Three museum management simulation apps for art lovers

Three mobile games let players experience museum management through construction, restoration, and exhibition curation. Pixodust (free on Android and Apple) challenges players to build and administer a museum, organizing shows across contemporary, Pop Art, modern, classical, and Renaissance art, as well as space exploration, fossils, archaeology, and even zoos or marine parks. Museum Magnate (free on Android and Apple) starts in Egypt, where players act as a magnate opening a museum, beginning with archaeological digs to find rare artifacts, then managing human resources and ticket sales; it includes augmented reality for new display solutions. OriDio (free on Android and Apple) focuses on a natural history museum that must be revived from disuse, requiring excavation campaigns to expand collections, monitoring visitor numbers and satisfaction based on fossil collection conditions, and budgeting ticket revenue to fund new digs and exhibits. All three games emphasize resource management, staff oversight, and visitor appeal. The article was published on Artribune Magazine #64 by Simona Caraceni.