Great app for a great museum
Q
Description
Download Explorer, the Museum’s free mobile app! Get a map, turn-by-turn directions to exhibits and amenities, customized recommendations for what to see, and more!
“A great aid to anyone seeing the museum for the first or 40th time.” - The New York Times
Available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Explorer is automatically set to the language of your device.
Map and Turn-by-Turn Directions
Get directions to exhibits and amenities, including shortest and accessible routes.
Get Recommendations for What to See
Explorer recommends exhibits based on interests you select—and sorts them by how close they are to your location.
Learn More About the Museum’s Exhibits
Go behind the scenes and dive deeper with videos, fun quizzes, and more.
Find the Nearest Restroom
Explorer provides you the shortest route to restrooms, shops, exits, and more.
How does Explorer know where you are? The Museum has placed more than 700 Bluetooth beacons throughout its 45 permanent halls. These tiny beacons give off signals that your phone can detect (when Bluetooth is enabled). Your phone calculates your position based on detecting three of these beacons simultaneously. This triangulation is not always perfect, especially in certain areas like large, multi-level halls, meandering walkways, or stairwells. Your phone should be able to detect the hall that you are in and provide turn-by-turn directions, but sometimes the “blue dot” is not exactly in the right place. In some rare cases it will even be missing. Moving to another area and waiting a few moments will usually fix the issue.
The Museum’s free AMNH-GUEST Wi-Fi also varies in strength throughout the complex. Certain materials and large exhibits (i.e. the Blue Whale) either absorb or reflect the radio signals used by Wi-Fi, further complicating this technology. If you experience difficulty connecting to Wi-Fi in a particular part of the Museum, you can usually fix the issue by moving a short distance away.
We’d Love to Hear From You!
Your feedback is important and will help us improve your Museum experience. Email [email protected].
Supported by
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Hide
Show More...
“A great aid to anyone seeing the museum for the first or 40th time.” - The New York Times
Available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Explorer is automatically set to the language of your device.
Map and Turn-by-Turn Directions
Get directions to exhibits and amenities, including shortest and accessible routes.
Get Recommendations for What to See
Explorer recommends exhibits based on interests you select—and sorts them by how close they are to your location.
Learn More About the Museum’s Exhibits
Go behind the scenes and dive deeper with videos, fun quizzes, and more.
Find the Nearest Restroom
Explorer provides you the shortest route to restrooms, shops, exits, and more.
How does Explorer know where you are? The Museum has placed more than 700 Bluetooth beacons throughout its 45 permanent halls. These tiny beacons give off signals that your phone can detect (when Bluetooth is enabled). Your phone calculates your position based on detecting three of these beacons simultaneously. This triangulation is not always perfect, especially in certain areas like large, multi-level halls, meandering walkways, or stairwells. Your phone should be able to detect the hall that you are in and provide turn-by-turn directions, but sometimes the “blue dot” is not exactly in the right place. In some rare cases it will even be missing. Moving to another area and waiting a few moments will usually fix the issue.
The Museum’s free AMNH-GUEST Wi-Fi also varies in strength throughout the complex. Certain materials and large exhibits (i.e. the Blue Whale) either absorb or reflect the radio signals used by Wi-Fi, further complicating this technology. If you experience difficulty connecting to Wi-Fi in a particular part of the Museum, you can usually fix the issue by moving a short distance away.
We’d Love to Hear From You!
Your feedback is important and will help us improve your Museum experience. Email [email protected].
Supported by
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Screenshots
Explorer FAQ
-
Is Explorer free?
Yes, Explorer is completely free and it doesn't have any in-app purchases or subscriptions.
-
Is Explorer legit?
🤔 The Explorer app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
Thanks for the vote -
How much does Explorer cost?
Explorer is free.
-
What is Explorer revenue?
To get estimated revenue of Explorer app and other AppStore insights you can sign up to AppTail Mobile Analytics Platform.
