<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-break-words" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">BC colleagues,</p><p class="gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-break-words" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Smaller museums face a particular challenge with visitor technology: we can't match the app budgets of major institutions, and we shouldn't try to.</p><p class="gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-break-words" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I've written about why simpler, audio-first approaches might actually serve smaller museums better than trying to build feature-rich apps:</p><p class="gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-break-words" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a class="gmail-underline" href="https://thormartinbaerug.com/2025/11/05/how-were-building-museum-technology-that-gets-out-of-the-way/">https://thormartinbaerug.com/2025/11/05/how-were-building-museum-technology-that-gets-out-of-the-way/</a></p><p class="gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-break-words" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The argument: Technology that "disappears" - QR codes that launch audio without downloads, minimal interfaces that don't compete with exhibits - scales better for institutions with limited tech budgets and staff.</p><p class="gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-break-words" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">This feels especially relevant for BC's diverse museum landscape, from community museums to specialized collections.</p><p class="gmail-whitespace-normal gmail-break-words" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Would be interested in perspectives from colleagues managing visitor tech on limited resources.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><b>Sincerely / Med Venlig Hilsen</b><b></b></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Thor Martin Baerug</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><a href="https://walkietalk.ie/">https://walkietalk.ie/</a></p></div>