YAQRSA

Interactive Museum Scavenger Hunts ​

Welcome to the YAQRSA guide for museums and gallery spaces. Creating interactive visitor tours doesn't require budget-busting proprietary apps or hardware. With YAQRSA, you can guide families, students, and tourists through your collection using simple, scan-and-play QR codes.

Why Use YAQRSA for Museums? ​

  • No App Installation: Visitors scan codes with their native phone cameras and play instantly. This maximizes adoption in galleries.
  • Low Setup Cost: No need to lease special equipment or tablets; visitors use their own devices.
  • Separation of Place and Game: Define your exhibits once in the Location Library and easily update your hunt themes without touching the physical QR codes on the walls.

Step-by-Step implementation for Curators ​

1. Catalog Your Exhibits (Locations) ​

Add key exhibits or gallery rooms to your Location Library. Specify the exhibit name and a default clue (e.g., "Look for the bones of the largest land predator in this gallery").

2. Print and Mount Reusable QR Codes ​

Generate Permanent QR Codes for each location. Print them on durable cardstock or acrylic holders and mount them near the exhibits. Because these are permanent codes, you will never need to print new QR codes when you change the game questions.

3. Create Specific Hunts ​

Design custom tours targeted at different audiences:

  • Kids Tour: Customize the clues with rhymes and simpler descriptions.
  • Teen Challenge: Increase the difficulty, add points, and make it a competition.
  • Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Provide historical trivia as the victory message for completing the hunt.

Best Practices for Visitor Engagement ​

  • Safety & Accessibility: Place QR codes at eye-level for children and wheelchair users.
  • Wi-Fi Visibility: If your gallery walls are thick brick or concrete, ensure guests have access to free public Wi-Fi to load the hunt pages.
  • Educational Victory Content: Use the Victory Message to link to an audio guide, video interview with a curator, or a high-res digital image repository of the artifacts.

For a general overview of other industries, visit the main Use Cases Guide.