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Museums & Cultural Institutions

Whether listening to an audio tour, watching a subtitled video, or using a tablet to explore an interactive exhibit, visitors prefer to engage with content in their own language.

Museums and cultural institutions everywhere recognize the diversity of their audiences. Translation enables these organizations to make authentic, culturally sensitive content accessible to diverse local communities as well as international visitors.

Engage Multilingual Visitors

Eriksen helps museums, cultural institutions, and attractions develop deep, meaningful connections with their visitors by making print, digital, and multimedia content available in multiple languages.

We can help you develop:

  • maps and visitor guides
  • marketing and advertising materials
  • press releases
  • websites
  • publications
  • audio tours
  • apps
  • exhibition catalogues
  • gallery signage
  • exhibition labels
  • video voiceover and subtitling
  • audio descriptions
  • indexing

We Speak Your Language

We are proud to work with leaders in the world of arts and culture. Our clients include:

  • 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum
  • Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
  • The Alamo
  • American Folk Art Museum
  • American Museum of Natural History
  • Amon Carter Museum of American Art
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Bergenhus Fortress Museum
  • The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature
  • The Blanton
  • Brooklyn Botanic Garden
  • Brooklyn Museum
  • Brooklyn Public Library
  • California Academy of Sciences
  • California Science Center
  • Chabot Space and Science Center
  • Clark Art Institute
  • Cleveland Orchestra
  • The Contemporary Austin
  • Cox Science Center and Aquarium
  • Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
  • Dallas Museum of Art
  • David Zwirner
  • Denver Art Museum
  • Denver Botanic Gardens
  • Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Dia Art Foundation
  • Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
  • The Field
  • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  • The Frick Collection
  • Gagosian
  • The Getty
  • Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
  • The Guggenheim
  • History Colorado
  • Holocaust Museum Houston
  • Houston Museum of Natural Science
  • Hoyt Arboretum
  • The Huntington
  • Intrepid Museum
  • Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
  • LACMA
  • Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
  • Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
  • Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
  • Meadows Art Museum
  • The Menil Collection
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Milwaukee Art Museum
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art
  • Minnesota Opera
  • Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
  • MoMA
  • Morton Arboretum
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  • The Museum of Flight
  • Museum of Science, Boston
  • Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
  • Naples Botanical Garden
  • National Gallery of Art
  • National Museum of Wildlife Art
  • National Park Service
  • The National September 11 Memorial and Museum
  • The National WWII Museum
  • Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  • New York Public Library
  • Newark Museum of Art
  • Oakland Museum of California
  • Pace
  • Park Avenue Armory
  • Peabody Essex Museum
  • Pennsylvania State Parks
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Princeton University Art Museum
  • Prospect Park Alliance
  • Public Art Fund
  • Reynolda
  • Roundabout Theatre Company
  • Salvador Dalí Museum
  • San Antonio Museum of Art
  • San Diego Museum of Art
  • SFMOMA
  • The Shed
  • Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Smithsonian National Museum of American History
  • Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
  • Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino
  • Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
  • Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  • Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
  • Smithsonian National Zoo
  • Sonoma Botanical Garden
  • Statue of Liberty Museum
  • Storm King Art Center
  • Texas Parks and Wildlife
  • The Public Theater
  • U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
  • United States Botanic Garden
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  • Walker Art Center
  • Walters Art Museum
  • Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Whitney Plantation
  • Wildlife Conservation Society
  • Yale Center for British Art
  • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Museum-Quality Translations

With more than 30 years of experience supporting cultural institutions, Eriksen has cultivated a trusted network of translators, editors, and typesetters who provide the special level of proficiency required by the cultural sector. Professional experience in arts and culture gives our linguists the expertise needed to translate specialized terminology with nuance and cultural sensitivity.

By making resources accessible in a range of languages, we can help you foster dialogue and encourage in-depth exploration with local audiences as well as visitors from around the globe.

The 9/11 Memorial appreciates how much attention Eriksen has given to our projects. Often with aggressive timelines, you always find a way to make it happen.

Joe Daniels, Fmr. President, National September 11 Memorial & Museum

featured work

Exploring Land and Sea in Spanish and Chinese
California Academy of Sciences
How Denver Botanic Gardens Put Eriksen’s Encyclopedic Translation Expertise to the Test
Denver Botanic Gardens
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