A clear licence
Understand which music, spaces and uses the offer covers, with relevant country information alongside it.
Background music for business
Music for art galleries. Give the exhibition room to speak.
Choose background music around what visitors will see and hear in this exhibition. A welcome at reception, time looking at an artwork and a guided explanation can call for different choices, including silence. Compare Soft focus, The piano room and After the rush, then decide where a background programme belongs and who pauses it when the exhibition needs another sound.
See pricing ↗Plans for one venue in these countries: Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States. A card is required for the trial; cancel any time. Conditions for each country
Weekly schedules with special datesOriginal music, licensed for businessOne plan per venue
The music and the licence, together
Good music.
Less to worry about.
Your business needs the right atmosphere and a clear way to use the soundtrack. The catalogue and its business licence come together, with the scope and cost explained before you subscribe.
How simple licensing works ↗Plans available in: Australia · New Zealand · United Kingdom · United States
A price you can see
One plan per venue, monthly or yearly, with the price shown before you sign up. No separate licence for every song or play.
A$19.99 · NZ$24.99 · £9.99 · $14.99 / month
See pricing ↗A schedule that runs the day
Plan opening, busy hours and wind-down once. Special dates handle holidays and closures, and gap music covers unscheduled time.
Find your kind of sound
Hear three directions for your gallery
Explore stations and collections for your space. Listen to public samples here; full business playback requires the applicable account access and licence.
Explore the station concepts. Audio previews will appear as recordings are ready.
A rhythm for the working day
Match the moment, not just the genre.
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A welcome before the viewing rooms
Start at the entrance or reception, where visitors ask about the exhibition and find their way in. Try Soft focus for a calm ambient texture, The piano room for a more clearly melodic piano direction, or After the rush for relaxed jazz. Hear the greeting with each candidate. A welcoming reception programme does not have to continue into every viewing room.
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Looking, reading and hearing the artwork
Walk to the places where people read labels or stand in front of work. Decide whether the programme suits this exhibition there, rather than matching a genre to a period or an artist’s name. If a video, sound installation or other work has its own audio, listen at the boundary with the background source. Lower or pause the background when the sounds compete; silence is a useful choice.
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An introduction or guided visit
Agree who pauses the background before a guide or artist begins speaking, and who resumes it afterward. Use an accessible manual control and check the result from the audience’s position. OpenHours does not detect speech, lower music automatically or coordinate an artwork’s sound. Keep those sources and their controls separate.
Save a daily schedule in your account. The venue player follows it while the browser stays open and your device stays awake.
Sketch your day’s music ↗Make it work in your space
Choose music for the way you actually operate.
Compare sounds against one exhibition
Choose two programmes and listen to their public samples with the same setup. Under the applicable plan, check the full programme during an ordinary viewing period. Note the entrance, one label-reading position and any artwork-audio boundary. The samples are finite excerpts for comparison, not the complete programme or permission to play them to visitors.
Write down the quiet spaces
List which speakers receive the background source and which spaces should remain quiet. One simultaneous browser stream provides one programme; it does not create independent selections in reception, viewing rooms and a gallery café, or control the levels of their speakers. Base the choice on the installation you actually have. Music reaching a room from next door still belongs in the check.
Recheck when the exhibition changes
Keep a short note of the usual programme, quiet areas, pause control and person responsible for resuming after talks. Revisit it when the layout or the artworks’ audio changes. A saved account schedule can organize the ordinary week, but needs an open browser on an awake, connected device. The public day planner is a separate draft; it does not launch an exhibition or synchronize its sound.
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A few useful answers
Questions about gallery background music
Which programme should I compare for a quiet gallery?
Start with Soft focus if you want ambient textures, The piano room for calm instrumental piano, and After the rush for relaxed jazz. Compare their actual samples rather than assuming every gallery needs classical music. A distinctive melody may be more noticeable than you want beside a label or a sound work; try silence there as well.
Can the gallery play different music in several rooms?
The current plan includes one simultaneous browser stream. It does not provide independent room programmes or automatic speaker-zone control. Identify the spaces connected to your source and review the applicable offer before planning a different arrangement.
Is this a soundtrack for the artworks themselves?
These are original background programmes to compare for the venue. They are not commissioned sound for a particular artwork, an audio guide or a period-matched archive. Keep work-specific audio separate and check its effect on the surrounding background programme before opening the exhibition.
How do I check the service for my gallery?
Create an account, enter the actual country of the premises and review the private offer and intended-use conditions. Public advice, sample controls and account entry are available in English, Spanish and French; the private player, library and commercial documents currently use English. The page language does not select a country offer.
What does royalty-free business music mean here?
Our direct licence includes the covered catalogue and business uses in your subscription, without a separate royalty invoice from us for every covered track or play. It does not mean unrestricted use or automatically remove local requirements. Your country offer explains its scope before purchase.
How much does it cost?
Each plan covers one venue and one stream, billed monthly or yearly, and starts with a 7-day free trial. The pricing page lists the price for each country before you sign up.
Can I use a preview in my business now?
No. Published samples are for listening on this website while you assess the sound. They do not grant venue-playback or redistribution rights. Playing music in your business needs an active plan.
Is the service limited to the language I’m browsing in?
No. Your preferred language, the country where music plays and the type of use are separate. We are building for businesses globally and reviewing local offers as they become ready. Tell us your location and needs in the enquiry form.
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