The Viking Museum – experience the Viking Age in nine languages

In April 2017, The Viking Museum – Vikingaliv opened on Djurgården, the green island in central Stockholm that is home to many of the city's museums. It is a museum devoted to the Viking Age, where visitors experience history in a modern, innovative and engaging way. Vikingaliv wanted an audio guide that was easy to get started with and matched its visual identity – and that worked in many languages, since so many of its visitors come from abroad.

Challenge

Vikingaliv is an indoor museum with a good internet connection. They needed a solution that would work for large numbers of visitors, be easy to get started with and serve tourists from many different countries.

The audio guide was meant to offer more in-depth information, complement the museum's guided tours and give visitors more freedom to experience the exhibitions just as they like.

As the museum was new and had recently invested in its brand, it was especially important that the guide fitted seamlessly with its visual identity.

Solution

The Viking Museum – Vikingaliv chose a web app for its guides. Visitors simply connect to the museum's wi-fi and the audio guide appears as the start page, so there is nothing to download and no address to type in.

The web app is designed to match Vikingaliv's visual identity, so visitors instantly recognise the brand.

The guides are available in nine languages, letting the museum reach many international visitors and offer information in their preferred language. OnSpotStory helped with translating the content and with professional studio recordings.

With the audio guide, we can reach so many people with the story we want to tell.

Tora Larsdotter, The Viking Museum – Vikingaliv