Multimedia Gallery™ Exhibit Kiosks and Pocket Gallery™ Mobile App
Multimedia Gallery™ Exhibit Kiosks
Our Multimedia Gallery™ exhibit kiosks are large-format, museum-quality, multi-touch computer installations offering hours of place-based storytelling that deepens visitors’ understanding, strengthens connections to regional environments, and inspires stewardship. Kiosks are placed in highly-visited areas such as resorts, museums, visitor centers, and parks as well as unexpected locations such as coffee shops, libraries, retail settings, and brew pubs.
Curated and Original Media
Short videos, animated visualizations, and captioned Image Galleries provide place-based stories that help make the invisible visible.
360 videos and 360 landscape panoramas allow offer fresh perspectives and enable users to explore new and hard to reach places
Interactive maps provide geographic context and help locate place-based content
Interactive games offer fun experiences that emphasize natural processes and relationships
Small and Large Group Viewing
Kiosk configurations allow an intimate multimedia experience for individuals and small groups. The program’s content can also be projected for viewing by a larger audience. Media elements can be searched by category or accessed through a Google-Earth-style map that offers detailed explorations at multiple levels of scale.
Explore our Multimedia Galleries™
Above: Visitors explore the Lake Superior's North Shore Multimedia Gallery™. A JAWS screen-reader is in the lower left corner of the photo, offering access to the content to those with hearing impairments.
Pocket Gallery™ Mobile App
The free Pocket Gallery™ app for iOS and Android mobile devices serves as an expert interpretive guide and planning tool in your pocket. Offering the same rich media elements found in Multimedia Gallery™ exhibit kiosks, the Pocket Gallery™ also features turn-by-turn driving directions to points of interest, Event calendars, walking and driving tours with audio narration, and historic timelines. A Live View function locates nearby points of interest using the mobile deviceʻs camera. Regional Pocket Gallery™ programs paired with Multimedia Gallery™ installations are a proven public outreach and education strategy
A Place-Based Multimedia Guide in your Pocket
Full multimedia capabilities: place-based video stories, 360 videos and panoramas, stunning image galleries
Map interface with turn-by-turn driving directions for all points of interest
Location-aware walking and driving tours
Regional history timelines and event calendars
Find content by keyword searches or topical filters
Augmented reality function uses device cameras to interpret nearby points of interest
The Pocket Gallery™ knows where you are. In browse mode, the app lists points of interest according to their proximity to your location.
Download and Explore the Free Lake Superior North Shore Pocket Gallery™ App
The free Lake Superior North Shore Pocket Gallery™ app offers on iOS and Android devices the same rich media found on the region's Multimedia Gallery™ exhibit kiosks. Download it now from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.