Koalition for museums.
Interactive kiosksand exhibits thatmuseums can trust.
We design and build touchscreen kiosks, digital exhibits and AI-powered experiences for museums and cultural institutions. Every word your visitors see is scripted and approved by your team.
What we build.
Touchscreen kiosks
Archives, timelines, maps and collections visitors can explore at their own pace.
Digital exhibits
Gallery experiences that bring objects, garments and stories to life.
Conversational exhibits
Visitors ask questions and historical figures answer, using content your curators wrote and signed off on.
Companion apps and web experiences
Tours and stories that extend the visit beyond the building.
AI, on your terms.
Museums worry about AI saying the wrong thing.
So do we.
On our conversational exhibits, nothing is improvised: we script the content with your curators, test it with your team, and nothing goes live without your approval.
You get the feeling of a real conversation with the control of a printed label.
Selected work.
1 Museum of Democracy
Museum of Democracy
Conversational kiosks where visitors talk with the U.S. founders. Fully scripted and approved content. Built with DigitalDNA Labs.
2 Q, the genderless voice, at the Smithsonian
Genderless Voice
An interactive installation of Q, the first genderless AI voice, exhibited in the Smithsonian's FUTURES exhibition. Built for VICE with Copenhagen Pride, Equal AI and Thirtysoundsgood.
How a project runs.
Discovery
Step 1
We learn the story, the space and the audience.
Content and design
Step 2
We script and design with your curators.
Build and test
Step 3
Software, hardware advice and on-site testing.
Install and support
Step 4
We stay on to keep it running.
Budget and timeline.
Most kiosk and exhibit projects take 3 to 6 months.
Who we are.
Koalition is a digital studio in Brooklyn and Bilbao.
For 25 years we have built interactive work for museums, institutions and brands, often as the studio behind the agency.