Chester’s Grosvenor Museum has successfully bid to receive an innovative Info-Point system which will deliver interactive content straight to a smartphone.

Visitors will be offered an interactive experience of all the museum’s objects and galleries, which will be of particular benefit to those with accessibility concerns.

At first the museum will produce audio tours for English, foreign and visually impaired visitors. Later the system will be expanded with dynamic content that will allow visitors to digitally tour galleries and collections.

With a great range of new exhibitions planned over the next few years, the museum will use Info-Point to augment their exhibitions with content produced in partnership with some of their community groups.

The museum will have the new content up and running within the next six months, with a wide range of content planned over the next two years, offering visitors a more interactive, fun and informative museum experience.

Webnebulus, the creators of Info-Point, is a new company and so far its innovative system can be found in only a handful of sites across the country.

The Grosvenor Museum will work with the company to get the most out of the new technology and deliver an innovative visitor experience.

Webnebulus director Neil Rathbone said: “We chose Grosvenor as the winning bid because it is innovative without being techno-centric.

“We will be using it as a case study of what is achievable within existing resources in the reduced budget that many public sector museums face.”

Councillor Stuart Parker, executive member for culture and economy, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for the Grosvenor Museum, which is constantly seeking out new ways to improve its visitor experience.

“It will enable the museum to increase access to both the building and its collections for all visitors to this special part of Chester’s heritage offering.”