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The Aurora History Museum is preparing a new podcast for its upcoming exhibit Deco vs. Depression: Thirties Design, due to open in February 2008.

JULY 2007
9/11/2001 WTC
Combining oral histories from the New York State Museum with the moving classical composition: The Recovery Suite, this podcast is a unique way to experience the exhibit. Featured on the podcast are Patty Clark and Jim Geiger, two World Trade Center workers who were in the buildings during the attacks and Lee Ielpi, a retired firefighter looking for his son after the collapse.

	Download the MP3 files here. Please note that this is quite a large file and may take upwards of 2 minutes to download with a slow connection. Be patient, it will be worth it!

The New York State Museum is a major research and educational institution. It is dedicated to promoting inquiry and advancing knowledge in the fields of geology, biology, anthropology, and history, through the investigation of material evidence germane to New York State's past, present and future. The Museum shares this knowledge through exhibits and other means with wide and diverse audiences. It encourages these audiences to take delight in learning by participating in the discovery process central to its work. View details.

The Rocky Mountain Ringers, the region’s premiere Handbell choir, performed The Recovery Suite for this podcast. View Details.

The Aurora History Museum would like to thank the Robert Ferbrache with Studio Absinthe for engineering the music recording and Rick Thompson for mixing the podcast


JANUARY 1, 2007
1960’s Suburban Empire

The Aurora History Museum, in partnership with the hosts of Radio 1190’s Under the Mattress show, plan to launch a Sixties Rock Primer Podcast in conjunction with the museum’s exhibit 1960s Suburban Empire on display through Feb. 11.

This one-of-a-kind audio tour featuring Conor and Ed, the voices of KVCU’s Sunday ‘50s and ‘60s show, brings the story of 1960s rock to life with clips of the songs that changed the world. Their tour of artists influential or obscure resurrects the emotion, optimism and heart of a decade through tunes from Dick Dale and the Beatles to the Kinks and the Velvet Underground.

1.	Download the MP3 files here. Please note that this is quite a large file and may take upwards of 2 minutes to download with a fast connection. Be patient, it will be worth it!
2.	Save the downloaded file to your desktop. It will be a compressed folder called “027137”. Decompress the file using WinZip, Stuffit Expander or a similar program. You may get a free copy of WinZip by visiting this website. The decompressed folder will contain MP3 files collected under the album title “01 1960s Suburban Empire”
3.	Install these files on your portable MP3 player.

The Aurora History Museum wishes to thank Under the Mattress and Radio 1190 Boulder/Denver for the production of this special Podcast for the exhibit 1960s Suburban Empire.

Radio 1190 is Boudler and Denver’s premier independent music station, and has been mentioned in Westword’s “Best of Denver” list for the past five years. Under the Mattress can be heard on Radio 1190 every Sunday, 5-7pm. View details.

JUNE 2006
On the Backs of Soldiers

The Aurora History Museum is delighted to have collaborated with the local band Multicast and the Regis University Center for the Study of War Experience on the production of a podcast for the recent exhibit On the Backs of Soldiers. This unique partnership resulted in the presentation of oral histories and several new songs written just for the exhibit.

1.	Download the MP3 files here. Please note that this is quite a large file and may take upwards of 2 minutes to download with a fast connection. Be patient, it will be worth it!
2.	Save the downloaded file to your desktop. It will be a compressed folder called “023841”. Decompress the file using WinZip, Stuffit Expander or a similar program. You may get a free copy of WinZip by visiting this website. The decompressed folder will contain MP3 files collected under the album title “On the Backs of Soldiers”
3.	Install these files on your portable MP3 player.

	Multicast has produced a score for On the Backs of Soldiers which draws inspiration from the exhibit. The electronica themes are meant to be both background and content, as subjects of war are explored. In one song, the sounds of artillery are faint in the distance. Another investigates the emotions of writing the last letter home. Multicast has been on the edge of experimental electronica music for ten years. This new set of songs pushes the genre into a new context, as the soundtrack for a historical display. View Details.
Center for the Study of War Experience	The Regis University Center For The Study of War Experience is dedicated to preserving the memories of war veterans in their own words through educational programs, physical and digital archiving of personal artifacts and memorabilia and recorded audio and video interviews detailing their experiences in their own words.   Several interviews were loaned to the Aurora History Museum for the compilation of this podcast. The voices of soldiers, combined with the musical score, creates an environment of sound for the display. View Details.

The Aurora History Museum plans to continue experimenting with podcast audio tours. Please tell us what you think so that we can improve this new interactive program. Send comments to Matt, Curator of Exhibits at mchasans@auroragov.org.

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