Museum installation

I have to design an interactive installation for a museum, which has to play 2min audio files on specific trigger event.

Sounds like a nice project. perfectly doable.

What sort trigger do you have in mind?

The device must be powered for a whole year.

use a decent power supply.

And i really need to make sure the device will perform ok for that time

We can review code and schematics from here.
be sure to put all things in a nice box.

If someone have experience with such a longtime projects, please let me know.

The Arduino will not be the problem.

Any other suggestions about platform or reliable audio board will be appreciated.

this seems to be a good start for you... - Audio Shield for Arduino -