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If The Speed Art Museum Was Set To Music, What Would It Sound Like?

By Ashlie Stevens
Published January 24, 2017 at 11:00 AM EST

Museums are typically pretty quiet places, but what if every piece on view came with its own personal soundtrack?

This weekend, at the Speed Museum’s 90th anniversary celebration, I asked visitors to set their favorite artworks -- pictured below -- to music. You can hear their responses in the audio link above.

"Ethel." Cast glass, copper Partial and promised gift, Adele and Leonard Leight Collection
The Speed Art Museum
"Ethel." Cast glass, copper Partial and promised gift, Adele and Leonard Leight Collection

"Saint Martin in a Boat," about 1651 Etching and engraving on laid paper Museum Members purchase
The Speed Art Museum
"Saint Martin in a Boat," about 1651 Etching and engraving on laid paper Museum Members purchase

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The Speed Art Museum
“A Couple Represented as Ulysses and Penelope,” 1668 oil on canvas. Gift of the Charter Collectors
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