UMAC Worldwide Database of University Museums & Collections

Address:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft, Am Kupfergraben 5, 10099 Berlin

Opening Hours:
Fur scientific purposes by appointment

Contact:
Sarah Grossert
lautarchiv@hu-berlin.de
Phone: +49 (0) 30 2093 5875

Links:
Lautarchiv
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Description:
The Soundarchive of the Humboldt University hosts an acoustic collection of approximately 7500 shellac records, wax cylinders and recording tapes. The recordings document voices of celebrities from the beginning of the 20th century, prisoners of war during WWI and a comprehensive collection of german and other european dialects.

Further Reading:
Susanne Ziegler, Die akustischen Sammlungen. Historische Tondokumente im Phonogramm-Archiv und im Lautarchiv, in: Theater der Natur und Kunst. Theatrum naturae et artis. Wunderkammern des Wissens. Essays, ed. by H. Bredekamp, J. Brüning, C. Weber, Berlin 2000, p. 197-206