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British Museum Audio

British Museum Audio

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1.7K ratings
90 reviews
📚 Education
✈️ Travel
Free
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  • Released
  • Updated
  • March 31, 2022
  • July 8, 2026

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British Museum
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Enhance your visit to a major museum with expert commentaries, gallery introductions, and self-guided tours. Explore over 250 highlight objects with audio, video, text, and images. Plan your visit with an interactive map and save your favorite items.

✓Expert commentaries on 250+ objects
✓65 free gallery introductions
✓Audio, video, text, and image content
✓Self-guided thematic tours
✓Interactive museum map
✓Add objects to favorites
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of British Museum Audio. Based on 1.7K reviews and a 4.7/5 average, it highlights the 3 positives and 5 negatives reviewers mention most about this Education app.

Positive things

  • 🚀Excellent audio guide
  • 👍Easy to use
  • 💡Great way to learn about museum exhibits

Negative things

  • 🐛Inconsistent audio quality
  • 🔒Requires multiple in-app purchases
  • 👎Difficult to navigate and follow tours
  • 🔌Requires constant internet connection
  • 👎Outdated or inaccurate information
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What's New in British Museum Audio

1.7.7

July 8, 2026

- Bug fixes and improvements

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In-App Purchases

$2.99

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User reviews

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Not worth it

Horribly organized, which makes it difficult to find the objects you’re looking at. It would be better if it were organized by room rather than world area. It freezes a lot & I had to close and restart the app multiple times. I don’t mind paying for guided audio tours, but this one was not worth it.
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kelliez kelliez

Response from developer

Hello, We're sorry to hear that. Could you share a few more details about the mobile device you were using (for example, the device model and iOS version?) We'll investigate the issue and work on a fix. Best regards, Mobile Digital team

Can’t understand the tour guide

We were really looking forward to a live person taking us through the exhibit of Enlightment, but her accented English is impossible to understand!
divalexadivalexa

If it was possible to use

The internet is terrible, the free wifi is terrible, the app does not work… impossible to download the map….
FernandoGLNFernandoGLN

Route Top 10

Es ist schwierig, die passenden Räume zu finden!
GreasjuopGreasjuop

Response from developer

Hallo, vielen Dank für Ihr Feedback. Wir arbeiten derzeit an einer neuen Wegfindungslösung, um genau diese Punkte zu verbessern. Damit wir sie möglichst optimal gestalten können, würden wir Ihr detailliertes Feedback sehr schätzen. Könnten Sie uns bitte eine E-Mail an mobiledigital@britishmuseum.org senden? Wir würden gerne mehr von Ihnen hören.

Quirky dead ends and useless map

Map does not have any labels or a legend. Clicking on some of the guides crashes the app
myterribledisneyexperiencemyterribledisneyexperience

Response from developer

Hello, thank you for sharing this feedback. We’re very sorry for the frustration caused by the missing map details and the app crashes. We are currently developing a new wayfinding solution to address these exact points. We’d value your detailed input to help us get it right. Could you please email us at mobiledigital@britishmuseum.org? We’d love to hear more from you.

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User experience

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Reported Bugs

3 issues

Audio not working in some areas

Bug

Frequent crashes or freezes

Bug

Purchased content not unlocking properly

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Requested Features

5 requests

Offline mode for audio guides

Feature

Improved navigation and tour flow

Feature

Higher resolution images

Feature

Integration with museum maps

Feature

Support for more languages

Feature

FAQ

What does the British Museum Audio app do?

This app enhances your museum experience by providing expert commentaries on over 250 highlight objects, introductions to 65 galleries, and self-guided tours. It offers in-depth information through audio, video, text, and images, and includes practical visiting information like an interactive map.

What are the key features of the app?

Key features include expert commentaries on numerous objects, free gallery introductions, multimedia content (audio, video, text, images), self-guided tours focusing on themes, an interactive map for navigation, and the ability to save favorite objects.

How much does the British Museum Audio app cost?

The app itself is free to download. However, in-app purchases are available for content bundles. A full bundle per language costs £6, and themed tours are available from £3 per language.

What languages are available for the audio commentaries?

Expert commentaries from curators are available in nine languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and British Sign Language.

How can I use the app to explore the museum?

You can use the app to take self-guided tours that explore specific themes, or browse the collection by culture and theme to see how objects are displayed. When you see the audio guide symbol on cases or next to objects in the museum, you can enter the number into the app to access commentaries and other information.