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Online Guidebook • 1 • 3 Online Visits Table of Contents Museum Map 3 Guided Tours 4 Permanent Collection Object List 9 Physical Objects Collection Object List 15 Video Gallery Guide 38 8 • MUSEUM OF PORTABLE SOUN D MUSEUM CAMPUS EXPOSITION SPACE PERMANENT FRANK GEHRY 4 COLLECTION COMMEMORATIVE WING WING 3 MEMBERS 5 1 NATURAL LOUNGE 2 1 HISTORY 10 8 11 9 12 7 13 SCIENCE 6 2 & TECHNOLOGY 17 18 16 20 15 ARCHITECTURE 21 19 14 3 & URBAN DESIGN GIFT SHOP MUSEUMOFPORTABLESOUND.COM 30 22 ART 29 4 23 & CULTURE 28 JOSEPH FOURIER 25 24 COMMEMORATIVE 27 SINE WAVE 26 STAIRCASE 1 NATURAL HISTORY 3 ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN 1 Humans 14 Construction, Exteriors & Tours 2 Animals 15 Fountains 3 Insects 16 Doors, Windows & Fixtures 4 Underwater Life 17 Plumbing, Heating & Cooling 5 Weather & Water 18 Elevators & Escalators 19 Interiors 2 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 20 Railway Stations 21 Walks 6 Laboratories & Medicine 7 Acoustics 8 History of Audio Recording 4 ART & CULTURE 9 Audio Interfaces 22 Archaeology 10 Machines 23 Art Processes 11 Glitches 24 Food 12 20th Century Audio Equipment 25 Transport 13 21st Century Audio Equipment 26 Bells & Clocks 27 Rituals & Events 28 Libraries & Archives 29 Museums 30 Exhibitions of Sounds • 9 With 317 objects organised GUIDED TOURS into 30 different galleries that take over eight and a half hours to listen to, deciding on where to begin in our Permanent Collection Galleries can be more than a little overwhelming! If you’d like some suggestions, try one of our Guided Tours! They have been specially curated to highlight our most important objects – just sit back, relax, and enjoy the tour! TOUR 1 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION Only have time for a short visit? Make sure to experience some of our favourite objects! 15 minutes Wake up with a ‘Dawn Symphony’– Flush Sigmund Freud’s toilet a tranquil sunrise over Rome in his house in Vienna GALLERY 2 OBJECT 1 GALLERY 17 OBJECT 1 Chuckle along with a Pink River Lounge at the hotel pool in Chicago Dolphin in the Amazon River where Tarzan trained for the Olympics GALLERY 4 OBJECT 5 GALLERY 19 OBJECT 5 Hear the First Recorded Human Voice: Walk through ancient catacombs a picture of sound etched on paper beneath Alexandria, Egypt GALLERY 8 OBJECT 1 GALLERY 22 OBJECT 3 Take a trip on a conveyor belt Stand in the crowd as Big Ben bongs through a security x-ray scanner for the last time in 4 years GALLERY 10 OBJECT 2 GALLERY 26 OBJECT 11 Play John Peel’s 1981 ‘Festive 50’ Cheer a marching band at San Francisco on a portable cassette player Pride the year gay marriage was legalised GALLERY 12 OBJECT 2 GALLERY 27 OBJECT 18 10 • TOUR 2 MUSIC Listen to objects that contain or are related to music. 20 minutes The First Recording of a Museum (1888) 4,000-person choir sings Handel in London’s Crystal Palace on a wax cylinder. 2.28 p.66 The First MP3 (1987): Suzanne Vega, ‘Tom’s Diner (a capella)’ Song used at Fraunhofer Labs, Germany to refine the MP3 algorithm. 2.09 p.70 Disco Boat: Nile River, Cairo (2010) A floating party happens every night on the Nile River. 1.08 p.177 Madhavi: Gurgaon, India (2016) Balma Mane Na, from 1962 Bollywood film Opera House, sung in praise of Lakshmi. 