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MuseMuse

Like a museum tour,but fun.

Self-guided tours across 20+ museums, filled with stories that are easy to digest and hard to forget.

Free on iPhone and Android

01 · The problem

Here’s the difference.

The same painting, in front of you, in a museum. One of these is what the wall tells you. The other is what you actually wanted to know.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806)

The Swing

1767

Oil on canvas, 81 × 64.2 cm

Wallace Collection, London

That is the whole label. You now know who painted it and how big it is.

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But what good is enlightenment if you can’t have some illicit fun on a swing?

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02 · App Store reviews

Museum tours for people who don’t really like museum tours.

Maya R.

It’s like visiting a museum with a know-it-all friend by your side.

Ned T.

03 · Where you can use it

London: National Gallery · British Museum · Tate · Victoria and Albert · National Portrait Gallery · Wallace Collection
Paris: Louvre · Musée d’Orsay
New York: The Met · MoMA · Guggenheim
Madrid: Prado

All 20+ museums

04 · How it works

Download the app, pick your museum and choose a route.

HighlightsAbout an hour.

The Grand TourAbout 2 hours.

Themed toursabout an hour.

(Lengths vary a little by museum.)

Follow the app room by room.

We guide you through the museum, so you see what matters.

End your tour with a quiz

See how much you learned

App screen: floor plan guiding you to the next room

App screen: a quiz question about Whistler

Download the app, pick your museum and choose a route.

HighlightsAbout an hour.

The Grand TourAbout 2 hours.

Themed toursabout an hour.

(Lengths vary a little by museum.)

Download the app, pick your museum and choose a route.

HighlightsAbout an hour.

The Grand TourAbout 2 hours.

Themed toursabout an hour.

(Lengths vary a little by museum.)

Follow the app room by room.

We guide you through the museum, so you see what matters.

End your tour with a quiz

See how much you learned

05 · What it costs

Every day, one piece of fine art and a short story about it. The app is free to download.

Premium plans

One museum

£9.99a year

The one you’re visiting.

Every museum

£24.99a year

All 20+ of them.

Included in both

Every artwork, with full descriptions and audio · Premium self-guided tours · Fun quizzes

Not included

Museum entry. MuseMuse is the tour, not the ticket.

3 museums or more, and the full pass pays for itself.

06 · Questions

“I don't know much about art. Is this for me?”

That's who it's built for: the 99% of us who aren't art historians. Nothing assumes you already know the mythology or the bible stories.

“Is this a museum ticket?”

No. You buy museum entry as usual, and MuseMuse is what you listen to once you're inside.

“How is this different from every other museum app?”

Ours is written and edited by actual humans who know how to tell a good story. No academic jargon, no generic descriptions.

“Do I have to be in a museum to use it?”

No. Plenty of people use it on the sofa. There's a free artwork every day, and the tours read just as well at home.

“Will it work inside the museum? The signal is terrible in there.”

You'll need signal or wifi, so connect to the museum's wifi when you arrive. Offline downloads are coming.

“What if a painting on the route isn't there?”

Rooms close and works go on loan. We update the routes by hand when it happens.

Another question?

07 · Get the app

No academic jargon.
No generic descriptions.
Just good stories. You end up knowing about art.

Start a tour

Like a museum tour,but fun.

Here’s the difference.

04 · How it works

05 · What it costs

06 · Questions

No academic jargon.No generic descriptions.Just good stories. You end up knowing about art.

No academic jargon.
No generic descriptions.
Just good stories. You end up knowing about art.