'Treasures': our first app for the iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones
Updated with a brand new design and extra images
Updated with a brand new design and 150 extra images, our re-launched Treasures app is now available to download for iPhone, iPad and Android.
The app features over 100 highlights, including literary, historical, music-related and scientific documents - alongside illuminated manuscripts and sacred texts. Each is presented through high-resolution images, allowing the viewer to zoom in and explore in detail. 'Treasures' offers smartphone users a true multimedia experience.
Available across multiple mobile platforms: iPhone, Android and, in an HD version, the iPad
What's in it?
- Over 100 unique or rare items: the original version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the world’s oldest bible, priceless hand-painted medieval books, Nelson’s battle plan for Trafalgar, sketches by Leonardo, a 1664 plan of New York, ‘The Tyger’ in William Blake’s hand, and many more...
- Arranged in easy-to-browse sections: Science, History, Music, Literature, Faith and Religions, Maps and Views, Illuminated Manuscripts
- With highlights from our current major exhibition
- Audio excerpts and nearly 50 WiFi-served videos from our expert curators
- Plus explorer Ben Fogle talking about Captain Scott’s diary
and linguist David Crystal discussing Beowulf.
Chosen by The Sunday Times App List: top 500 apps
How do I get it?
'Treasures' is available for download world-wide
From the iTunes App Store for iPhone (and iPod Touch): UK £2.49, US $3.99
From the Android Marketplace: UK £2.49, US $3.99
'Treasures HD'
From the iTunes App Store for iPad UK £3.99, US $5.99
Created by the British Library in partnership with Toura 
Also available
and
19th Century Historical Collection App (for iPad) produced by BiblioLabs
