Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum of Memphis gets grant to buy audio guides

Corporate Giving story for The Commercial Appeal

March 20, 2009

The Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum of Memphis has been awarded a $50,000 grant by the Assisi Foundation of Memphis to purchase audio guides for self-guided tours.

From the museum’s inception in 2000, it offered free audio guides to patrons, absorbing the cost of the usage fee — $1.15 per guide — it paid to Antenna Audio.

“With over 50,000 visitors per year, the fee was costing $65,000 out of pocket,” said John Doyle, executive director of Rock ‘N’ Soul … (read more)