The next time you’re about to visit a museum, do yourself a favor and drop in on your favorite app store first. Most institutions have not yet created a mobile app, but as a group, museums are headed in that direction. In the last few months, free apps were released by the Museum of Modern Art and the American Museum of Natural History, in New York; the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (which also has an Android app). I recently tested the newest museum apps for New York. While they take distinctly different approaches, they demonstrate the vast potential for technology to help people make the most of a museum visit. They can also point to a restroom in a hurry. The Museum of Natural History Explorer, which arrived in July, features a navigation system that, while flawed, helps users find exhibits Read More

Want to get the most out of New York City? It isn’t always easy. There’s so much happening all at once that deciding what to do can feel like a full-time project, and it’s often easy to walk right past something amazing. Fortunately, the big apple comes with apps. Whether you’re looking for a happening happy hour, The New York Times critic’s favorite restaurant, or just the nearest subway stop, there are plenty of free apps to help you track it down. Most of them also have location-based features that can help you explore whatever nook of the city where you happen to be. Below, find nine of our favorite mobile apps for exploring New York City It’s hard to pack all of New York City into one app, but this one comes incredibly close to pulling it off. Delivering more than 60 apps for street vendors, nightlife, tourist attractions, subway Read More

AMNH Explorer is one of those iPhone apps that is cool on so many levels.  For starters, the idea of acting as a personal tour guide for a visit to a leading museum is a great idea I believe. It doesn ‘t hurt to be acting as a personal guide to one of the coolest museums in the world either “ and I ‘m happy to say the app ‘s execution is as good as its intentions.  Here ‘s a bit of AMNH Explorer ‘s App Store description: It ‘s the new way to find your way at the American Museum of Natural History. Chart your own course at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City with AMNH Explorer ”a new app that is part custom navigation system, part personal tour guide for the Museum ‘s world-famous halls. Providing turn-by-turn directions, AMNH Explorer takes visitors from the edge Read More

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The American Museum of Natural History on New York City's Upper West Side has released AMNH Explorer (free) for the iPhone and iPod touch. This app, funded by Bloomberg, is a tour guide and personal navigation system that allows you to easily traverse the museum's huge collection. You can search for an exhibit by popularity, exhibit hall, or an alphabetical listing, and the app will use the museum's free Wi-Fi to give you step-by-step directions to your intended destination (using either the stairs or elevators). You can also get directions to the closest restroom or exit as well as information about restaurants and gift shops. If you want to know more about an exhibit, tap its card to see more detail. After you've seen an exhibit, you can mark it as visited, which puts a banner on the exhibit's information card. You can also bookmark exhibits, which will send you an Read More

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