App Shopper: London: British Museum Guide & Audio (Travel)

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London: British Museum Guide & Audio

iOS iPhone

STAR APP IN SUNDAY TIMES TOP 500 APPS 2011

SHORTLISTED FOR BEST TOURISM EXPERIENCE IN BT VISIT LONDON AWARDS 2009

•Listen as the Parthenon Sculptures come to life
•Discover why the Benin Bronzes were spattered with human blood
•Hear how the Easter Island statues caused anarchy
•Eavesdrop on the sensational discovery of the Rosetta Stone

and much more...

The British Museum is one of London’s most popular tourist attractions, documenting the story of human culture with some of the finest objects from the world’s civilisations, past and present.

This one-of-a-kind app is the perfect companion to experiencing the museum and its surroundings without the need for books, maps or in-house audio guide. Use it at home, on a plane, on the Tube, inside the museum - the encounter begins well before the entrance doorway and continues long after leaving.

To make the most of a visit there are ideas to consider before setting off, along with essential visitor information, travel planner and useful links. Afterwards there are suggestions for other things to see and do in the area ranging from more of the same to the completely different. Points of interest and local facilities are marked on an interactive offline area map that includes introduction, contact details and weblinks. When online they appear in a directory of the 100 nearest points of interest, listed by proximity and plotted on Google Maps.

Don’t forget your headphones because there’s an hour of atmospheric audio guide to use how you want to. Enjoy before you go, listen again in the museum and keep as a lasting memento. With pristine sound quality and filled with high quality music, cinematic sound design and dramatic reconstructions it’s a captivating way to discover the fascinating stories behind TEN of the museum’s star attractions; and how they came to be in the museum can be as enlightening as the objects themselves.

Features:

•Easy navigation menus
•Zoomable area map with tappable points of interest
•Locate function (when online)
•100 nearest points of interest plotted on Google Maps (when online)
•Photo gallery
•160kbps high quality sound
•Read some Rosetta Stone hieroglyphics
•No need to go online
•Tells the stories behind TEN of the museum's highlights
•60 minutes / 12 tracks of rich audio:

1 Introduction. 2 Rosetta Stone (Room 4). 3 Parthenon Sculptures (Room 18). 4 Hoa Hakananai'a (Room 24). 5 Mexican Mosaics (Room 27). 6 Benin Bronzes (Room 25). 7 Iznik Bowl (Room 34). 8 Shiva Nataraja (Room 33). 9 Standard of Ur (Room 56). 10 Portland Vase (Room 70). 11 Sutton Hoo (Room 41). 12 Connections.

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