1.45 p.194 Hofbrauhaus: Munich, Germany (2012) Volksmusik (German folk music), lederhosen & ennui at Munich’s most famous pub. 2.01 p.196 Amolador Flute: Lisbon (2017) recorded by João Caldas Tune played by neighbourhood knife sharpeners to let people know they’re ready to work. 0.14 p.200 Wedding Music Practice: Maulbronn Monastery, Germany (1888) A man sings and a woman plays organ, preparing for a traditional wedding ceremony. 1.55 p.201 Pride Parade: San Francisco (2008) Lesbian marching band performs Chapel of Love the year gay marriage became legal. 1.39 p.201 Buskers: District Line Underground Train, London (2017) Jubilant band walks through a Tube train and pauses at the stop. 1.58 p.207 Myra, Crete Street Music: Athens (2011) Traditional folk music played by a busker. 1.21 p.208 Museum of Mechanical Musical Machines, Portugal (2017) French bastringue piano, used in dance halls, plays music off a cylinder. 1.31 p.226 Reverb Chamber: Motown Museum, Detroit (2012) Demonstration of clapping in an attic crawlspace, integral to the Motown sound. 1.08 p.239 • 11 TOUR 3 RELAXATION Bliss out on a tour of natural, quiet, or calming objects. 20 minutes Crickets (Daytime): West Park Wetlands, Ann Arbor (2009) Heavy cricket stridulation (rubbing body parts together to generate sound). 1.00 p. 35 Psithurism: Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal (2016) The sound of wind blowing through tree leaves has a name: psithurism. 2.34 p. 42 Thunderstorm: Corfu, Greece (2011) A heavy rainfall outside a hotel window. 1.42 p. 45 Waterfall: Offenburg, Germany (2014) The sound of the highest waterfall in Germany. 2.00 p. 49 Lake Eerie Waves: Pelee Island, Canada (2010) Rhythmic waves lapping back and forth. 2.28 p. 50 Brown Noise Synthetic sound whose frequencies mimic the randomness of Brownian Motion. 1.00 p. 60 Buckingham Fountain, Chicago (2005) 14,000 US gallons of water are pumped every 20 minutes in Chicago’s Grant Park. 1.30 p. 105 Fountain, Baden Baden, Germany (2012) Gurgling on a private terrace amidst a winding staircase on the side of a hill. 1.19 p. 106 Ancient Roman Channel: Winchester, UK (2018) River rerouting that has run continuously since 70CE. 1.30 p. 142 Tree Trimming: Cairo, Egypt (2010) Soothing sound of shears at the Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum Park. 1.12 p. 149 Cloisters: Maulbronn Monastery, Germany (2012) Not just bells: listen closely to hear a small string instrument ensemble practising. 1.37 p. 186 Art Institute of Chicago: Modern Wing (2009) Analogue film projector, part of Wolfgang Plöger’s Make No Mistake About This installation. 1.17 p. 235 • FOR12 THE GALLERY GUIDE 3RD EDITION ChiefCurator OBJECTS TOUR 4 TOP 40 Compiled from the personal aesthetic preferences of the Director & Chief Curator particularly if the recording is funny, exciting, or sentimental. TITLE TOTAL DURATION: 58 MINUTES LOCATION POSITION GALLERY OBJECT NO. PAGE DURATION OF OBJECT DATE OF RECORDING H H No. 1 H H FALLING OFF A CAMEL BASED ENTIRELY UPON GREAT PYRAMID, GIZA, EGYPT PERSONAL BIAS 1 2 13 31 (0.49) 1 May 2010 PRIDE PARADE MARCHING BAND SAN FRANCISCO, US 2 27 18 201 (1.39) 6 July 2008 POP ROCKS® LONDON 3 24 10 156 (1.32) 6 June 2017 AUTOMATED