Museums, Parks, & Zoos

Masterful Digital Signage for the Modern Age

Being a cultural or social hub is not just about attracting guests, it’s also about making their experience easy, fun and memorable. This is why when it comes to museums, parks, zoos, and other cultural destinations, interactivity is one of the most important aspects of visitor experience you can improve. Make your exhibits come alive for your visitors with touchscreen panels, video wall story-telling, cameras and other interactive elements to create an environment that quickly engages and fully immerses your visitors in dynamic relevant content.

But the best part of improving your venue’s interactive elements is that we can make it easy. Some well-placed digital signage can make things like navigating your venue simple. While dynamic, fully-immersive engaging content at an exhibit not only captures your visitors’ attention but makes the learning experience richer and more memorable.

How YCD can help?

Using our exceptional partner’s network, we can assemble a team that can design and install a digital signage solution that best fits your needs or we can work with your own team

Provide you with a simple content management system that makes updating, changing, and creating content a breeze

Cnario, our flagship software suite, gives you the control to choose where and when your content is broadcast, even if it means different content plays in multiple locations at the same time.

Ensure that your digital signage solution delivers high-definition content, with seamless, better-than-broadcast quality playback

YCD GETS THE JOB DONE!

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what you can expect?

The New York Museum of Arts and Design was able to provide visitors assistance with orientation, guidance, information and wayfinding

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art obtained a simple drag and drop interface that enabled them to change content in specific zones of the museum very easily

Using Cnario, YCD’s Flagship product, The New York Museum of Arts and Design was able to make updates to their content in real time, using customized content templates to streamline the process still further

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you sell both hardware and software?

Yes. YCD offers both the software and the required PC hardware (media players and backend servers, for example) to build your digital signage experience. Should your system also need a cloud-based solution, we offer a mix of hosted environments to support your on-premise media players.

Do you offer a “SaaS” (Software as a Service) model?

Yes. Our customers may choose between either a perpetual and/or rental pricing models for for all the software solutions that we offer. In addition, they may opt to leave the management, maintenance, and support of the CMS to us and simply pay for only the number of media players currently in use.

Is your solution cloud-based or on-premise?

Both. Our products are versatile enough to allow our customers the option to choose between either architecture based upon their requirements and needs. In addition, we offer hosting services, content management, and proactive support for all of our solutions should the client prefer a more hands-off approach to signage.

Which product is right for me (Cnario vs RAMP)?

Sometimes it is difficult to decide between two CMS (Content Management System) platforms, especially when they are’re offered by the same company. Luckily, in this case it’s easier than you think:

- RAMP is an easy-to-use, versatile CMS that allows maximum diversity between player types (Windows, LG WebOS, Samsung Tizen, Android, Brightsign, ChromeOS and more) while offering a robust and comprehensive solution for all your Content Management needs. It is a web-based platform designed for in-store campaign management. In other words, if you need something that anyone can use and that can be used on practically anything, this is the solution for you.
- Cnario Suite is a complete digital signage playback, distribution and content management platform for informational, educational and commercial messaging. This software suite constitutes a full end-to-end digital signage solution, creating an industry first all-in-one digital signage content management platform. Cnario enables creation, management, monitoring, and control of digital signage networks through easy-to-follow workflows that provide facilitates a low total cost of ownership. Cnario is an extremely powerful and flexible CMS designed from the ground up to allow for maximum control over not only the digital signage network, but also the experience. A Cnario powered system can manage any number of screens, LEDs, projectors, or any combination thereof. Cnario’s playback engine also offers an unlimited canvas size, in a truly “any-K” resolution. This platform also allows for the integration of external software, hardware, and systems. In other words, if you need something that can do it all (large and small) under one roofplatform, then this is the solution for you.

What services do you offer?

We offer all of the services required to drive a digital signage network, including but not limited to:

Sale of both our software solutions and the PC hardware required to run them
Presales engineering and project management to help you design and make the most of your digital signage environment
Hosting services for any of our cloud-based configurations or solutions
Remote or on-site software installation/configuration to help you build the system right the first time, and then training by a qualified engineer so your users are happy with it
Proactive monitoring and support of your digital signage network
Content management services should the customer desire a hands-off approach
We are happy to work directly with the end client or through partners to provide the best in class service and support

How do I gain access to a demo to play around with?

We offer both demo licenses (to simulate an on-premise configuration) and/or access to a cloud-based demo system. Please reach out through by filling out the form on our contact us page. You can also send us an email at [email protected].

What types of media do you support?

Both of our software platforms support all the common and modern media formats, including but not limited to:

Video: MPEG2, MP4, WMV, AVI, H.264, H.265
Audio: MP3, WAV, AAC

Naturally, choosing the right format for your media is a nuanced process involving more than just software, as support also varies by media player type. We would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have. Please reach out through our contact-us form or email us at [email protected]

Get better work done

YCD offers the most powerful digital signage platforms in the industry,
allowing for unlimited creative potential in designing and implementing engaging experiences.

Museums, Parks, & Zoos