Listen to our Director’s presentation of our Museum from the October 2016 instalment of Museums Showoff in London!

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 will contain essays on topics like psithurism, anechoic chambers, and the history of field recording, and will also contain an exclusive first look at the Museum’s physical object collection! Coming soon – watch this space!

But back to the cover! The newly redesigned cover will feature a photograph of a public sculpture that is on display in Zagreb, Croatia. We think it’s quite appropriate, no? We can’t wait to share this exciting new publication with our visitors!

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!

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!

Experience the Museum of Portable Sound – contact us to arrange your personal visit today!

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 that explore song and sound in the context of labour and play.

It was a sound art private view unlike any other, during which Museum Director John Kannenberg led a listening session, playing the recordings that make up the exhibition in their entirety – our audience was actually able to hear the sound at a sound art private view! This was then followed by discussion and Q&A with Dr. Noy and Ms. Akerman.

DATE: 17 June 2016
TIME: 6.30pm – 9.00pm
LOCATION: London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle

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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.