Google Arts & Culture

What Google Arts & Culture does

Google Arts & Culture brings museum collections, artworks, landmarks and cultural stories to an Android screen. It suits students, curious travellers, teachers and anyone who wants a guided way to explore art and history without starting with a particular museum or subject.

Explore collections in detail

The app gathers material from more than 2,000 cultural institutions, with high-resolution images that let you examine paintings and other works closely. Stories, themed selections and guided tours help put individual pieces into context, making the large catalogue easier to approach than a simple image search.

Virtual visits and interactive tools

Virtual tours use Street View and related experiences to take you through museums, historic places and other cultural sites. AR features such as Art Projector and Pocket Gallery add a sense of scale or place selected works in a room. On compatible artwork and devices, Art Recognizer can provide information when you point the camera at a participating piece.

Learning with a personal angle

Google Arts & Culture also includes lighter tools for connecting with the collection. Art Selfie compares a portrait with artworks, while Art Transfer applies the visual character of famous styles to a photo. These features are a useful entry point for younger users or anyone who finds traditional art-history browsing too formal.

At a glance

• Category: Education
• Developer: Google LLC
• Rating: 4.20/5 from 55,767 ratings
• Installs: 10,000,000+