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What is the Museum of Portable Sound?
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MOPS Director on Artists & Friends Podcast
Our Director and Chief Curator John Kannenberg is featured on the latest interview of the London-based art podcast Artists and Friends, who recorded the episode with hosts Sid and Jim in the café at the V&A Museum in South Kensington last week. • Stream the episode on Soundcloud • Download it & subscribe on iTunes
Buy our Gallery Guide Book!
Our Gallery Guide is now available for purchase! This is the complete printed edition of the official Gallery Guide for The Museum of Portable Sound! This is a high-quality, collectible facsimile edition of the very same Gallery Guide the Museum’s visitors use every day. Lavishly illustrated, featuring a record of every object label, every didactic text,Continue reading “Buy our Gallery Guide Book!”
Londonist Review!
We’re absolutely thrilled to report we’ve been reviewed by Londonist, the arts & entertainment website! The review does a great job of introducing our museum to a wider public, and summarises our somewhat arcane and complicated visiting policies in a clear, thoughtful manner. If you’re looking for a place to start learning about what weContinue reading “Londonist Review!”
Listening to Culture: Public Talk in Rome, 10 April
Our Director and Chief Curator John Kannenberg will be giving a public talk and hosting a listening workshop at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy on 10 April. The talk will cover his work as an artist interested in the sound of museum environments as well as his work establishing The Museum of Portable Sound.Continue reading “Listening to Culture: Public Talk in Rome, 10 April”
We’re Coming to Rome!
The Museum of Portable Sound will be traveling to Rome from 9-15 April – we’ll be participating in a public talk and workshop on the evening of the 10th (details to come) and will have an extremely limited number of visit appointments available during the rest of our time there! If you’re in Rome andContinue reading “We’re Coming to Rome!”
Listening to Museums – the video!
Our first course, Listening to Museums, concluded this month at the Science Museum and the V&A in London. We’ll be offering a new section of the course soon, but until then you can read more about it in our Education section – and watch this space, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, toContinue reading “Listening to Museums – the video!”
Museums Journal profile
We’ve been profiled! The February 2017 issue of Museums Journal has published a full-page profile of The Museum of Portable Sound in their regular “Museum Of…” feature. Learn more about where we came from and what our future plans are by downloading a PDF of the profile! • Read our Museums Journal profile
Listening to Museums – Sign up for our new course today!
Beginning in January 2017, we will begin offering courses through our new Education Department – and our first course is entitled Listening to Museums! This course features visits to three different museums in London – the British Museum, Tate Modern, and the Science Museum – each with its own unique sonic atmospheres. You’ll learn different soundwalkingContinue reading “Listening to Museums – Sign up for our new course today!”
New Gallery Guide Now Available For Download
Our current season’s Gallery Guide is now available for download! This free PDF is an edited version of the printed guide that we offer our visitors. You can now view all of the object labels for the newly expanded permanent collection galleries, as well as read the all-new information about our Physical Objects Collection! You’llContinue reading “New Gallery Guide Now Available For Download”
Daniel Toca’s Catalogue d’oiseaux performed by Cristina Sousa Martínez & Viv Corringham
At our recent Grand Re-Opening Event at London’s Chalton Gallery on 4 November, we also held a private view for Mexican sound artist Daniel Toca’s exhibition, Transitivity of Implication, currently on view in our Exposition Space temporary gallery. As part of Daniel’s exhibition, its curator Cristina Sousa Martínez commissioned him to write an exclusive newContinue reading “Daniel Toca’s Catalogue d’oiseaux performed by Cristina Sousa Martínez & Viv Corringham”
GRAND RE-OPENING EVENT
The Museum of Portable Sound announces its Grand Re-Opening event, celebrating the recent expansion of its permanent collection galleries and a new temporary exhibition curated by Cristina Sousa Martínez. The Museum will hold an exclusive listening event at the Chalton Gallery in London, beginning the evening at 6.00pm when our Director John Kannenberg will playContinue reading “GRAND RE-OPENING EVENT”
Museums Showoff Presentation
Listen to our Director’s presentation of our Museum from the October 2016 instalment of Museums Showoff in London!
New Gallery Guide coming soon!
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover design for our upcoming Autumn/Winter 2016 edition of our Gallery Guide. This will be a widely expanded guide to reflect our upcoming gallery expansion, which will see the permanent collection galleries displaying more than 100 objects – three times what we currently display now! The new Gallery Guide willContinue reading “New Gallery Guide coming soon!”
It’s Like A Trip To Another World…
The Museum of Portable Sound is not an app, it’s an experience. You too can experience the out-of-this-world culture of sound by making your visiting appointment today!
Group Tours Now Available.
Now you can share the experience of the Museum of Portable Sound with up to four of your closest personal friends – we can now take small groups of up to five visitors at a time! Book your group visit now on our Contact page!
Pump Up the Volume. Visit Us!
Experience the Museum of Portable Sound – contact us to arrange your personal visit today!
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PRIVATE VIEW: Jessica Akerman
On 17 June, the Museum of Portable Sound held a private view for its latest temporary exhibition in its Exposition Space. Heave and Flow: Jessica Akerman Records Soundscapes of Labour & Play is a solo exhibition by artist Jessica Akerman, guest curated by Dr. Irene Noy of the Courtauld Institute, presenting a group of recordings thatContinue reading “PRIVATE VIEW: Jessica Akerman”
Photos from our Grand Opening Gala!
The Museum of Portable Sound opened to the public on 11 November 2015 with a Grand Opening Gala during Points of Listening at the London College of Communication. You can view photos from the festivities on our Facebook page.
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