Archive of Recorded Sound
Address
541 Lasuen Mall
Braun Music Center
Stanford, CA 94305-3076
Location
Entrance via the Music Library is at the eastern end of Braun Music Center, next to the campus post office.
Transit and Parking
Marguerite Shuttle: X or Y to Tresidder Student Union stop, https://transportation.stanford.edu/marguerite.
Parking: Tresidder lot. Pay via the Parkmobile app or Parkmobile website. Look for the bright green signs, or visit: https://transportation.stanford.edu/how-purchase-visitor-parking
Accessibility
Power equipped accessible entrance; elevator access to lower level and Archive entrance.
About
The Archive of Recorded Sound's collection contains over 400,000 items that span sound recording history--from its beginnings to the present day. Nearly all formats ever developed to record sound are represented: piano rolls; wax cylinders; shellac, acetate, aluminum, and vinyl discs; magnetic wire and tape recordings; compact discs. Collections are particularly strong in the areas of jazz and opera.