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By: Paul Stork

Paul Stork — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:07:24 +0000

please read more about this historic audiotour including a translation at http://musematic.net/2009/05/19/about-that-1952-sedelijk-museum-audio-guide-and-a-certain-willem-sandburg/

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nancyproctor — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:42:26 +0000

I did a bit more poking around the site with the wonderful early audio tour clip, and found that it is from 1952, so much earlier than I thought and said in this podcast! This is also 5 years before the founding of Acoustiguide, the oldest audio tour company I am aware of.

Here is the short descriptive text that the Dutch Gescheidenis (History) website offers about the clip:

“Wireless tour of the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum
Polygoon Hollands News, July 28, 1952, b / w
In the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum visitors receive an electrical hearing aid which is given explication of the paintings in the halls.”

See http://geschiedenis.vpro.nl/artikelen/19265092/

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By: nancyproctor

nancyproctor — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:20:26 +0000

Thanks so much, Vincent! That’s really helpful and interesting to have the full text. I’m intrigued that much of this marketing spiel is still used in promoting audio tours today.

By: Vincent Ronden

Vincent Ronden — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:07:19 +0000

I’ve tried translating the movieclip into English. Since i’m not so good in direct translation the English can have some flaws. My apologies for that!

The text:

The people are visitors of the Amsterdam State museum who are being guided by a very sophisticated method. By use of a ‘hearing aid’ the visitors get information and are being guided to the different artworks in the exhibition. The spoken words are recorded in several languages on a so called tape recorder

“French example text”

The sound of the magnetic tape goes through an amplifier towards a ring line which is located next to the plinths of the different rooms of the exhibition. The electromagnetic radiation which comes from the ring line makes it possible to use a normal hearing aid with built in induction spool to hear the spoken word without it disturbing the stillness of the museum. The earplugs are carefully disinfected after each use. Each visitor gets a hearing aid and then follows an invisible guide throughout the museum exhibition.

“Dutch example text”

There already is a lot of interest abroad in this Dutch ‘first’ in the field of guiding.