Eamon Byrne

Eamon Byrne is the founder and CEO of Tellme, a startup creating conversational, AI-powered digital guides for museums and cultural attractions. His work focuses on using computer vision and generative AI to deliver personalised storytelling for visitors on their own smartphones. Supported by Innovate UK’s Creative Catalyst, Tellme has partnered with major UK institutions including National Museums Wales and Birmingham Museums Trust. Eamon works with cultural institutions on practical, safe and responsible applications of AI, exploring how emerging technology can enhance cultural engagement.

Eamon Byrne will be speaking at the Museum Digital Summit :

From Labels to Conversations

What happens when every visitor can point their phone at an object and immediately start a guided conversation, in their own language, with content the museum can trust?

Join Birmingham Museums Trust and Tellme as we explore what it takes to deploy a conversational, AI-powered digital guide on the gallery floor. Drawing on live visitor usage at Thinktank Museum, we share how computer vision and conversational interfaces can enhance self-directed visits, while remaining firmly under curatorial control. Attendees will hear honest lessons from rollout, visitor behaviour, and governance, and see how AI can support museum goals without compromising values.