User Rating
4 out of 5
3 ratings in Israel
5 star
2
4 star
0
3 star
0
2 star
1
1 star
0
Ratings History
Explorer Reviews
App doesn’t recognize location and bluetooth settings are on
I just downloaded this app to both my iPad and then tried it on my iPhone. I am home 3 blocks away from AMNH and turned on the location to sense “ always” and the Bluetooth is also turned on. I gather that I must be physically in the AMNH building in order to use this app.
Battery drain
The app was helpful and recommended. However, it uses Bluetooth for location and despite setting it to only when using the app, it still will drain your battery fast. So, fully close (kill) the app when not using it, don’t just exit it to another. The amount of battery consumption could be lowered by reducing the frequency that Bluetooth is used to ping the network. Also, I felt from my experience that Bluetooth was still actively transmitting even while the application is suspended. That should not be happening. The application should only use Bluetooth when actively using it.
Mhm yes
Mhm yes very good yes
Abysmal app
Even with precise location enabled, it constantly located me outside of the building. Searching for specific attractions would zoom into random parts of the map. Literally unusable. I wish I could take back the extra donation I made when I bought the ticket.
Great directions
The directions from the app were spot on and very helpful.
Useless directions
AMNH is huge so thought the “directions” feature would be useful. It’s not. We were sent in the wrong direction every time so we stopped using it. I can’t comment on the other features.
Awful
You can’t open the app. Once you finally, after many attempts, get it open it closes automatically.
Love it
I love it, this is really cool. I live in New York City but I can never get enough of this place. I didn’t know this was an option until I went today. I hope their cafe opens soon as I would like to study in this wonderful building.
Must download!
This app is really helpful. It gives you live map so you won’t get lost in the museum. Also it helps you navigate important things and gives you a brief explanation about that. So, download the app before you come to the museum!
Store Rankings
Ranking History
Category Rankings
|
Chart
|
Category
|
Rank
|
|---|---|---|
|
Top Free
|
|
347
|
|
Top Free
|
|
443
|
Keywords
Explorer Competitors
| Name | Downloads (30d) | Monthly Revenue | Reviews | Ratings | Recent release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bloomberg Connects
Your Guide to Arts & Culture
|
Unlock
|
Unlock
|
1
|
|
3 hours ago | |
GettyGuide
Audio that illuminates art
|
Unlock
|
Unlock
|
0
|
|
3 days ago | |
eMembership Card
|
Unlock
|
Unlock
|
0
|
|
1 week ago | |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The MET Visitor Guide New York
|
Unlock
|
Unlock
|
0
|
2
|
1 year ago | |
9/11 Museum Audio Guide
National September 11 Memorial
|
Unlock
|
Unlock
|
0
|
|
1 month ago | |
NYU Mobile
|
Unlock
|
Unlock
|
0
|
|
9 months ago | |
Brooklyn Public Library
|
Unlock
|
Unlock
|
0
|
|
1 month ago | |
American Museum of Nat History
AMNH Visitor Guide - New York
|
Unlock
|
Unlock
|
0
|
|
1 year ago | |
NYC Subway MTA Map
MTA map and NYC transit app
|
Unlock
|
Unlock
|
0
|
|
2 days ago | |
Space Center Houston
|
Unlock
|
Unlock
|
0
|
|
2 weeks ago |
Explorer Installs
Last 30 days
Explorer Revenue
Last 30 daysExplorer Revenue and Downloads
Gain valuable insights into Explorer performance with our analytics.
Sign up now to access downloads, revenue, and more.
Sign up now to access downloads, revenue, and more.
App Info
- Category
- Education
- Publisher
- American Museum of Natural History
- Languages
- English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- Recent release
- 3.7.0 (4 months ago )
- Released on
- Jul 29, 2010 (14 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States, France, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Canada, Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain, Chile, China, Netherlands, Türkiye, Israel, Ireland, Philippines, India, Italy, Taiwan, Portugal, Colombia, Norway, Austria, Singapore, Greece, Denmark, Croatia, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Argentina, Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Slovenia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong SAR China, Finland, Czechia, Romania, South Africa, Vietnam, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Belarus, Slovakia, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Latvia, Hungary, Indonesia, Peru, Kuwait, Nigeria, Lebanon, Madagascar
- Last Updated
- 1 day ago