Find inspiration in other guides

A great way to start thinking about your own guide is to check out other guides on Bloomberg Connects for inspiration. Take note of what stands out to you and why.

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Explore on your own

Browse a shortlist of staff picks

Explore on your own

There are a few ways to find new-to-you guides on Connects:

Explore by location:
- To find organizations close to you, allow the app to use your location (location permissions on iPhone, location permissions on Android).
- For a map view, click the map icon at the top of the explore screen.
- Finding inspirational organizations nearby gives you the option to visit in person and enjoy the full visitor experience. You could even connect with the team to learn more about their process!
Explore by category:
- At the top of the explore screen, select a category to narrow the results to other organizations like yours (e.g., Botanic Gardens, Children’s Museums, Natural History, Public Art).

Browse a shortlist of staff picks

The Connects team often recommends guides to showcase exemplary work. The list below includes just a few of our frequently recommended guides.

The guides are grouped by the main reason that we recommend them, so you can focus on organizations or goals that are similar to your own.

Audio content
Collections and collecting institutions
Contemporary art
Family and kids content
Gardens and sculpture parks
Historic homes and sites
Non-collecting institutions
Performing arts
Public art, architecture, and realm

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Audio content

Guide	Notes
Buffalo AKG Museum	Thematic audio tours, like "Victory and Defeat," help visitors understand artwork as a tool for communicating between people and about ideas.
Newark Museum of Art	"Audio Descriptions for Visually Impaired Visitors" uses audio to increase accessibility, so more visitors can enjoy the guide and the museum's content.
Washington National Cathedral	The engaging "Cathedral Audio Tour," voiced by a local media personality, grounds the visitor in this special space.

Collections and collecting institutions

Guide	Notes
Cobbe Collections Trust	Audio is integral to this guide that describes a vast musical instrument collection and explores the location's history.
Denver Art Museum	Rather than focus on special exhibitions, all Exhibitions in the guide are focused on themes in the permanent collection, providing a novel way for visitors to understand the collection.
The Frick Collection	This guide takes the visitors on a journey through the whole building, using audio and thoughtful interpretive text to help people learn about the artwork.

Contemporary art

Guide	Notes
Christo and Jeanne-Claude	This foundation guide mines the archives of the artist duo’s past projects, providing a glimpse into content that could only be provided by the artists themselves.
US Pavilion Venice Biennale	Working directly with living artists brings the maker into the conversation with the visitors.

Family and kids content

Guide	Notes
The Dali	In the "Mustache Tour," quintessential Dalí playfulness engages a younger audience.
Denver Architecture Foundation	The "Five Points Family Audio Tour" brings visitors on a fun, narrative journey around a neighborhood. The unique point of view makes the offering especially personable.
The Phillips Collection	The "Gallery Games" page encourages younger visitors to engage with the works and supports a dialog between generations.

Gardens and sculpture parks

Guide	Notes
Brooklyn Botanic Garden	This traditional botanic garden includes seasonal highlights, helpful orientation information, and audio tours of temporary installations.
Princess Estelle Sculpture Park	Through audio tours and artist deep-dives, this guide is a companion to the park’s permanent sculptures.
Storm King Art Center	Location-based tours and thematic explorations provide multiple ways to engage with the artwork on site.

Historic homes and sites

Guide	Notes
Boston Athenaeum	Though it's primarily a private location, staff and friends of the site contributed to an audio tour of content on the public first floor.
Crossness Pumping Station	Videos and joyful interpretive text bring this historic pumping station to life.
Wood River Museum	"Tour Hemingway's Ketchum and Sun Valley," narrated by Muriel Hemingway, takes the visitor outside the museum for a tour of a town with a long connection to the author.

Non-collecting institutions

Guide	Notes
SITE Santa Fe	SITE Santa Fe doesn’t have a collection of their own, so their guide is an incredible repository of their many years of exhibiting and encourages visitors to dive deep into their archive.

Performing arts

Guide	Notes
Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico	In addition to the season’s featured programming, this guide uses multimedia to showcase student performances and a wide variety of initiatives.

Public art, architecture, and realm

Guide	Notes
The Line	Chock full of artist interviews, celebrity-voiced audio, and creative ways to explore, stop-by-stop tours walk visitors through many of the common legs of this public art project.
Open House CDMX	Developed as a tool to accompany a city-wide event focused on the built environment, much of the content remains relevant and helpful to visitors in Mexico City.