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ArtString is a museum companion app inspired by the wonder and curiosity fueled by the knowledge that lives in our cultural institutions. Museums are inherently valuable not only because of the knowledge they present, but because of the ideas, feelings, and opinions they provoke. Often, the curious voices and thoughtful impressions of museum visitors are just as illuminating as the carefully crafted museum labels. Museums contain so many layers and permutations some of which have yet to be explored. ArtString is here to shine a light on those perspectives, to offer an arena for exciting conversations, and to encourage inquisitive and thoughtful opinions. Visitors can leave comments apply hashtags to their favorite works, and create strings based on personal themes for others to follow. These shared experiences can then spark new discussions, creating infinite reverberations of knowledge and ideas. Museums already provide a physical space display amazing objects; ArtString provides a digital space for pondering and sharing, creating a network for visitor-to-visitor communication.