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The Gates: An augmented reality experience in Central Park

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Gates by artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude, you can experience the installation through a new augmented reality experience. Transform your Central Park stroll and discover more about Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s iconic public art installation. Exclusively available in NYC from February 12th to April 16th.

Explore expert-curated guides from cultural institutions across the globe

With the free Bloomberg Connects app, explore expert-curated content and guides to over 800 museums, galleries, sculpture parks, gardens, and cultural spaces from the palm of your hand. From behind-the-scenes guides, to artist and expert-curated video and audio content, Bloomberg Connects makes it easy to discover arts and culture, anytime, anywhere.

Photo of a woman in a white room with vases and vessels hanging from the ceiling, woman is holding her phone out
Photo of a woman in a white room with vases and vessels hanging from the ceiling, woman is holding her phone out

Explore expert-curated guides from cultural institutions across the globe

With the free Bloomberg Connects app, explore expert-curated content and guides to over 800 museums, galleries, sculpture parks, gardens, and cultural spaces from the palm of your hand. From behind-the-scenes guides, to artist and expert-curated video and audio content, Bloomberg Connects makes it easy to discover arts and culture, anytime, anywhere.

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Thousands of hours of content from 800+ institutions, for free

Bloomberg Connects features thousands of hours of bespoke audio, video and text content, with more content being added every month. The app makes it easy for you to explore arts and culture on your own time, at your own pace. Quick snackable content or deep dives. On site or from home. In your city or around the world. All guides are downloadable, allowing you to explore them even when you’re offline.

Your personal curator, on and off site

Beyond unique content and guides, the app offers a number of tools to enhance your in-person visit to a culture institution. Free to download and free to use, the app was created by Bloomberg Philanthropies to help make the art and offerings of cultural organizations more accessible – not just to those visiting in person, but to people around the world.

Drawing Center Woman Hands
Drawing Center Woman Hands

Your personal curator, on and off site

Beyond unique content and guides, the app offers a number of tools to enhance your in-person visit to a culture institution. Free to download and free to use, the app was created by Bloomberg Philanthropies to help make the art and offerings of cultural organizations more accessible – not just to those visiting in person, but to people around the world.

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Accessibility first

The app is designed with a variety of built-in accessibility features including voice over, captions and audio transcripts, image zoom, and font size adjustment. We designed the app to remove barriers to experiencing arts and culture.

Free for institutions and cultural partners

Created by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Connects benefits over 800 museums, galleries, gardens, and cultural spaces — with more joining every month — by providing a pre-built, easy-to use app interface customizable to their content and mission. We empower our partners with training, marketing, and technical support to deliver digital experiences to their visitors and a global audience.

Woman looking at her iPhone which shows her information about the art piece in front of her
Woman looking at her iPhone which shows her information about the art piece in front of her

Free for institutions and cultural partners

Created by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Connects benefits over 800 museums, galleries, gardens, and cultural spaces — with more joining every month — by providing a pre-built, easy-to use app interface customizable to their content and mission. We empower our partners with training, marketing, and technical support to deliver digital experiences to their visitors and a global audience. Learn more.

Ratings & Reviews

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  • Amazing cultural resource!

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    Sophie L-D

    I was thrilled to discover this amazing arts and culture guide at museums in NYC. It's like an encyclopedic virtual culture hub. The audio guides are great in a museum and also at home as a podcast... I learned a lot about MoMA exhibitions while cooking dinner! I can't wait to check out the other museums around the country. I don't understand how this is free!

  • So happy to discover this app!

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    seathinks

    I'm super excited to discover this app on my visit to Frick Collection and Guggenheim. Even having an arts background I've been struggling to understand some contemporary art or didn't do enough research about each artist's background. This app is a guide to all arts & culture organizations in my pocket. I enjoyed every visit to the museums included so much more now - I understand artistic choices now, enjoy behind the scene stories and little details that I would miss otherwise.

  • Great resource to use onsite and at home

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    ZellijeRC

    Loved how easy it was to use to get more information immediately about art in a museum, or even in a botanical garden. Super cool that it's both text and audio because I can't always focus and read in a museum setting. Also love that I can go home, easily find an image of a piece of art and dive deeper. It's one of my favorite features because I don't always catch name of the artist or artwork so I appreciate the option to look up a painting by sight.

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