Mused for iPhone

Oct 12 2011
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Posted 7 months ago Comments

It is simply fantastic to see more museums using QR codes to label their exhibits so that visitors can get more information with ease. This is precisely why we built in QR scanning support into Mused (but with a twist, allowing museums who do not yet have a QR code program to make and track QR codes with ease using the Mused Curator Portal).

What will be interesting is seeing whether or not QR codes have the staying power necessary to bring them to critical mass. In some ways, it’s still yet an experiment.

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UK’s National Archives now working with Wikipedia UK in the GLAMwiki (galleries, libraries, archives museums) project - http://t.co/gIthFF1n

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Sep 08 2011
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Posted 8 months ago Comments

We’ve been busy hacking away at the new Mused for iPhone application. It has really been a long journey. We are about 2 years into the development of a homegrown database containing the most detailed collection of information on museums that we have seen. We have talked with so many individuals who like to visit museums, and probably and equal number of people who don’t visit museums. Most people we have talked to seem to be interested in learning more about fun things to do and interesting places to visit. We have also talked with a lot of you that work at museums, and it seems like many of you are looking for ways to bring in new visitors. We have built a backend service that powers the iPhone app, as well as a special website for museums to claim their listing or submit their museum to our database (you can find that at the Mused Curator Portal and I suggest you add your museum if you haven’t already). Hang in there for a little while longer! We just want the app to work well for you. Our company is so small and there are only a few of us. We’re still going through a private testing period. In the meantime, here’s a little teaser screenshot of the current version of Mused (version 1.5).

We’ve been busy hacking away at the new Mused for iPhone application. It has really been a long journey. We are about 2 years into the development of a homegrown database containing the most detailed collection of information on museums that we have seen. We have talked with so many individuals who like to visit museums, and probably and equal number of people who don’t visit museums. Most people we have talked to seem to be interested in learning more about fun things to do and interesting places to visit. We have also talked with a lot of you that work at museums, and it seems like many of you are looking for ways to bring in new visitors.

We have built a backend service that powers the iPhone app, as well as a special website for museums to claim their listing or submit their museum to our database (you can find that at the Mused Curator Portal and I suggest you add your museum if you haven’t already).

Hang in there for a little while longer! We just want the app to work well for you. Our company is so small and there are only a few of us. We’re still going through a private testing period. In the meantime, here’s a little teaser screenshot of the current version of Mused (version 1.5).

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