Baltimore Museum of Art

The Baltimore Museum of Art will develop, implement, and evaluate a new “Go Mobile Africa” mobile website to engage visitors with its African collection. The mobile tour, accessible through personal smartphones or museum-provided iPod Touches, will include all objects in the African collection, with 25 tour stops featuring more expansive content. Visitors can explore the collection and search by artist, culture, type of object, and connecting themes. Each extended stop will include video and audio interviews with artists, curators, conservators, and African and African Diaspora thinkers and makers, and videos featuring Baltimore personalities talking about themes and ideas – along with crowd-sourcing activities and social media tools. The project will provide visitors rich contextual information and interpretive tools to learn about the diverse history, culture, and beliefs of the artists, helping them connect with art in new, interactive ways.