Instagram adds AR exhibits from the Smithsonian to its camera.

The effects are part of Instagram’s Spark AR platform, which has also enabled beauty brands to create AR try-on experiences, and viral user-created filters. Though the AR exhibits provide a way for people to access museum content when they’d otherwise be stuck at home during the pandemic, Instagram notes the feature also allows users to get a much closer look at exhibits than they would with an in person visit since you can use the Instagram cameras to zoom-in on various angles of each item.