Clio Foundation

Clio Foundation Non-profit (501c3) offering a free mobile app that connects the public to local history.

Named after the ancient Greek muse of history, Clio puts history at your fingertips. Similar to locator ‘apps’ that help you find a nearby restaurant or repair shop, Clio picks up your present location and guides you to landmarks, museums, and historic sites. It also acts as a virtual time machine, allowing a user to see images and videos and hear and read about historic events that happened around them. Clio is not only a website and smartphone application, but also a collaborative research, interpretation, curation, and map-building project. Museum professionals, scholars, and their students contribute most of Clio’s content. We also depend upon local history experts and museum volunteers who often know more about local history than anyone else. Each day, this partnership of local history experts and professional historians is building a comprehensive, dynamic, and interactive map of American history.

We’re in Providence at NCPH-AASLH 2026. Come say hello and let us know your ideas for connecting people to history.
09/18/2026

We’re in Providence at NCPH-AASLH 2026. Come say hello and let us know your ideas for connecting people to history.

04/29/2026

We've updated text and text-to-speech to support automated translation in eight languages! Coming soon- options to also add original text audio files in multiple languages.

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We are thankful for this lovely story about using Clio to explore history in their part of New York and around the count...
02/17/2026

We are thankful for this lovely story about using Clio to explore history in their part of New York and around the country.

The River Journal joins this year’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of America with a series of articles throughout 2026 highlighting people, places, or things in the River […]

Dr Taylor was one of our best, and it shows in his legacy.
09/25/2025

Dr Taylor was one of our best, and it shows in his legacy.

It is with a heavy heart that BlackPast.org shares the passing of our founder, Dr. Quintard Taylor. An exceptional historian, educator, author, and scholar, Dr. Taylor founded BlackPast.org, which grew into the world’s largest online encyclopedia devoted to African American and global African history. Through his life’s work and BlackPast.org, Dr. Taylor made a promise that Black history will never be erased. Let us all carry forth his promise and legacy.

This looks like a great job opportunity for those interested in campus histories:
09/19/2025

This looks like a great job opportunity for those interested in campus histories:

Exciting opportunity in Bryn Mawr, PA for Bryn Mawr College as a Public Humanities Research Fello...

Thanks to NCPH for hosting this workshop. 40k landmarks and 1700+ walking tours nationwide, still free for everyone.
08/12/2025

Thanks to NCPH for hosting this workshop. 40k landmarks and 1700+ walking tours nationwide, still free for everyone.

On May 28, 2025, Clio founder and history professor David Trowbridge provided an introduction to the platform and shared some examples of how public historia...

Join us for this free workshop (registration required) on designing exhibits and tours for the public on July 17th.
07/07/2025

Join us for this free workshop (registration required) on designing exhibits and tours for the public on July 17th.

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