The MuVision App

Your art and culture companion on all your travels

If you want to explore exciting art and cultural highlights wherever you are – at home, travelling or on holiday – the MUVISION app is the perfect companion. It is currently available in 19 countries, with more to follow. Best of all, the app is completely free!

Download the app from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store. We hope you enjoy using the app and find it helpful in discovering new things in the world of art and culture. We would also be grateful if you could leave a review in the app store and recommend the app to your friends.

Manual

Although the MUVISION app is easy to use, we have compiled a list of the most important functions below and provided explanations for each one. As the app is continuously being developed, this manual will grow alongside it.

1 First time launching the app

2 Homescreen Tab

3 Favourites Tab

4 Settings Tab

5 Search function

6 Augmented Reality / AR function

1 First time launching the app

When you launch the app, a start-up screen appears briefly.

You will then be asked to confirm that the app may use your location. We use this information exclusively to display the art and cultural institutions closest to you in the app, based on your location.

That’s it – you’re ready to go.

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2 Homescreen Tab

The home screen is divided into four areas (A to D).

This is where you will find the search function. For details, see the relevant section in the manual.

This is where current highlights and the latest information are displayed.

The art and cultural institutions closest to your location are displayed here. Scroll horizontally.

This is where current exhibitions in your vicinity are displayed. Scroll vertically.

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3 Favourites Tab

Note: To use this feature, you must be registered and logged in. This is the only way we can permanently save your favourites. Information on registration and login can be found under 4 Settings Tab.

Saving art and cultural organisations for later use

If you come across any arts or cultural organisations that inspire you while using the app, you can subscribe to them by pressing the orange Subscribe button. You can also undo this step by pressing the button again. With your subscription, news from this organisation will be sent directly to you as push notifications, so you won’t miss a thing.

All organisations you have subscribed to appear as entries in the Venue column in the Favourites tab.

Saving exhibitions for later use

This works similarly for exhibitions. If you want to save an exhibition, for example to visit it at some point, there are several ways to do this. The first option is to tap the heart icon in the list of all exhibitions on the Home tab. The red colour indicates that the exhibition has been saved; tapping it again will undo this step.

The same is possible when you are reading the description of an exhibition. In this case, the heart icon is located in the image for the exhibition. Tap once to save the exhibition, tap again to delete it.

Saved exhibitions are displayed in the Exhibition column in the Favourites tab.

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4 Settings Tab

The Settings tab consists of three sections:

Registration / Login / Profile,
Language and
Feedback.

Registration / Login / Profile

In order for us to permanently save your favourites (organisations and exhibitions) and send you push notifications about your subscriptions, you must register once. To do so, select the Login menu item and click on Register.

Fill in your name, a valid e‑mail address and choose a password. Finally, click on the Register button to finalise the registration process.

Once you have registered, you can simply log in with your email address and the password you chose earlier.

When you are logged in, the first menu item in the Settings tab changes. This now allows you to edit your profile.

You can change your password, log out or permanently delete your account.

Language

Here you can quickly change the language of the interface and the content of the app. There are currently three languages to choose from.

Feedback

Please feel free to send us feedback directly via the app. Whether you find errors, notice that your favourite museum or the most important exhibition in your region is missing, or simply want to tell us how much you like the app.

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5 Search function

Any search terms you enter here will be used for a full-text search.

To activate the local search, click on the map icon to the right of the search field. A map view will open centred on your current location. Move the map to encompass your desired destination using the displayed circle, then click on Search this area to display all art and cultural sites in this region.

Do not forget to press the Search this area button again after each time you move the map.

Zoom in on the selected area to better distinguish the entries, and click on a marker to display the name of the respective entry. Clicking on the name will take you to a detailed description of the entry.

Click on the left arrow in the top left corner to return to the Home tab.

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6 Augmented Reality / AR function

Start this function by pressing the AR button on the Home tab. When using it for the first time, you will be asked to allow access to your smartphone’s camera.

When using the app for the first time, data will be downloaded to your smartphone. Please wait until this process is complete.

The scanner will then start, indicated by a green bar running from top to bottom.

You can use this function, e.g., with our postcard projects or within participating art and cultural organisations to display augmented reality content and enjoy additional information and visualisations.

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Your art and cul­tu­re com­pa­n­ion on all your tra­vels

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Your art and culture companion on all your travels

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