Pocket Curator Gallery

Become the curator of a royal gallery, one discovery at a time.

Pocket Curator turns looking at art into a hands-on puzzle experience. Explore 24 real artworks, study light and colour, notice expressions and gestures, and choose paintings that fulfil each exhibition brief.

SOLVE TWELVE EXHIBITIONS Journey through three themed galleries: Light & Colour, Faces & Feelings, and Stories in Art. Select a painting and tap a frame, or drag it into place. Read the curator's notes, use clues when you need them, and check your exhibition to earn mastery seals.

LOOK CLOSER AND LEARN Zoom and pan to examine the details. Discover each work's artist, date, medium and museum source. Collect learning cards with observation notes and short recall questions as you complete exhibitions.

CREATE YOUR OWN GALLERY Choose artworks in Free Curating, arrange three frames, add a title and a note, and save your exhibition. Revisit your personal displays in My Collection.

A QUIET ROYAL ATMOSPHERE Explore a fictional gallery with dark interiors, antique gold accents, classical ornament and heraldic ornament. Adjust music, sound effects and volume in Settings.

KEEP YOUR PROGRESS Puzzle progress, drafts, learning cards and personal exhibitions are saved on your device so you can return to your collection.

Works fully offline. No accounts, advertising or in-app purchases. The system may ask for tracking permission so install attribution can be measured.

Designed for iPhone in landscape. Requires iOS 17 or later. The interface and learning content are in English.

Artwork images come from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access collection. Museum source information is included in the app. Teaching text and game design are original; decorative gallery environments are fictional. No museum endorsement is implied.

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