Chiswick House, London
Maison Dieu, Faversham
Liverpool School for the Indigent Blind, Liverpool
Langdon Down Museum of Learning Disability, Teddington
The Royal School for Deaf Children, Margate
Guild of the Brave Poor Things, Bristol
St Saviour’s Deaf Church, Acton
Grove Road Housing Scheme, Sutton-in-Ashfield
Our volunteers have been working hard and having great adventures along the way. Browse the stories below or click on an individual image to see more from an individual volunteer.
Emma Yanmeng Zhang talks about her experience of interviewing two disabled people from Bristol for M Shed’s archives – and discusses how attitudes in Bristol compare to those in China.
What is it like gathering oral histories relating to deaf and disabled people for M Shed’s archive? – and what new perspectives do you discover that may not be in the ‘official’ historical record? Kate Phillips and Grace Morgan-Tait find out.
Our project co-ordinator shares some of her favourite things from our exhibition about the Blind School, open until 15th April. Visiting? Share your favourite things with us here or @H_O_P on twitter.
As part of our Blind School exhibition at the Museum of Liverpool, we’ve run a tactile printmaking workshop, storytelling sessions, a symposia aimed at museum professionals and a Young Archaeologists’ Club session.
Jess Starns, who has been advising the project, discusses her experiences at our three exhibitions and two symposiums.
We’ve been talking to WECIL members since the beginning of the History of Place project, and invited them to a tour of ‘Brave, Poor Things: Reclaiming Bristol’s Disability History’ and a workshop.
Museums still have a long way to go in representing and making provision for disabled people – but there are some good news stories and there are simple, as well as ‘ambitious’ changes that all museums can make.
‘Has the applicant ever begged?’ In the early days admittance to the School came with strict rules (and some intrusive questions).
An introduction to our exhibition about the Blind School in Liverpool, and two histories from former pupils of the School.
Steph Niciu visits our exhibition ‘The Blind School: Pioneering People and Places’ an