MuseScope.
Now on the App Store

Every painting has a story.
Hear it.

MuseScope tells clear, engaging stories about artworks, artists, and museums — that you can read or listen to. Explore art at home, point your camera at a painting to identify it, or follow a ready-made journey. And whenever you're curious, just ask.

Download on theApp StoreFree on iPhone. Premium optional.
MuseScope

Tens of thousands of works · thousands of artists & museums

Mona LisaThe Starry NightGirl with a Pearl EarringLiberty Leading the PeopleThe Night WatchLas MeninasThe Birth of VenusThe Potato EatersImpression, SunriseLady with an ErmineSalvator MundiThe Death of SocratesThe Garden of Earthly DelightsThe KissWanderer above the Sea of FogThe Raft of the MedusaMona LisaThe Starry NightGirl with a Pearl EarringLiberty Leading the PeopleThe Night WatchLas MeninasThe Birth of VenusThe Potato EatersImpression, SunriseLady with an ErmineSalvator MundiThe Death of SocratesThe Garden of Earthly DelightsThe KissWanderer above the Sea of FogThe Raft of the Medusa
Three ways in

One app, three ways to meet the art

Explore

Browse tens of thousands of works, with thousands of stories written in plain language.

Scan

Standing in a museum? Point your camera at a painting and MuseScope tells you what you're looking at.

Journey

Follow a curated route, like the twenty works worth seeing at the Louvre, and know what to look for before you go.

Listen
Listen

You can just listen.

Put your headphones in and let MuseScope talk you through a painting, like a friend who happens to know a lot about art. Walk the gallery, walk the dog — the stories come with you, in ten languages.

Ask

Curious? Just ask.

Why is the Mona Lisa smaller than you pictured? Was that famous pearl even a pearl? Start with one painting, drift to another artist or another century, and keep the conversation going. MuseScope answers, no wrong questions, no lecture.

Ask
Journey
Journey

Walk in already knowing.

Pick a journey before you travel and MuseScope shows you the handful of works actually worth your time. Inside the museum, stop beside them, listen to their stories, and ask follow-ups. No separate audio guide, no rental desk, no queue.

You don't need to “get” art.
That's our job.

No jargon. No wall of dates. Just clear stories that make you look twice, whether you visit museums every month or haven't been since a school trip.

Tens of thousands of artworks · Thousands of artists & museums · Ten languages · One guide

Pricing

Free to start.

And it's ad-free, always, free plan included.

Free

$0

The core, forever.

  • The full catalogue & stories
  • Ten languages
  • Artwork recognition: 10 successful scans a day
  • Five audio guides a day
  • A set of curated journeys

Premium

Everything, unlocked.

  • Everything in Free
  • The conversation, ask anything
  • Audio without a daily limit
  • Every curated journey
  • Up to 200 successful scans a day
  • Ad-free, like the rest

Every painting has a story.

Read it, or hear it, standing right in front of the real thing.

Download on theApp Store

Android is next.

Leave your email and we'll write once, when it ships.

One email, when the Android app is out. No ads, no marketing, ever.

Questions

Good to know

Do I have to be in a museum to use MuseScope?+

No. Explore art at home, prepare for a museum visit, use it while travelling, or listen to a work's story while standing right in front of it. The camera is just one way in.

Is there any advertising?+

None. MuseScope is ad-free, on the free plan too. Premium adds more; it doesn't remove ads, because there aren't any.

Which languages?+

Ten at launch: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian.

Is there an Android version?+

Not yet. Leave your email above and we'll write once, when it ships.