Egypt
Art Museum Journal (Stan Parchin)
See the above page for further details.
- Iconic Guides Website
Iconic Guides Thanks to Benedict Davies (the author of the Deir el-Medina 'genealogy bible', entitled 'Who's Who at Deir el-Medina'), for sending me details of his new website. The guides are not free of charge but they aren't...
- Oriental Institute Museum Audio Guides
The Oriental Institute blog The Oriental Institute has released a set of audio tours of the collections on display in the Museum. You can download them ahead of time and play them on your own iPod as you walk through the Museum, or you can check out iPods...
- British Museum In Sudan Rescue Project
British Satellite News Video piece which features Derek Welsby talking about rescue archaeology and the recovery of rock engravings. The full script is available on the above page if you don't wish to listen to it. AUDIO: NATURAL SOUND AND ENGLISH...
- New Egyptian Gallery At Auckland Museum, New Zealand
Scoop Drawn from Auckland Museums own collections this gallery illustrates part of the depth and variety of ancient civilisations and cultures from all over the world. A focus of this gallery is Ancient Egypt from the pre-dynastic period to the Roman...
- Swaffham Museum Howard Carter Gallery
http://tinyurl.com/2nnezx "The Carter room will feature a reconstruction of the tomb with audio-visual effects and other interactive displays.The computer and projector donated by Waitrose will be used to run learning resources produced by the British...
Egypt
Museums: British Museum launches handheld guides
Art Museum Journal (Stan Parchin)
The British Museum has introduced a set of handheld guides that are designed to teach many of its six million annual visitors about its collections.
The Multimedia Guide is available in 11 different languages: English, Korean, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish and British Sign Language. It features in-depth audio-visual descriptions of more than 220 objects. Also included are three guided tours with directions for Highlights of Ancient Egypt, the Parthenon Marbles and the Korean Gallery as well as an interactive map.
See the above page for further details.
Speaking for myself I find the introduction of handheld audio guides a flaming nuisance to those of us who don't use them. They turn people into zombies, and you find yourself trying to see displays which are characterized by motionless figures standing still like immovable rocks oblivious to the world around them. At busy times they form inpenetrable walls. The machines are also frequently loud, leeching intrusively into the would-be quiet gallery space - at the very least there ought to be a cap on the volume.
- Iconic Guides Website
Iconic Guides Thanks to Benedict Davies (the author of the Deir el-Medina 'genealogy bible', entitled 'Who's Who at Deir el-Medina'), for sending me details of his new website. The guides are not free of charge but they aren't...
- Oriental Institute Museum Audio Guides
The Oriental Institute blog The Oriental Institute has released a set of audio tours of the collections on display in the Museum. You can download them ahead of time and play them on your own iPod as you walk through the Museum, or you can check out iPods...
- British Museum In Sudan Rescue Project
British Satellite News Video piece which features Derek Welsby talking about rescue archaeology and the recovery of rock engravings. The full script is available on the above page if you don't wish to listen to it. AUDIO: NATURAL SOUND AND ENGLISH...
- New Egyptian Gallery At Auckland Museum, New Zealand
Scoop Drawn from Auckland Museums own collections this gallery illustrates part of the depth and variety of ancient civilisations and cultures from all over the world. A focus of this gallery is Ancient Egypt from the pre-dynastic period to the Roman...
- Swaffham Museum Howard Carter Gallery
http://tinyurl.com/2nnezx "The Carter room will feature a reconstruction of the tomb with audio-visual effects and other interactive displays.The computer and projector donated by Waitrose will be used to run learning resources produced by the British...