Ask the archive
A source-grounded guide that answers questions and opens the supporting material.
Museums, heritage & public learning
Let the collection answer back - with context, care, and human approval.
EG Studio creates accessible, web-native knowledge experiences for museums, archives, libraries, science centres, heritage organizations, and educational institutions.
Web-firstAccessibility scopedEN / FR readyCuratorial approval
Designed for institutional reality
A public experience must do more than produce an impressive answer.
It must respect rights, represent a collection responsibly, work for a defined audience, remain understandable when the AI reaches its limit, and survive review by curators, educators, communications teams, and privacy stakeholders.
- Approved content and source-rights manifest
- Curatorial, community, and subject-matter review gates
- Clear AI disclosure and limitations
- Accessibility, language, privacy, and retention planning
An institution should be able to explain what the experience knows, what it does not know, who approved it, and how a visitor can understand the difference.
EG Studio institutional delivery standard
Experience formats
Conversation is one entrance into the story.
EG combines conversational access with curated navigation, source context, publishing, and shared participation so visitors can choose how deeply they want to explore.
Virtual expert
A consented expert or educator with clear identity, scope, and audience boundaries.
Curated journey
A thematic, curriculum-aligned, or chronological path through selected content.
Facilitated encounter
A shared Garden Tea session supported by a human educator, host, or guest.
Living story
An interactive storybook with scenes, figures, media, and visitor choices.
Learning pathway
A focused educational resource with prompts, context, and reflection activities.
Map & time
Place people, works, events, and collections within geography and historical context.
Dedicated microsite
An independently branded, browser-accessible experience on a dedicated URL.
Governance by design
The review process is part of the experience.
Institutional stakeholders need inspectable control before launch and understandable operations afterward.
Frame
Define audience outcomes, community considerations, risks, and success measures.
Rights
Record ownership, permissions, sensitivity, exclusions, and intended use.
Prototype
Test the interaction model with representative content and intended users.
Review
Run evaluation, accessibility, language, curatorial, and privacy review.
Operate
Launch with disclosure, monitoring, update, export, and maintenance decisions.
Canadian delivery readiness
Built for web access, language planning, and public accountability.
Canadian cultural projects often require English/French production, accessible web delivery, clear project governance, and careful privacy review. EG scopes these requirements during discovery rather than treating them as final-stage polish.
Digital Museums Canada can support eligible organizations building accessible online storytelling projects with web-development partners. Funding status, applicant eligibility, and program rules must always be confirmed by the institution; EG does not promise funding eligibility or awards.
Accessibility
Keyboard, focus, contrast, motion, captions, transcripts, and alternative pathways defined by scope.
Language parity
English/French content planning and professional review, with other languages when relevant.
Privacy review
Data flow, retention, access, service providers, and PIA support information.
Independent deployment
Dedicated URL, project-specific architecture, and export planning for institutional continuity.
Responsible representation
Recorded testimony and generative guidance are not the same thing.
EG distinguishes between authentic recorded responses, generative answers grounded in approved sources, and editorial narration. The interface and disclosure should make the mode understandable to visitors.
Example disclosure pattern
This is an AI-guided experience built from material approved by the institution. It is not the person it may describe or represent. Open the source view to understand where an answer comes from, and use the feedback control to report a concern.
A credible first step
Begin with a Persona Blueprint.
A paid Blueprint establishes source readiness, audience outcomes, risks, a representative prototype, evaluation approach, and a reliable implementation scope before a large proposal.
Institutional Persona Blueprint
- Audience and use-case framing
- Source, rights, privacy, and accessibility scan
- Representative interaction prototype
- Evaluation and delivery recommendation
Institutional Digital Experience
- Dedicated branded web experience
- Curatorial and community approval workflow
- Accessibility and language scope
- Governance, launch, and maintenance plan