# Connects: Arts+Culture

> Your Arts+Culture Guide

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1476456847](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1476456847)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1476456847`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** BLOOMBERG CONSULTING LLC
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (7,294 ratings)
- **Version:** 2026.8.27
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **First published:** 2019-11-04
- **Size:** 58 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/connects-arts-culture/id1476456847)
- **Website:** [https://bloombergconnects.org](https://bloombergconnects.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://bloombergconnects.org/privacy](https://bloombergconnects.org/privacy)

## Description

Connects: Arts+Culture is a global, multimedia arts and culture guide. The Bloomberg Connects app provides interactive guides to 1000+ museums, galleries, gardens, and cultural spaces, including behind-the-scenes tours and expert-curated video and audio content.

Plan your visits with built-in tools, access quick information on-site with lookup numbers, and enjoy exclusive content produced by museum partners. Bloomberg Philanthropies created the app to broaden access to art and culture for people everywhere.

## Rankings

- #20,852 — Overall

## Review summary

Overall, users praise Connects for broad, worldwide museum coverage, audio tours, and planning tools that aid efficient visits. They value engaging explanations and staff-led content. However, recurring drawbacks include reliability and speed problems, frustrating navigation, missing museum content, and wishes for personalization features like saved favorites. The app shows strong potential but needs usability and content improvements to reach its full value.

### Pros

- Wide network of museums and cultural sites worldwide, making it useful wherever you travel.
- Audio tours and videos enhance the museum experience.
- Maps, guides, and planning features help visitors optimize their time and see the works they want.
- Engaging explanations and staff-narrated content add educational value.

### Cons

- Performance issues: the app frequently freezes on launch and has slow lookups.
- Navigation problems: unreliable back button and cumbersome artwork navigation requiring manual number entry.
- Missing information for some museums and links/external content that doesn't open.
- Desire for personalization features like saving favorites.

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