The Guggenheim Museum uses this.  Contact Director of Education, Marilyn
Goodman [log in to unmask]  The difference with our system is that the
tour group wears headphones so that other visistors aren't disturbed and
the guide can talk in a normal or speaking voice.

>We are looking for a system that allows a tour guide to be better heard by
>small (and perhaps not so small) groups of visitors. I recall seeing
>somewhere a tour guide with a lapel microphone and small amplifier/speaker
>attached to her person. Does anybody out there use or know of such systems?
>Can you give me brand names, suppliers, etc.? Thanks in advance for any
>advice.

Suzanne

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Suzanne Quigley
Head Registrar, Collections and Exhibitions
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10128
212 423 3568
fax: 212 423 3650
email: [log in to unmask]