The Art Rate Monitor

Visualize your Gallery experience like never before.

Celebrate the AGO's 125th anniversary with the return of the award-winning Art Rate Monitor™!

What is the Art Rate Monitor™? This first-of-its kind gallery experience measures your heart rate as you explore the AGO. With every step, you’ll get personalized insights on your visit. See which pieces captivated you, uncover patterns in your preferences, and relive the highlights of your visit that might surprise you!

After your visit, you’ll receive a free personalized report of your visit. Uncover your distinctive art persona, what artworks you spent the longest time with, your preferred colour palette, and so much more! After you see it and feel it, you can share it—let people know what art moves and represents you the most, while you learn a thing or two about yourself along the way.

Come to the gallery and understand the world—and art—in a whole new way. Let the Art Rate Monitor™ show you how!

The Art Rate Monitor™ experience is included with gallery admission. Visit the Art Rate Monitor kiosk by the Welcome Desk to participate. Participation is on a first-come, first-served basis.

visitors in the gallery wearing Art Rate Monitors

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hands holding phone with Art Rate Monitor video on the screen

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Which artworks excited me?

visitor wearing art rate monitor in Galleria Italia

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The Art Rate Monitor

The Art Rate Monitor

Art Rate Monitor FAQS

How does the Art Rate Monitor work?

The lanyard and wristband will record your location and heart rate as you move through the museum. Over 120 beacons are located across five floors of the museum, so the Art Rate Monitor can map which artworks changed your heart state.

Science has proven we respond to art in many ways: emotionally, cognitively and physically. Measuring heart rate is a simple and non-intrusive way to record one of the ways we experience art.

At the end of the experience, you will receive an email with a free personalized wrap report, identifying your art persona, what art works you spent the longest time with, your preferred colour palette and more!

How long is the experience?

As long or short as you like! The Art Rate Monitor is a free complement to a regular visit – though the longer you explore, the more you’ll reveal about yourself and great art.

Does it matter in what order I see things?

No. The Art Rate Monitor will respond to artworks across five floors - in the Concourse, on Level 1, Level 2, Level 4. and Level 5. You can visit for as long as you like, in whatever order you’d like.

What happens to the results collected after the experience?

The intention of this fun experience is to create a personalized wrap report that details aspects of a visitor's experience, to showcase how art affects everyone differently. Only participants have access to their individual wrap reports. We love seeing visitors share their art experiences and have designed it to be easily shared on social media. The AGO is excited to see what trends emerge, but individual data will not be released or viewed by the museum.

Do I get to see my heart rate results?

No. The Art Rate Monitor is not intended as a medical device. At the end of the experience, you will receive an email with a free personalized wrap report, identifying your art persona, what artworks you spent the longest time with, your preferred colour palette, and more!

Will the devices interfere with medical technology?

No. The wristband measures heart rate similar to a smart watch or digital app.

Is this suitable for children?

Yes. Children under 14 must have their parents/guardian consent before signing up for the experience and their guardians must provide contact information and show a piece of Identification to sign out the equipment. Please note that the wristband may be too large for younger children.

Can I do this with a group?

This experience is intended for individuals. Due to limited supplies, this experience is not available for tour groups or school visits.

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Participation in the Art Rate Monitor is on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited by the number of wristbands available. The personalized wrap report may not be supported on all browsers. The experience includes a select number of works from the AGO collection, so some artworks may not be represented in the personalized wrap report. All images reproduced here are provided free of charge for research and/or personal use only. Any other use, distribution or reproduction thereof is subject to limitations imposed by law. Any commercial exploitation of the images is strictly prohibited. The work of art is to be reproduced in its entirety without cropping or any other alteration of the reproduction by overprint or superimposed imagery.

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