DIY in the exhibition world

Story Inc and our friends at Click Suite developed Curio after creating the interactive Document Tables for He Tohu. These interactive touchscreens allow visitors to learn the hidden secrets of three of New Zealand’s founding documents. Seeing the success of this simple interface showed us that DIY digital interactive software would be extremely useful for GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) institutions. 

The idea is that you no longer need to hire specialist companies (like ours!) to make a simple interactive exhibit. Curio doesn’t require any technical developer skills to use. In fact it’s as easy as putting together a PowerPoint. 

You can change your interactive to tell a whole new story or add content to your existing display anytime you'd like. 

And you can make as many changes as you want, whenever you want, straight from your desktop, and publish them immediately to the screen on the gallery floor. That means you can quickly adapt your interactive exhibit to respond to things like current events, seasons, special visitors or public holidays.  

One of the most innovative uses of Curio to date has been Precious, a series of temporary exhibitions in 2020 at the National Library of New Zealand in Wellington. Children from local schools used the software to directly tell stories about objects that are precious to them. 

Click here to learn more or sign up here (for free!) to start creating.