PORTRAIT BOOTH NAVY PIER, CHICAGO 4 9 7 75 (2.34) 28 October 2006 TREE TRIMMING CAIRO, EGYPT 5 23 9 149 (1.12) 6 May 2010 SECURITY X-RAY SCANNER SKYGARDEN, LONDON 6 10 2 83 (1.31) 8 November 2017 PSITHURISM ALBUFEIRA, ALGARVE, PORTUGAL 7 5 2 42 (2.34) 8 September 2016 GUILDHALL ART GALLERY ON FIRE LONDON 8 29 6 228 (1.45) 8 March 2014 AIRPORT ANNOUNCEMENT GATWICK AIRPORT, LONDON 9 9 8 75 (0.10) 8 April 2015 MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS ZAGREB, CROATIA 10 29 5 227 (1.00) 25 September 2015 HOVERCRAFT THE ISLE OF WIGHT, UK 11 25 34 178 (3.46) 25 September 2018 CATACOMBS OF KOM EL-SHAQOUFA ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT 12 22 3 140 (1.59) 11 May 2010 STREET CROSSING SIGNAL VASCO DA GAMA MALL, LISBON 13 9 22 79 (0.56) 11 October 2004 NO. 28 TROLLEY (NIGHT) LISBON, PORTUGAL 14 25 22 170 (1.56) 1 March 2008 ECHO CHAMBER MOTOWN MUSEUM, DETROIT 15 29 26 239 (1.08) 13 June 2012 ST GEREMIA TOWER CLOCK ST GEREMIA, VENICE 16 26 10 189 (1.22) 23 May 2018 PUBLIC TELEPHONE ZAGREB, CROATIA 17 9 1 73 (0.26) 25 September 2015 WATER PIPES AND TOILET RAWABET, CAIRO, EGYPT 18 17 2 113 (0.47) 17 May 2010 PLAYING THE ROSETTA STONE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON 19 29 23 237 (1.20) 19 May 2018 CRICKETS (NIGHT) GRABEN NEUDORF-NORD, GERMANY 20 3 2 35 (2.00) 18 August 2012 • 13 TITLE LOCATION POSITION GALLERY OBJECT NO. PAGE DURATION OF RECORDING DATE OF RECORDING DUELLING BUSKERS SOUTH BANK, LONDON 21 27 32 209 (1.42) 3 October 2014 DOOR NEUE STAATSGELERIE STUTTGART 22 16 4 111 (0.06) 17 October 2012 FIRE ALARM, ACADEMIC CONFERENCE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON 23 9 9 76 (2.09) 21 July 2017 BROKEN P.A. SPEAKER MITCHELL HALL, UW-MILWAUKEE, US 24 11 3 89 (0.49) 1 March 2008 SISTINE CHAPEL ROME 25 29 7 228 (1.31) 10 Spril 2017 AUTUMN LEAVES FALLING NORTH PARK NATURE CENTER, CHICAGO 26 5 1 41 (2.00) 18 October 2008 AUTOMATED TRACK ANNOUNCEMENTS UNION STATION, CHICAGO 27 20 5 129 (2.55) 21 March 2009 316 BUS THROUGH BOBADELA LISBON, PORTUGAL 28 25 27 173 (2.15) 22 September 2017 RICE KRISPIES® FACEBOOK LIVE 29 24 2 151 (3.26) 14 December 2018 STREET ARTISTS PAINTING A MURAL SOUTHSEA, UK 30 23 4 146 (1.30) 9 September 2018 PINBALL HALL OF FAME LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, US 31 29 15 232 (1.00) 28 February 2011 SQUIRREL CHASE EVANSTON, IL, US 32 2 11 30 (0.09) 16 April 2005 STREET SWEEPING PUB WORKER APPENWEIER, GERMANY 33 27 6 196 (1.31) 8 September 2012 WUBBLY NO. 26 TRAM VIENNA, AUSTRIA 34 25 20 169 (2.30) 6 December 2017 ROLLER COASTER CENTREVILLE ISLAND, ONTARIO, CA 35 27 10 197 (1.45) 1 August 2009 APARTMENT SECURITY SYSTEM WARSAW, POLAND 36 9 5 74 (0.50) 8 May 2017 MOLD-A-RAMA® MACHINE FIELD MUSEUM, CHICAGO 37 29 11 230 (1.17) 1 January 2012 DOORBELL, PRIVATE RESIDENCE MILWAUKEE, WI, US 38 16 1 109 (0.13) 1 March 2008 VIOLIN VS CONSTRUCTION SAW PARK GÜELL, BARCELONA, SPAIN 39 27 30 208 (0.46) 16 December 2017 THE PRIME MERIDIAN GREENWICH, UK 40 29 22 237 (1.35) 3 November 2017 2 • THE PERMANENT COLLECTION GALLERIES n OBJECT LIST • 1 Permanent Collection Object List • New to the 3rd Edition • New to the 2nd Edition ©2019 John Kannenberg/Museum of Portable Sound I.
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