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Sheila Brennan
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Hi, I’m Sheila Brennan! I’m a public historian, formerly the Director of Strategic Initiatives @chnm, where I collaborated on digital public history projects, some I’ll talk about today. #NCPH2020 #s59 1/
Museums & culture heritage orgs have a long history of integrating new media w/in their onsite interpretation & in 1950s, began using handheld devices. 1st audio tour was a radio broadcast @ Stedelijk Museum (NED). Visitors listened to a tour w/small receivers. #NCPH2020 #s59 2/
In the US, 1st portable interpretative audio tour, was the Guide-a-Phone dev’d for American Museum of Nature of History @AMNH in 1954 [IMG: Rota, Alex J. (photographer), “Guide-a-phone, 1954,” AMNH Research Library] #NCPH2020 #s59 3/
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