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QR codes for museums and galleries
Put a dynamic QR code on each exhibit label and point it at an audio guide, a video or more photos. Visitors use their own phone and headphones, and smart rules can serve the guide in their phone's language. Exhibitions get reused and toured, and QRVow codes never stop working, so the labels keep their content through any plan change.
What to put in the code
An audio guide per exhibit
Upload an MP3 or M4A of up to 30 MB (Pro). It plays in the browser, with no app to install.
MP3 / audio QR code →A curator video
A short film about how the piece was made or found. Upload an MP4 or link to YouTube.
Video QR code →Details you can't hang
The back of a painting, close-ups or archive photos, as a gallery of up to 10 images.
Images / gallery QR code →Visitor Wi-Fi
At the entrance, so guides play even in galleries with no mobile signal.
Wi-Fi QR code →Membership and donations
At the exit, a code to your membership or donation page.
Dynamic QR code QR code →Print tips
- Wall labels are read from 50 cm to 1 m: 5 to 10 cm codes.
- Low light and glossy acrylic cause glare. Use matt labels with dark ink on a light ground.
- Put the code in the same spot on every label, so visitors learn where to look.
- Mount labels at adult eye height, a little lower where children will use them.
Got the artwork? Run the free print check: it measures size, border and contrast, and your file stays on your device.
Or just ask Vow
Vow is QRVow's AI agent (Pro, Business and Lifetime). Type a request like this on My codes, with your own links:
“Code for gallery 3, label 12, https://citymuseum.example/audio/12. Phones set to Spanish go to https://citymuseum.example/es/audio/12.”
Vow proposes the code and any smart rules; you check them and tap Create. See Vow at work · Plans
Questions
Can a QR code replace an audio guide?
For many museums, yes. A code on each exhibit plays an audio file in the visitor's browser, on their own phone. No app and no rented device.
Can visitors hear the guide in their own language?
Yes. A smart rule sends phones set to Spanish, French or any other language to that version. Up to 10 rules per code, on Pro and up.
Does it work in galleries with no signal?
The phone needs internet to open a guide, so offer free Wi-Fi with a Wi-Fi code at the entrance. Plain-text codes work offline but hold only short text.
Do you track our visitors?
No. We count scans by day, country and phone type, without IP addresses. Pages we host run no trackers.
Can we see which exhibits people scan most?
Yes. Each code has its own scan count, and Pro and up show scans by day.