Voiceover services for museum curators
Understanding your challenges as a museum curator
You’ve spent months, even years, meticulously researching and assembling an exhibition. The story is powerful, the artefacts are priceless, but a silent display can only go so far. Your challenge is to bridge the gap between object and understanding, transforming a passive viewing into an active, memorable experience. You need to boost visitor engagement, deliver profound educational value, and ensure the rich narrative you’ve built is accessible to every single person who walks through your doors.
What do museum curators use voiceover for?
A professional voiceover can elevate the museum experience, turning a simple visit into an immersive journey. As a curator, your content needs a voice that can educate, engage, and inspire across various platforms.
We collaborate with curators to provide narration for:
- Audio guides: The core of in-person visitor experiences, providing detailed narration for permanent collections and temporary exhibitions.
- Interactive displays: Engaging visitors with clear, compelling dialogue and instructions for touch screens and multimedia installations.
- Exhibition films and documentaries: Adding a layer of professional storytelling to introductory videos or in-depth features within a gallery.
- Online content: Creating virtual tours, digital archives, and educational videos that extend your museum’s reach far beyond its physical walls.
- Accessibility content: Developing descriptive audio tracks for visually impaired visitors, ensuring an inclusive experience for all.
How we support museum curators
We understand that a voiceover for a museum is not just a recording; it’s an extension of your curatorial intent. Our process is designed to support your vision and solve your biggest challenges. We provide a professional voiceover service that connects your audience with the stories you need to tell, ensuring every piece of audio is both educational and engaging.
We help bring your collection to life in several key ways:
- Casting voiceover artists who are natural storytellers, capable of conveying complex information with clarity, warmth, and authority.
- Providing multilingual voiceover services to welcome a diverse, global audience.
- Producing professional audio descriptions to ensure an equitable experience for every visitor.
Quick turnaround without compromising quality
We know that audio production is often one of the final pieces of the exhibition puzzle. We align with your launch deadlines, providing a clear and efficient process from casting to final delivery. Our project managers ensure your recordings are delivered on schedule, with a straightforward review process that respects your time and expertise.
Creating immersive and engaging audio experiences
The difference between a visitor simply reading a plaque and truly connecting with an artefact is emotion. We help you find the perfect voice to match the tone of your exhibition – whether it’s a warm, authoritative narrator for a historical archive, an energetic voice for a children’s display, or a culturally authentic voice for a world arts collection. A compelling narration transforms the visitor’s journey.
Broadening your reach with accessible and multilingual content
Inclusivity is essential. Our services are built to help you make your exhibitions accessible to everyone. We provide professional localisation in over 40 languages, ensuring international visitors feel welcome. We also specialise in creating clear and accurate audio descriptions for visitors with visual impairments, working from your script to build a vibrant, descriptive soundscape.
Our process for working with museum curators
Our collaborative approach ensures the final audio perfectly reflects your curatorial vision.
- Script and Curation Review: We start by understanding your script, your audience, and the key educational goals of your exhibition.
- Voice Casting: We provide a tailored selection of professional voiceover artists whose tone and style align with your content.
- Recording and Direction: Our team manages the entire recording process, directing the talent to ensure a pitch-perfect, broadcast-ready performance.
- Review and Refinements: You receive the audio for review. We manage any feedback and implement revisions efficiently.
- Final Delivery: We deliver the fully mastered, high-quality audio files, formatted and ready to integrate into your platform or audio guide system.
Voices that bring your exhibition to life
Finding the right voice is about finding the right storyteller. Our international voiceover agency has a diverse roster of talent, allowing us to match your exhibition’s unique character.
Whether you need the thoughtful, academic tone for a fine art collection, the clear and engaging delivery for a science and technology exhibit, or a dramatic, character-driven narration for a historical display, we can provide it. We work with you to cast a voice that not only informs but also captures the imagination, making the content more memorable and impactful for every listener.
Pricing that respects your curation budget
Museums and cultural institutions often work within specific grant-funded or departmental budgets. We provide complete transparency in our pricing. You’ll receive a clear, itemised quote upfront with no hidden fees, allowing you to plan your project with financial confidence. Our goal is to deliver exceptional value and a high-quality final product that supports your mission.
Common questions from museum curators
Can you help adapt our academic script for an audio guide?
Yes, absolutely. We can provide script adaptation services to help translate detailed curatorial text into a script that is written for the ear. This process optimises the flow, timing, and language to create a more engaging and accessible listening experience for your visitors.
Do your multilingual voiceovers account for cultural nuances?
This is central to our localisation process. We work exclusively with native-speaking voiceover artists who record in their country of origin. This ensures that the narration is not only linguistically accurate but also culturally appropriate, respecting regional dialects and nuances to provide an authentic experience for international visitors.
What if we need to update a recording after the exhibition has launched?
We understand that collections evolve. We keep all project files archived, making it simple to arrange a follow-up session with the original voiceover artist to record updates, corrections, or new segments. This ensures consistency across your audio content over the long term.
How do you manage audio for interactive exhibits?
We can deliver audio in any format you require. For interactive displays, we record and label individual audio files (often called ‘stems’) according to your technical specifications. This makes it easy for your development team to integrate the audio seamlessly into the exhibit’s software and trigger the correct files.
Ready to discuss your project?
Let’s talk about the audio for your next exhibition. Contact us today to get a quote and find the perfect voice to share your story with the world.