Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary with STQRY's Special Event Pricing
As we look ahead to July 2026, the United States will celebrate a monumental milestone—its 250th anniversary. This once-in-a-lifetime event offers a unique opportunity to reflect on the past while envisioning the future. Many of our partners—museums, battlefields, and historic trails—are preparing to share America’s rich history with visitors through year-long programs, stories, and events. At STQRY, we’re proud to collaborate with these organizations, using our innovative technology to engage and educate audiences in new, meaningful ways.
How STQRY’s Customer Success Team Delivers Real Support for Digital Experiences
Bringing a digital experience to life—whether it’s a visitor app for a museum, an interactive kiosk for a historic site, or a self-guided tour for an attraction—can feel overwhelming. You have a vision, but where do you start? How do you ensure your experience is intuitive, engaging, and seamless for your visitors?
STQRY Introduces Multi-Region Hosting
At STQRY, we are proud to announce our latest innovation: multi-region hosting. This new capability is a significant advancement for our customers, particularly cultural organizations in Canada, Australia, and the EU.
STQRY's Vietnam Adventure: Connecting Through Stories
As a hybrid team distributed all over the world, we always look forward to the opportunity to spend time together in person. This trip was particularly memorable; it was the perfect example of the power of bringing people, places, and stories together.
Welcoming PocketSights to the STQRY Family
#mce_temp_url#With PocketSights joining our family, we're set to further our exploration, bringing no-code technology and storytelling together to make immersive storytelling easy.
Elevating Accessibility: STQRY Partners with Signapse for AI-Powered ASL Translation
Our partnership with Signapse represents a pivotal moment in the push towards universal accessibility.
STQRY Acquires PocketSights to Expand Tech-Enabled Cultural and Historical Exploration
STQRY announces the acquisition of PocketSights to enhance tech-enabled explorations that connect users more deeply with the world around them.
Your Guide to STQRY Collect: Benefits, Use Cases and Features
Unlock the potential of STQRY Collect - your go-to guide for digital collections, it transforms museums and libraries into immersive online collections.
STQRY Bundles: More Platforms, More Savings
Every good story has a beginning, middle, and end; STQRY's suite of products helps you tell yours.
Guide to Museum Kiosks: Top Benefits, Use Cases & Features
Researching museum kiosks? Check out these important benefits, examples, and software features to help inform your strategy.
Top Museum Conferences You Don’t Want to Miss in 2023
It’s that time of year again. Time to start planning which museum conferences you’ll attend in 2023—and which new cities you’ll visit and restaurants you’ll try.
12 Best Software Tools for the Tourism Industry
There are a variety of software platforms for the tourism industry, including audio guide apps, CRMs, operations platforms, and more.
8 Top Technology Trends for Museums in 2023
No matter where you’re at—whether that’s implementing cloud-based tech for the first time or bending AR to your will—we’ve got insights into the top museum tech for 2023.
Take a look at the trends that will power museums next year and how you can make them your own.
Introducing STQRY Kiosk: Create Interactive Displays and Digital Labels
Today, we’re introducing our brand new product, STQRY Kiosk to help you create interactive displays with text, video, images, audio, and more. The platform is perfect for museums, galleries, libraries, and universities. Below, we explore the main benefits of interactive kiosks and how you can achieve them with STQRY Kiosk.
The Brattleboro Words Trail Wins the 2022 Leadership in History Awards
The Brattleboro Words Trail is a collaborative research project celebrating south-eastern Vermont's rich literary past and present. The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has proudly announced the trial as a winner of the 77th annual Leadership in History Awards, recognizing its contribution along with the creative, dedicated, and tenacious spirit of the team behind it.
What Is No Code Technology & How Can You Use It?
There are many different types of no code platforms, usually ranging from niche website builders to app builders. In this post, we dive into what no code technology is, how it works, and how to choose the right solution for your needs.
The 20 Best Museum Software (By Category)
Museum software can be used to email members, sell merchandise, promote special events, engage in-person visitors, and so much more. But there are a lot of platforms on the market, and it can be hard to know which ones you really need. We’ve defined several essential museum software categories and handpicked the best tools for each one.
New White Paper: Beyond Audio
Just in time for the 11th Annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (May 19), we are excited to announce our newest white paper focused on accessibility and the visitor journey. Download the white paper to learn technological best practices to meet the needs of accessibility by delivering inclusive content.
New STQRY Video Filmed at the Auckland War Memorial Museum
Watch our new STQRY Apps video and explore our filming location, the Auckland War Memorial Museum (Tāmaki Paenga Hira), and its audio guide app in this blog post.
Explore Impactful Storytelling with the Tadpole Group
At the 2022 STQRY Summit, we invited the Tadpole Group to present the power of storytelling for tours, and how to enhance your stories by creating digital experiences. This blog post walks you through the key steps of creating impactful stories that improve your visitor experiences.
8 Audio Guide App Examples to Inspire You
Audio guide apps help your visitors make the most of their experience in your museum, art gallery, historic site, or landmark. With a guide app, you can provide your visitors with a self-guided tour that is packed with information and interesting facts about your destination. Get inspirations for your project from these great audio guide app examples.
7 Features of the Best Travel and Tourism Apps
The best travel and tourism apps can take visitors deeper into the local experience, offer contextual information, and help ensure that visitors have a great time. Cultural site organizations can offer their own apps to improve the visitor experience. Explore the best features of apps for tourists and visitors.
Watch the 2022 STQRY Summit On-Demand
We collaborated with global industry leaders spanning 3 continents to bring you the virtual 2022 STQRY Summit (March 7-11), watch all sessions now available on-demand!
