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Museum Wakes

Museum Wakes (https://museum-wakes.onrender.com/) transforms the Met's Egyptian Wing into an AI-powered narrative mystery.

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Core trick

Samples 8,390 Met artifacts per session from the Open Access API to build a unique story that generative characters voice live.

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culture/heritagevoice

Description

Museum Wakes (https://museum-wakes.onrender.com/) transforms the Met's Egyptian Wing into an AI-powered narrative mystery. Visitors walk real galleries, scan real artifacts with their phone, and have live conversations with ancient gods who respond in character, in voice, in real time. The app draws from 8,390 real artifacts via the Met's Open API — each session samples different pieces and weaves them into a unique 4-act story. With 5 paths, 4 age registers, thousands of artifact combinations, and fully generative dialogue, no two visitors hear the same story. No install — just open a link on your phone.
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README excerpt

# Museum Wakes

![Museum Wakes Banner](museum-wakes/public/images/readme-banner.png)

**An Egyptian Mystery at The Metropolitan Museum of Art**

Museum Wakes transforms the Met's Egyptian Wing into an immersive narrative mystery — powered entirely by generative AI. Visitors walk real galleries, scan real artifacts with their phone camera, and have live conversations with ancient gods and characters who respond in their own voice, in character, and in real time.

Every playthrough is unique. The app draws from a catalog of **8,390 real Egyptian artifacts** scraped from the Met's Open API — each with full metadata, imagery, gallery locations, and historical context. On every new session, the game samples a different set of target artifacts from this pool and weaves them into the narrative. The AI generates original dialogue around whichever artifacts you encounter, reacts to what you've discovered, remembers what you've said, and adapts its emotional arc across a 4-act story structure. With 5 paths, 4 age registers, thousands of artifact combinations, and fully generative dialogue — no two visitors will ever hear the same story.

No install. No download. Open a link on your phone.

### Demo Video

[![Museum Wakes Demo](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Reuz2qMhqu0/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://youtube.com/shorts/Reuz2qMhqu0)

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## The Story

> The museum is closing. But something is wrong. The seal on the Triadic Gods has been broken — Osiris's power is fading. Isis is searching. Hor

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