Pontefract Museum is now live on Bloomberg Connects

Pontefract Museum has launched a new digital guide featuring main gallery and temporary exhibition highlights! It will enrich both on-site and off-site visits, for visitors around the world.

The free guide joins hundreds of cultural institutions around the globe on the Bloomberg Connects app.

Today, Pontefract Museum launched a new, digital guide on Bloomberg Connects. This is the free arts and cultural app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Bloomberg Connects makes Pontefract Museum more accessible for either on-site or off-site visits through photo and audio. It offers insights into key objects on display and temporary exhibition highlights.

The Bloomberg Connects app is available for download from Google Play or the App Store. From there, search for 'Pontefract Museum'.

The Pontefract Museum guide can also be viewed in browser on desktop or your smartphone.

Bloomberg Connects is a free digital guide to hundreds of cultural organizations around the world that makes it easy to access and engage with arts and culture from mobile devices, anytime, anywhere. Participating organizations include botanical gardens, historic houses, outdoor sculpture parks, and world-class museums. Bloomberg Connects features expert commentary, engaging audio content, accessibility feature, interactive maps, and is available in over 40 languages through Google Translate.

The platform is part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ longstanding commitment to supporting digital innovation in the arts. Bloomberg Connects makes it easy to access and engage with arts and culture from mobile devices when visiting in person, or anytime from anywhere. With dynamic content exclusive to each partner organization, it provides a range of features including video, audio, and text; expert commentary; and way-finding maps.