Gotham Lab provides professional audio guide production in New York City for museums, cultural institutions, historic landmarks, tourism attractions, and exhibition spaces requiring high-quality multilingual narration in more than 50 languages. Our in-house Midtown Manhattan recording studio — equipped with Pro Tools, Logic Pro, and Vegas Pro — has produced audio guides heard by millions of visitors worldwide, including productions for Buckingham Palace, the Empire State Building, and the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo Harry Potter experience.
Museum audio guide production requires a specific combination of capabilities that most voice-over studios cannot provide — multilingual production across dozens of languages, subject-matter specialist translators for art, history, science, and culture content, consistent voice quality across long-form narration, and audio engineering expertise for the playback systems used in museum and landmark environments. Gotham Lab provides every component of audio guide production in-house from a single New York City studio — script translation, voice casting, directed recording sessions, audio engineering, and delivery in all required formats for handheld devices, smartphone apps, and fixed installation systems.
Listen to Our Work
Gotham Lab has over a decade of experience in producing the finest, most immersive audio guides in the world. Our team of writers, editors and translators work collaboratively with in-house audio engineers to produce audio guides that have been heard by millions of visitors worldwide in over 50 languages.
Gotham Lab’s audio guides have been heard by tens of millions of visitors at some of the world’s most iconic institutions and attractions. Listen to samples from six of our productions below.
Audio guide productions by Gotham Lab — in-house New York City studio. All narration recorded and produced by our NYC team in 50+ languages.
Our Audio Guide Production Services
Gotham Lab provides end-to-end audio guide production for museums, cultural institutions, historic landmarks, and tourism attractions in 50+ languages. Every service is performed in-house by our New York City team.
| Service | What we deliver | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| Multilingual audio guide production | Complete audio guide production in 50+ languages — script translation, voice casting, studio recording, audio engineering, and delivery in all formats for handheld devices, smartphone apps, and fixed installation systems. | Get a quote |
| Museum audio tour production | Narration recording for museum collections, permanent and temporary exhibitions, art galleries, natural history institutions, and science museums. Native-speaking professional voice talent matched to your institution’s tone and audience. | Get a quote |
| Historic landmark & tourism audio guides | Audio guide narration for historic landmarks, architectural attractions, national monuments, heritage sites, and tourism destinations. Produced in multiple languages for international visitor audiences. | Get a quote |
| Script translation & cultural adaptation | Audio guide script translation in 50+ languages by subject-matter specialists in art, history, science, architecture, and culture — ensuring narration sounds natural, authoritative, and culturally appropriate in every language. | Get a quote |
| Voice casting & direction | Professional voice casting matched to your institution’s brand — authoritative, warm, accessible, or character-specific. Native-speaking language directors present at every multilingual recording session. | Get a quote |
| Audio engineering & post-production | Professional audio editing, noise reduction, mastering, and format conversion for all playback environments — handheld audio guide devices, smartphone apps, QR-triggered playback, and fixed audio installations. | Get a quote |
| Audio description narration | Audio description tracks for museum exhibitions, gallery spaces, and cultural institution video content — making visual experiences accessible to blind and low-vision visitors. FCC and CVAA compliant. | View service |
| Transcript & accessibility services | Written transcripts of all audio guide content for hearing-impaired visitors, website accessibility compliance, and printed visitor materials. WCAG 2.1 AA compliant format delivery. | Get a quote |
Historic Landmark & Tourism Audio Guides
Historic landmarks and tourism attractions present a specific set of audio guide production requirements — outdoor playback environments, location-triggered audio technology, multilingual international visitor audiences, and content that must be both informative and engaging enough to hold a visitor’s attention without a guide present.
Gotham Lab has produced audio guides for landmark institutions including the Empire State Building — one of the most visited tourism attractions in the world — in multiple languages for international visitor audiences. Our experience with high-traffic tourism environments informs every aspect of our production approach: voice tone and pacing optimized for distracted listening environments, content structure matched to visitor attention spans, and audio engineering calibrated for outdoor and semi-outdoor playback conditions.
Entertainment & Cultural Experience Audio Guides
Entertainment attractions, theme parks, and immersive cultural experiences represent a growing segment of the audio guide market — and one where Gotham Lab’s combination of media production expertise and multilingual capability provides a distinctive advantage. Our production for the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo Harry Potter experience demonstrates this capability: Japanese narration produced to the exact quality and tone standards required for a globally recognized entertainment brand, recorded and delivered from our NYC studio.
Entertainment audio guides require a different approach than museum narration — character-appropriate voice casting, dramatic pacing, and brand-consistent tone across every language version. Gotham Lab’s entertainment industry background and in-house translation capability make us the ideal production partner for theme parks, cultural attractions, and branded visitor experiences requiring multilingual audio guide content.
