Sender: |
|
Date: |
Fri, 7 Apr 2006 06:58:12 -0700 |
Reply-To: |
|
Subject: |
|
MIME-Version: |
1.0 |
Content-Transfer-Encoding: |
8bit |
In-Reply-To: |
|
Content-Type: |
text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 |
From: |
|
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
The following were posted on
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseNews-Art in the last
week or so:
--------------------
For a tour, press the # key
--------------------
Some museums' audio tours are now available via
cellphone. On the plus side:
less jabbering.
By Diane Haithman
Times Staff Writer
Apr 5 2006
Next time you see museum-goer in front of a Rembrandt
with a cellphone pressed
to one ear, don't assume this is some philistine more
interested in gabbing than
in art.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-celltours5apr05,0,248964\
9.story
"NBC 4 - Irresistible Headlines - Museum Offering
Cell Phone Tours"
the link:
http://www.nbc4.tv/irresistible/8139217/detail.html?taf=orl
--- Kristin Herron <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I am adjunct faculty in a graduate program in
> Decorative Arts and Design History in New York City.
>
> For the course I am teaching this semester,
> "Interpreting Decorative Arts," we recently
> discussed
> the role of audio tours in interpretation. A
> student
> had the following questions, for which I could
> really
> only surmise answers. I couldn't find answers to
> these questions in the MUSEUM-L archive, so am
> hoping
> some of you might have responses.
>
> 1. It seems that more museums are offering audio
> tours
> for free/as part of admission whereas they used to
> be
> an additional cost. Is this as a result of visitor
> complaints, or something else (lower costs of
> technology, museums budgeting for them and receiving
> grants, etc)? Is there any data on this?
>
> 2. Is there an equivalent text to Beverly Serrell's
> _Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach_ that
> deals
> soley with audio tours -- including recommendations
> on
> how best to script them, length, etc? Or even an
> article?
>
> Essentially, I am wondering if anyone is aware of
> literature on these subjects. Barring that, any
> individual responses from museums on their
> experience
> would be interesting.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kristin Herron
Indigo Nights
[log in to unmask]
=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:
The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).
If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).
|
|
|