W „świątyni percepcji”. Ekspozycja polskich ludowych instrumentów muzycznych szydłowieckiego muzeum – doświadczanie tradycji poprzez doświadczenie tradycji muzycznej

A specific kind of museum space, particularly in the context of the audiosphere, are musical instrument exhibits. The audiosphere of the Polish exhibit in the Szydłowiec Museum of Folk Music Instruments has been conceived on various levels in tastefully polyphonic structure that works everyday to form indivi dual sonic planes. The number of active levels is dependent on visitor prefe rence. The background music constitutes the first level, softly filtering from the speakers. Further levels are created by: soundtracks and audiovisuals controlled through touch panels, films shown on monitors, a type of visual ‘user’s manual’ on the basic types of musical instruments and their sound possibilities, the con- tents of audio guides, experiments with the sounds of original instruments dis- played in the exhibit chambers as a complement to the exhibition, and finally, musical concerts: a spiritual embodiment of the Museum’s founding purpose: experience of the Polish musical tradition.