Sound and Music in Museums
Monday, May 10, 2010 at 22:22 tagged exhibition, museums 
Last year at New Zealand’s Auckland Museum visitors could enjoy the exhibitions while listening to music inspired by the historic and artistic artifacts. They called it the Sonic Museum. I missed it, but I still think it is worth a mention, as it crosses the bridge between the whisper quiet environment of museums on one hand and sound and music on the other.
Exhibiting sound art and installations as we see them a lot on Everyday Listening will create a completely different experience in a museum and should be handled with great care. I love the relative silence among a group of people as it feels like a way of paying respect to the works of art. That said, incorporating sound and music could change the way we perceive an exhibition and make it a more personal experience.
