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NEW: Cell Phone Audio Tours LIVE in Libraries’ Gallery

The Libraries has been able to add a wonderful new feature to its exhibition gallery in the National Museum of American History. To try out the new tours for our current exhibition, Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn, dial the following phone numbers on your personal cell phone while strolling through the exhibition:

Dial 202-633-8000 #103 to hear an introduction to the exhibition

Dial 202-633-8000 #104 to hear commentary on Neue lebende Bilder: ein Ziehbilderbuch or New Living Pictures: A Pull-Picture Book

Dial 202-633-8000 #105 to hear commentary on The Falsehood of External Appearances, 1790

Dial 202-633-8000 #106 to hear commentary on Astronomicum Caesareum

Neue lebende Bilder: ein Ziehbilderbuch [New living pictures: A pull-picture-book]. Illustrations
and paper engineering by Lothar Meggendorfer. Verlag von Braun & Schneider, c.1880.

Come visit the museum and check out this great new feature!

Susan Frampton

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2 Comments

  1. Stefanie

    I love this feature using my phone to hear the documentary on an item. I remember when I visited musuems when i was younger we had to either the information ourselves or the audio was provided when visitors approached the exhibitions.

  2. a very interesting feature with the progress of technology development today

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