Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound in Museums

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sound in Museums is the first collection to offer a state-of-the-art survey of the sonic practices in museums. Museums are increasingly embracing a multisensory approach, shifting from silence to engaging sonic experiences. Used in multifarious ways, sound now plays a pivotal role in museums practices, though resources outlining its debates, key concepts, and research methodologies are scarce. This book represents the area in all its fulness thereby examining the interplay of sound, humans, space, and technology in museum exhibitions. The collection theorizes the field as it showcases practical case studies and provides discussions and interviews. It explores the ontologies of sound, maps museum practices centered on sound, delves into the narrative potential unlocked by sound exhibitions, examines the different museum spatialities, and scrutinizes how sound technology acts as a conduit in these environments.