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JM Art Gallery, Reading Museum
11:15
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Recordist's notes
Ten minute meditation in the John Madjeski Art Gallery at Reading Museum. School children chat in the room next door then begin to leave, a member of museum staff sits in silence, glued to her iPad, until a visitor arrives and asks questions (spaced pair of Sennheiser 8020s with SD MixPre6)
About the place
Reading is a city of about 318,014 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 153 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “7 Valpy St, Reading RG1, UK - JM Art Gallery, Reading Museum” by Richard Bentley – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0