Museum Project of the
AES Historical Committee: Request
for Information
The AES Historical Committee is seeking to improve its ability to
provide information to people with an interest in audio history,
whether professional, academic or personal.
1. “To improve our ability to provide information about collections and
other resources.”
We’re trying to track down any collection related to audio history
worldwide. This would include public and private "bricks and
mortar" museums and collections -- of either equipment or documents --
as well as web sites and any published resources.
We need to know where the collections are, and who has what equipment
and what documents (manuals, etc) in their audio engineering and
recording collections.
2. “To cooperate with and coordinate among the various collections,
libraries, museums and organizations concerned with the history of
audio engineering and recording.”
Who is looking to acquire what equipment and documents? Who has
extras they'd like to trade or give away?
3. “To encourage and assist research into the history of audio practice
and technology.”
By pulling together information on the available resources, we’d like
to encourage research into the on the history of audio. The focus of
this effort is the AES Historical Committee (HC) Reflector and
website. Are you working on a historical project that you'd like
to advertise thru the HC reflector or website, to attract information
or material? Do you have a finished historical project that you'd like
to publish on the HC website?
4. “To facilitate the preservation of significant examples of audio
engineering and recording technology, as well as important
documentation.”
We have more people looking for a good home for their old audio
equipment and documentation than we have museums willing to take
it. We know of many
"virtual" museums, and that's good. Our particular focus at this time,
though, is on preservation of actual examples of technology that might
otherwise be lost. To that end, we would be interested in hearing from
organizations, institutions or individuals able to accept equipment and
documents for preservation, with a preference for those willing to make
these publicly available on at least a limited basis. Our current
list of resources is viewable at
http://www.aes.org/aeshc/link.museums.html.
This is a transitional time in audio – please help us make sure that
valuable pieces of history don’t get thrown away!
Please forward all suggestions, additions and comments to
[email protected]
