by Robin White Owen 6 June 2010
Poughkeepsie Bridge
- Walkway Cellphone Tour
- Reviewed by Scott Guerin 8 Oct 2009
SFMOMA
- Rooftop Garden Tour, $0.99 on iTunes from Nousguide
Tate Modern
- Miroslaw Balka: How It Is, free from iTunes
- Reviewed by Jonathan Alger 28 Feb 2010
- Reviewed by Jonathan Alger 28 Feb 2010
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
- Yours, Vincent App, free from Antenna Audio
- Reviewed by Robin White 7 Feb 2010
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