Audio Guide Production Rates
Gotham Lab’s audio guide production rates are among the most competitive in New York City. Our in-house model — combining translation and recording under one roof — eliminates the coordination costs and agency markups that inflate prices when production is split across multiple vendors.
| Service | Rate | What's included | Learn more |
|---|---|---|---|
| Script translation | From $0.07/word | Native-speaking subject-matter specialist in art, history, science, or culture — two-stage quality review, cultural adaptation for audio delivery | Get a quote |
| Voice-over narration recording | From $24/finished min | Native-speaking professional talent, NYC studio session, directed recording, audio engineering and post-production, delivery in required format | View service |
| Multilingual audio guide package | Contact for quote | Complete package — script translation, voice casting, recording, engineering, and format delivery coordinated across multiple languages by a single project manager | Get a quote |
| Museum exhibition audio guide | Contact for quote | Priced per project — number of stops, languages required, content length, and delivery format for your audio guide device or app | Get a quote |
| Historic landmark audio guide | Contact for quote | Priced per project — content length, language count, and playback environment specifications including outdoor and semi-outdoor conditions | Get a quote |
| Audio description narration | Contact for quote | Script writing or adaptation, professional narration recording, and delivery in broadcast and accessibility-compliant format for museum and gallery use | View service |
| Transcript production | Contact for quote | Full written transcripts of all audio guide content in all languages — for accessibility compliance, visitor materials, and WCAG 2.1 AA website requirements | Get a quote |
| Rush turnaround | Contact for quote | Accelerated delivery for exhibition openings, institution launch deadlines, and time-sensitive visitor experience requirements | Get a quote |
All rates include project management, voice casting recommendation, recording session management, audio engineering, and post-production delivery in your required format. Contact us for a free project quote — we respond within one business day.
Why Choose Gotham Lab
Five reasons museums, cultural institutions, historic landmarks, and tourism attractions choose Gotham Lab over every other audio guide production company in New York.
| Why Gotham Lab | What it means for you |
|---|---|
| Buckingham Palace. Empire State Building. Tower of London. Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi. Harry Potter Tokyo. SFMOMA. | Gotham Lab’s audio guides have been heard by tens of millions of visitors at some of the most recognized institutions and attractions in the world — royal palaces, global landmarks, world-class museums, and major entertainment experiences across four continents. Our productions are proven at the highest level of international cultural and tourism audio guide production. Contact us to discuss your project. |
| Translation + recording under one roof — 50+ languages | Gotham Lab is the only New York City audio guide production company combining in-house script translation and cultural adaptation with in-house studio recording in 50+ languages. No coordinating between a separate translation agency and a recording studio — one project manager, one quality standard, one delivery package for every language your institution requires. Learn more about our voice-over services. |
| Subject-matter specialist translators — art, history, science, culture | Audio guide narration must sound authoritative and natural in every language — not translated. Gotham Lab’s translators for museum and cultural content are native speakers with subject-matter expertise in art history, architecture, natural history, science, and cultural studies. Your Arabic narration sounds like it was written in Arabic. Your Mandarin narration sounds like it was written in Mandarin. Learn more about our translation services. |
| Complete accessibility package — audio description + transcripts | Gotham Lab is the only NYC audio guide production company also offering in-house audio description narration for visually impaired visitors and written transcripts for hearing-impaired visitors — giving institutions a single partner for complete visitor accessibility compliance. One NDA, one project manager, one delivery package covering every accessibility requirement. |
| In-house NYC studio — Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Vegas Pro | Every audio guide recording at Gotham Lab is produced in our in-house Midtown Manhattan recording studio — equipped with Pro Tools, Logic Pro, and Vegas Pro, professional-grade microphones, acoustic treatment, and monitoring systems that deliver broadcast-quality audio for any playback environment. No subcontracted studios, no third-party engineers. Virtual client monitoring available at no additional charge. Contact us to get started. |
Ready to start your audio guide project? Contact our New York City team for a free consultation and same-day quote.
Contact Gotham Lab: info@gothamlab.com | +1 347-587-8110 | 340 W 42nd St #2424, New York, NY 10108
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Frequently Asked Questions — Audio Guide Production
Audio guide production questions answered by Gotham Lab’s in-house NYC team. If you don’t see your question below, contact us — we respond within one business day.
What is audio guide production?
Do you produce audio guides in multiple languages?
What institutions have you produced audio guides for?
How much does audio guide production cost?
What audio formats do you deliver?
Can you translate an existing English audio guide script?
Do you provide audio description for visually impaired visitors?
Do you provide transcripts for hearing-impaired visitors?
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Is all audio guide production work done in New York?
Get a Free Audio Guide Production Quote
Gotham Lab’s New York City audio guide production team is ready to discuss your project. Whether you need a single-language English audio tour for a new exhibition, a complete multilingual audio guide package in 15 languages for an international visitor audience, or audio description narration for accessibility compliance — our in-house NYC team handles every component of production from script through final audio delivery.
We respond to all project inquiries within one business day. Rush delivery is available for exhibition openings and time-sensitive launch deadlines.
Contact Gotham Lab: info@gothamlab.com | +1 347-587-8110 | 340 W 42nd St #2424, New York, NY 10108