Who we are
excours.io, an innovative non-profit & non-governmental startup in education and media based in Brandenburg, Germany, dedicates to revolutionizing the way cultural knowledge produced in museums and beyond is shared and experienced. Think of us as the “Netflix for guided tours”, bringing a new level of engagement with exhibitions, museum artifacts, artworks, and cultural landmarks. By transforming temporary exhibitions and one-time walkthroughs into permanent, accessible stories in immersive video formats, we preserve cultural narratives and make local histories significant on a global scale.
Our vision
We aim to reshape how people interact with culture by providing immersive, guided tours that transcend physical spaces and time. Our platform allows you to “zoom into the life of exhibitions and sites”, making culture more inclusive, engaging, and emotionally impactful. Whether you’re visiting an exhibition or exploring a cultural site virtually, or seeking a deeper connection with an artist, curator, or a scholar, excours.io creates a space for meaningful cultural exploration.
What we offer
- High-quality films: All our content is filmed in 2K+ resolution, offering an immersive visual experience.
- Variety of topics: Our library spans from history to science, presented by seasoned and passionate curators, scholars, and artists who deliver impactful storytelling.
- Exclusive content: Experience unique, unscripted interactions with a guide for a direct, authentic connection.
- Accessibility: Every film is available for free, with subtitles in multiple languages and versions for the visually impaired (coming soon).
- Interactive content: In the future, we will integrate surveys, timecode-based scene navigation, and more to make your experience interactive, not just passive.
Why excours.io?
We fill a critical gap in the current digital cultural landscape by offering a single, comprehensive platform for guided tours. As virtual and physical realities converge, excours.io stands at the forefront of this transformation, enabling you to experience culture in a new and sustainable way. Our platform complements existing cultural ecosystems like TED for education or ARTE for documentaries, by focusing on guided tours and deeper emotional storytelling.
Our formats
- Full-length Films: Immersive 45-90 minute tours or divided into 2 parts.
- Series: Multi-episode guided tours, perfect for deep dives into exhibitions.
- Virtual Reality: Adapting existing films for VR glasses to create full immersion from anywhere.
- E-Learning: Guided tours integrated into high-school and university curriculums.
- … more formats are coming soon!
Why we matter now
In a world where knowledge is overwhelming and often disconnected from emotions, excours.io fosters a meaningful relationship between the viewer and culture. We offer an alternative, inclusive approach to education and cultural preservation by merging real and virtual experiences. Our commitment to cultural sustainability and the digitization of temporary exhibitions makes us a key player in saving and promoting heritage, with a main focus on national and local museums in Germany, and in Europe.
Our commitment
At excours.io, we ensure that:
- All content is free.
- We work only with ethically sound projects, excluding collaborations with industries like alcohol, tobacco, and weapons.
- We never compromise on inclusivity, accessibility, or sustainability.
Collaborate with us (for museums)
We offer museums unique benefits, from data analytics on viewer engagement to custom museum channels on our platform, like excours.io/your-museum. Partnering with us means reaching a wider audience, gathering feedback, and offering additional content like podcasts, quizzes, and digital catalogs.
What’s behind us
The excours.io platform is sustained by the non-profit association excoursio e.V., registered in Germany and based in Brandenburg. Our work focuses on producing and disseminating digital educational content for diverse audiences on both national and international levels. We are committed to engaging with societal and cultural exhibitions, creating new sustainable formats driven by collective and AI-powered knowledge sharing, and developing international networks. Our work includes organizing and participating in exhibitions, creating digital education formats like documentaries, podcasts, and e-learning, and collaborating with institutions and experts in the sociocultural field. If you have any questions about our non-profit status, please write us an email (see in Contacts).
excours.io Manifesto
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The excours.io Manifesto
Pledge for Inclusive, Sustainable, Conscious, and Responsible Knowledge Production and Mediation
● Culture for Everyone, Everywhere
Culture is not meant to be locked behind walls, trapped in fleeting moments, or accessible only to a privileged few. It belongs to all of us – spanning time, geography, and backgrounds.
At excours.io, we believe that cultural knowledge should be as free, open, and immersive as the digital world allows.
Our mission is to transform the way cultural narratives are shared and experienced, making exhibitions, museum artifacts, and historical sites permanently accessible to all – online, and immersively.
● An Immersive Way to Experience Culture
We live in an era where information is abundant, yet emotional and intellectual engagement with history and art remains limited. Temporary exhibitions come and go, leaving their impact on only those who visit in time or on scholars.
We challenge this limitation by preserving these cultural treasures in immersive guided tours, allowing everyone to experience, revisit, and learn from them – whenever and wherever they choose.
Like a living archive of human creativity, excours.io ensures that knowledge in accessible, storytelling formats does not vanish but remains part of a collective, evolving dialogue.
● Our Core Principles
- Open Access – Culture should not be exclusive. Our films and guided tours are free for everyone, eliminating barriers to knowledge and engagement.
- Authenticity & Depth – We collaborate with curators, scholars, and artists to create deeply informed, high-quality storytelling that goes beyond surface-level interpretations.
- Sustainability & Preservation – Digital platforms like excours.io allow temporary exhibitions to live on, safeguarding cultural heritage for future generations.
- Inclusivity & Accessibility – Everyone deserves to engage with culture, regardless of language, ability, or location. We are committed to multilingual subtitles, assistive content, and ever-improving accessibility.
- Interactivity & Engagement – Culture should not be passive. Our platform integrates interactive and immersive features, fostering deeper connections between audiences and the narratives they explore.
- Independence & Ethics – We do not work with industries that compromise human well-being or cultural integrity. We prioritize ethical partnerships with conscious companies and responsible storytelling.
● The Future of Cultural Engagement
We envision a world where anyone, anywhere, can “zoom into” the essence of an exhibition, a historical site, or a work of art / museum piece, feeling as if they are truly there.
By blending digital technology with the expertise of cultural institutions, we are shaping a new paradigm of engagement – one where history, art, and science are not just remembered but continuously experienced.
Culture is more than a collection of objects and artifacts – it is a shared human (hi)story. And it should be open to all.
This is excours.io. This is our manifesto.