At a participating museum, any exhibit becomes a conversation. Snap a photo, send it as an ordinary text, and an AI historian replies in seconds. Specific facts come straight from the museum’s own archive; broader era and region context is filled in by the AI when a question goes deeper. No app, no Wi-Fi, no download.
Nothing to install and no account to make. If you can send a text, you can use it.
A small framed print sits beside the exhibits — a 5×7 tabletop stand or an 8×10 wall print — showing a dedicated phone number and a short prompt.
Photograph the artifact and add a quick question — anything from “Who used this?” to “Why the hook on the side?” — then text it to the number.
In a few seconds you get an answer rooted in the museum’s own records, with broader historical context added when your question reaches beyond the archive.
Ask about an artifact and you get real context. Ask about something off-topic and the historian redirects rather than guessing.
On an exhibit
Off topic
The museum’s provided context is always the grounded truth. The AI fills in the gaps.
Specific facts about each artifact come from text the museum’s own curators uploaded. The AI is not allowed to contradict the record.
When a question reaches past the archive, the AI adds era, region, and comparable-artifact context — kept consistent with your collection’s subject.
For questions with nothing to do with the exhibits, the historian steers back to the museum instead of guessing or making things up.
The visitor experience is free because a local business funds it — one sponsor per museum.
Museums get their own phone number, a portal where staff upload exhibit photos and the context they want the AI to use, monthly engagement reports, and framed giclée signage shipped pre-made. It costs the museum nothing — no setup, monthly, or per-message fees.
A local business funds one museum in exchange for a “Powered by [Your Business]” line on every AI reply, an optional logo on the printed signage, and a monthly engagement report — plus a real cash donation to the museum in your name.
Bring an AI historian to your collection, or sponsor one in your community. It takes a few minutes to start.