Online cameras for museums and exhibition spaces

For the visitor and the museum

A public wide shot shows whether the display is open, what the space looks like and what is happening in the approved area right now. The stream can sit alongside the timetable, the exhibition description or an event page.

For the team, museum cameras give an overview of the entrance, the galleries, collection routes and branches. Different levels of access mean the promotional stream is never mixed up with security surveillance.

Setting expectations

A single field of view does not show the whole collection, labels may be illegible, and visitors temporarily blocking the view is only natural. Accessibility and education call for separate material, subtitles and descriptions.

Existing cameras

If an IP camera provides an accessible RTSP stream, it can be connected to rtsp.me without a dedicated computer for broadcasting. The public field of view is chosen so that it does not reveal security zones, sensors, staff corridors or details of the security system.

Stable lighting, a reliable network and agreed codec settings all matter for a stream. The service delivers the original video, but it does not correct the physical field of view and does not grant you rights to show what is in frame.

Live stream from a museum — example

A live wide shot of a gallery shows how busy the display is and helps visitors choose when to come.

LIVE

Exhibition gallery

The current wide view of the gallery and how many visitors are in it.

What rtsp.me gives you

• Existing camerasConnect a suitable museum RTSP stream
• Every screenBrowser viewing on desktop and mobile
• Many sitesGalleries, venues and branches in one account
• Separate accessPassword and embedding limited by domain
• ArchiveCloud recording of approved streams
• MonitoringAlerts when a camera signal is lost
• Museum websitePlayer HTML code for the exhibition page
• CodecsH.264 and H.265 with supported settings

Five steps to connect

1. Choose a public or an internal use case and clear the rights to every noticeable item in frame.
2. Check the safe field of view, the RTSP link, the codec and how stable the network is.
3. Add the stream to your account on rtsp.me and wait for the technical check.
4. Set the access mode, the archive and monitoring separately for each field of view.
5. Embed the public player on your website or grant restricted access to authorized staff.

Before you announce it, check the stream on a mobile device, review the notices for visitors and make sure no sensitive security features are visible.

Areas and formats

• a wide panorama of an approved permanent display;
• a temporary exhibition once the rights have been checked;
• the foyer and how busy the entrance looks;
• an open conservation workshop with no confidential detail;
• a lecture hall or stage with the participants' consent;
• the courtyard, museum grounds and architectural panorama;
• an exhibition being installed during agreed hours;
• several branches for internal oversight.

Collection stores, staff corridors, security posts and cameras that reveal details of protective infrastructure are not published. For events, decide in advance where the frame ends and how participants will be informed.

Archive, oversight and rights

The archive helps you reconstruct what happened in a gallery or keep an approved excerpt of the program. The retention period, access and any further use of a recording are determined by the museum's purposes, its contracts and the applicable requirements.

Monitoring notifies you when a signal is lost, but it does not replace intruder alarms, physical security and climate control. If the local network goes down, an unavailable video stream cannot be delivered to viewers.

Avoid identifiable close-ups of visitors, give notice that filming is taking place, and take account of copyright, related rights and personal data rights. A publicly accessible player does not mean viewers may copy or reuse the material shown.

Frequently asked questions