Job Opening: Account Executive - Australia and New Zealand
We're looking for a bit of help at STQRY. We like to think we're doing our bit to make a dent in the culture and heritage and tourism space but there's so much more to be done.
Meet the STQRY Team: Discussing career, business and powerful products with Glen Barnes, CPO
As the former CEO and Founder of My Tours, and now the Chief Product Officer at STQRY, Glen Barnes has been through an incredible journey in the tech industry while traveling around the world. We interviewed Glen regarding his life at STQRY, and some critical decisions that led to his success as an innovative, entrepreneurial leader today.
Meet the STQRY Team: Talking travel, art and marketing with Genevieve Hauck
Genevieve Hauck joined the STQRY team in 2019. Everyday she plays a crucial role in delivering STQRY’s message to museums, historic sites, parks, tour operators, and other organizations looking to improve the accessibility of their services through technology. This week, we sat down with Genevieve and talked about her journey as an art enthusiast, frequent traveler and now SaaS marketing specialist.
Meet the STQRY Team: A Chat about business and family with Thomas Dunne, Founder, CEO & President
STQRY has been instrumental in transforming the culture and tourism industry during this time of unprecedented change. We interviewed Thomas Dunne, the Founder and CEO of STQRY, to reveal his secret sauce in leading a successful SaaS company, and his unique approach to life as an entrepreneur in this modern age.
US Forest Service & Parks Canada To Present At This Year's 2022 STQRY Summit
Learn how the US Forest Service and Parks Canada are reinventing their traditional forms of outdoor interpretation with their STQRY app experiences to improve conservation, education, safety, wayfinding and more.
Meet the Presenter: Renée Ingram, African American Heritage Preservation Foundation & Ran Yan, Lewis Latimer House Museum
Preservation through education is one of the most desired topics in the upcoming 2022 STQRY Summit. We interviewed presenter Renée Ingram, President & Founder of African American Heritage Preservation Foundation (AAHPF), and Ran Yan, Executive Director of Lewis Latimer House Museum, regarding their experience in leveraging digital technology for preserving historical sites, and what we can expect in their panel discussion.
Meet the Presenter: Alex Dykman, CEO & Founder of Maverick Digital
In this Meet the Presenters series, we sit down with 2022 STQRY Summit presenter, Alex Dykman, CEO & Founder of Maverick Digital. In this interview, Alex tells us about her journey in the travel industry, and what we can expect to hear in her webinar session – Digital Transformation and the Endemic Traveler.
STQRY celebrates 15 years and counting!
With 2021 coming to an end, STQRY is ready to celebrate its 15th birthday. Over the past 15 years, STQRY has grown from an idea into a global leader of digital experiences. We chatted with Thomas Dunne, Founder and CEO of STQRY, to reflect on the company’s incredible journey and he took us through what the next 15 years have in-store.
Museum Association of New York (MANY) to present at the 2022 STQRY Summit
Register for the 2022 STQRY Summit to see this unique and insightful session surrounding the IMLS CARES Act grant project designed to help museums impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic reach audiences who cannot physically visit their museums.
Registration launched for the 2022 STQRY Summit: All things digital
As a leader in the digital space, STQRY has invited industry experts to share their knowledge and bring you the first ever 2022 STQRY Summit, uncovering the secrets of leveraging practical, impactful, innovative digital solutions for your organization in this new era. This FREE week-long webinar series features topics across museum accessibility, AR/VR, tourism’s digital transformation, content creation, multimedia storytelling, education and digital experience marketing. Register today!
Your Insiders' Guide to STQRY: Mobile Tour Guide Apps and Digital Collections
If you don’t yet have a mobile tour guide app or digital collections, you might be missing out on important ways to improve the visitor experience and further your organization’s mission. STQRY helps you build these digital resources with no coding whatsoever and in this guide, we walk you through everything you can do with our platform.
The George Eastman Museum Goes Touchless
The George Eastman Museum, located in Rochester, NY, was one of the earlier STQRY clients who adapted digital experiences into their pandemic strategy. This early integration allowed them to go completely touchless in 2020 and now into 2021.
Distanced and Isolated in the Museum
In this short essay, Dana Michealovich explains how even with the effects of the pandemic, museums can help their visitors attain this unmistakable feeling of a valuable, rich tour.
Press Release: City of Immortals, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
City of Immortals
Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris: GPS Tour App in French and English Celebrates the Rich and Beautiful History of the World’s Most Famous Cemetery and its Iconic Residents
An Insider’s Guide to the Legendary Parisian Necropolis and Tourist Destination
Digital Media and Holocaust Museums in a Post Survivor Era
Using modern technology to help educate visitors and share difficult histories can be a sensitive thing to navigate for many organizations. In this week's STQRY Sessions, guest speaker, Julia Zungri gave an overview of digital media & holocaust museums in a post-survivor era.
STQRY Sessions with the Glencairn Museum
Last week we sat down with Jahnna Henderson, marketing and public relations manager of the Glencairn Museum to discuss their reopening!
Our new STQRY
Since founding OnCell in 2006, we have worked hard to evolve and adapt our products to the changing technology and needs of our customers and their visitors. With multiple acquisitions over the last several years – including Authentic, My Tours & STQRY (2018), TourBuddy (2019), CultureSpots (2020) – we decided it was time to reflect on our history, our identity and what our brand represents.
Press Release: OnCell Acquires SaaS Company, CultureSpots
OnCell announced today it has acquired the software company, CultureSpots based in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, a respected competitor in the audio guide technology space for cultural institutions.