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College Station, Texas, November 1, 2007

George Bush Presidential Library and Museum Unveils Self-guided Audio Tours as Part of Major Restoration Project


Tours available in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language, featuring the voices of George Bush and family


College Station, Texas – November 1, 2007 – Antenna Audio, the global leader in audio and multimedia interpretation, is pleased to announce a comprehensive audio tour installation at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The tours, which feature the voices of George Bush, Barbara Bush and Doro Bush, will be available in English and Spanish, as well as in American Sign Language via a multimedia guide. Additionally, an audio descriptive version of the tour will be available for visitors who are blind or partially sighted.

The tours launch in mid-November as part of an extensive restoration project headed by Universal Exhibits in California to enhance the exhibits, attract more visitors and better describe the President’s historic impact and commitment to public service. Funding for the $8.3 million renovation was provided by the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation.

"We are committed to providing high-quality, accessible programs to our visitors," said Warren Finch, Director of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. "The sign language guide being created by Antenna Audio and delivered on their XP-vision™ multimedia player will empower our visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing to immerse themselves in a self-guided, interpretive tour."

On the tour, visitors can hear George Bush and his family members describe different events in their lives such as George and Barbara’s wedding, World War II, falling in love, running for President, living in the White House, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

"The George Bush Presidential Library Foundation should be commended for its vision to offer a suite of accessible tours to its visitors," said Sarah Dines, Managing Director – Americas, Antenna Audio. "We are pleased that they chose to take advantage of our audio descriptive and sign language guide capabilities."

The English and Spanish language audio tours, as well as the audio descriptive tour will be delivered on Antenna Audio's Easy™ audio guide device. The sign language tour will be delivered on Antenna Audio's newest player, the innovative XP-vision™ multimedia player. The XP-vision™ features a touch screen interface and displays images, videos, and captioning in addition to any audio. It was released to critical acclaim in Europe earlier this year and more recently at the Walker Art Center for the Frida Kahlo exhibition which opened late-October. The new handheld device and the associated software Content Assembly Tool, or CAT™, comprise the first hardware and software platform purpose-designed to deliver interactive audiovisual experiences to mobile museum visitors.

About Antenna Audio

Antenna Audio (www.antennaaudio.com) is the world leader in audio and multimedia tours and is an innovator in mobile and cultural interpretation, expanding into podcasting, cell-phone tours and downloadable walking tours. Each year, more than 20 million visitors, in 12 languages and across 20 countries, experience Antenna Audio's award-winning productions at 450 of the world's most famous, fascinating and frequented destinations. Acquired in April 2006 by the number-one nonfiction media company, Discovery Communications (www.discovery.com), Antenna Audio now offers its clients unprecedented access to Discovery's expansive library of original content and 100-plus worldwide networks, which reach more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in over 170 countries through TV and digital media.

About The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum

Built with private donations from thousands of people from throughout the world, the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum officially opened on November 7, 1997, at a ceremony attended by President and Mrs. Bill Clinton, former Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, former First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, members of the Bush family, and distinguished guests. Since its opening, the Bush Library has hosted more than 1.6 million visitors, making it one of the most popular tourist attractions of the Brazos Valley.

The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum sits on 90 acres located on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The Bush Library is the tenth presidential library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and supported in part, by the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation, a non-profit organization.

The textual and audiovisual collections of the Library make it the ideal center of study for Bush Administration scholars. Its archives include more than 43,000,000 pages of personal, Vice Presidential, and Presidential papers of George Bush; 2,000,000 photographs, 5000 video tapes, 7000 volumes of printed material and 90,000 museum artifacts.

The financial support of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum is a model of public/private partnership. The Library is supported by the American people through federal appropriations, fees generated by admission to the Museum, and through the generosity of thousands of individuals and corporations who donate money and in-kind services to the George Bush Library Foundation to support the Library’s missions.


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