The National Museum of American History will preserve Alexander Graham Bell’s experimental sound recordings.
Toronto 10 January 2023: Seal is excited to share that we are supporting the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History project, Hearing History: Recovering Sound from Alexander Graham Bell’s Experimental Records. Sound from hundreds of experimental recordings from Alexander Graham Bell in the museum's collection and at the Bell National Historical Site in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, will be recovered using technology from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Library of Congress. The audio content is reproduced from a digital scan of a disc or cylinder, making Bell’s recordings from 1881-1892 audible for the first time.
“Over the three-year duration of this remarkable project, ‘Hearing History: Recovering Sound from Alexander Graham Bell’s Experimental Records,’ we will preserve and make accessible for the first time about 300 recordings that have been in the museum’s collections for over a century, unheard by anyone.” said Anthea M. Hartig, the museum’s Elizabeth MacMillan Director. “We are grateful to this public-private partnership in funding this dynamic and innovative work.”
“Seal is honored to support the important work of the museum that will give us a glimpse into history,” said Michael Horowitz, Seal Storage Technology CEO. “As a Web3 cloud storage provider, this project aligns perfectly with Seal’s goal to preserve history through technology.”
Read the full press release from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History here.
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