How to use Mooseium

Mooseium has two halves — a Museum for art and a Library for books — that share one account. Here's how to get the most out of both. It only takes a few minutes to set up something that's truly yours.

1. Getting started

Tap Sign in and use a magic link (we email you a one-tap link) or continue with Google. First time in, you'll pick a handle — a unique @name that becomes your public profile and museum address. You can also set a display name, a bio, and a name for your museum on your account page anytime.

2. Finding art

From the home page, use the search bar to look up anything — an artist (“Vermeer”), a subject (“sunflowers”), or a mood (“storm”). It searches six world museums at once: the Met, the Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland, the Rijksmuseum, Harvard, and the Smithsonian. A few ways to explore:

• All museums or one: the dropdown next to the search box scopes your search to a single collection or searches across all of them at once.
• Browse by theme: the theme cards on the home page run curated searches — a fast way to wander.
• Today's collections: a fresh set of themed shelves, curated automatically every day — a new reason to come back.
• Open a piece: tap any artwork for its placard — full details, a zoomable image, and its own shareable page.

On your phone: the menu, sign-in, and “How to use” live behind the ☰ button in the top-right.

3. Saving to collections

When you find something you love, hit Save — on a search card or on a piece's own page. You'll pick a collection to put it in, or create a new one on the spot (“Dogs in Art,” “Moody Landscapes,” whatever you like). Collections are your building blocks: everything you save lives in one, and you can make as many as you want. Find them all on your Collections page. Pieces you've already saved show Saved ✓ wherever they appear.

4. Curating your galleries & museum

Each collection can become a room in your own 3D museum. On a collection's page you can:

• Show it in your museum — toggle a collection to include it (or leave it out) as one of the rooms visitors walk through.
• Group it into a wing — collections are organized into wings that open off the central atrium, so a big museum stays easy to navigate.
• Publish & share — make a gallery public and share the link; anyone can view it, and it can appear on the Galleries page for others to discover.

5. Walking your 3D museum

Hit Explore in 3D to step inside. You spawn in your Library and walk out into the museum, with wings opening ahead and to the sides.

• Move: WASD keys on desktop or the on-screen joystick on mobile to walk; drag to look around.
• Jump anywhere: the Directory (top right) teleports you straight to any gallery.
• Set the mood: toggle day, night, rain, or snow, flip the lights, and pick background music from the controls in the corner.
• Sit down: walk up to the desk, armchair, or bookshelf in your Library and the reading or writing tools open right there.

6. Your Library

The Library is your private study for reading and writing. It has three tabs:

• Discover — search public-domain books, browse by subject, and see a “Because your museum has…” shelf that suggests books connected to the artists you collect. Tap a book for its details, then Save it or Read now.
• Books — your saved library, with a Continue reading shelf that remembers your place. Books read in full, with a comfortable paper mode, adjustable text size, and highlight-to-save-a-note.
• Writing — a quiet place for your own journals, stories, and notes, organized into folders alongside your books.

Anyone can read the public-domain books for free at the public Library — no account needed. Sign in to save books, keep your place, and write.

7. What's public, what's private

Your published galleries, profile, and display name are public — that's how you share your taste with the world. Your Library — the books you save, your reading progress, and your writing — is private to you. Nothing from your Library is shared unless a future feature explicitly lets you choose to.

8. On mobile

• The ☰ menu (top-right) holds sign-in, navigation, and this guide.
• In the 3D museum, walk with WASD keys on desktop or the on-screen joystick on mobile, and drag anywhere to look around; the weather, lights, and music controls sit in the bottom corners.
• Everything works on a phone — search, saving, galleries, reading, and the 3D museum.

A few tips

• Save generously — you can always reorganize collections later.
• A collection doesn't have to be in your museum; keep private mood-boards too.
• The art you collect shapes what the Library suggests — so a museum full of Van Gogh brings his letters to your shelf.

That's it — go build something beautiful. Want the quick walkthrough again? Replay the tour. Questions? Our Contact page is always open. 🫎