Tender: M Shed Exhibition Fit out
We invite tenders to fit out our forthcoming exhibition at M Shed in Bristol.
Blog
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.
Ida Penelope Page: Normansfield Resident (1895-1896)
In this, the first in a short series of case studies, we look at a cross-section of residents of Normansfield Hospital, hoping to shed light on both the successes and shortcomings of this groundbreaking institution.
Exploring archives with HOP research volunteers and members of Mencap Liverpool
Training for our research group, and for members of Liverpool Mencap who picked up ideas about how to use their own archive.
Take the quiz: where would you like to live in history?
We bring you time travel! Find out where you would be happiest to live as a deaf or disabled person – from a medieval monastery to modern independent living.
Empathy not sympathy: visual impairment awareness training in Liverpool
The team in Liverpool receive visual impairment awareness training at St Vincent’s School.
Getting a job in museums and heritage
Our Heritage Hub member Jessica Starns describes how she followed a route that found her work at the British Museum
Clay, stained glass and monoprints at the Canterbury Medieval Pageant
Once again, we appointed artists to run workshops at Canterbury Medieval Pageant, including monoprint, stained glass window making and clay gargoyles.
Oralism & The Royal School for the Deaf, Margate
Nina describes how decisions made at a conference in Milan in 1880 may have harmed the education of deaf children for a century, and describes her own experience of becoming deaf and beginning to learn BSL.
The lucky few
In the late 18th century Reverend Townsend of Bermondsey began raising funds and awareness to create the first education for deaf children who did not come from wealthy homes.
Did Edward Rushton drink tea? Creating a digital game in Liverpool
Merging past and future, fact and fiction with the help of a drama chap with an interesting suitcase, pupils at St Vincent’s are making a digital game based on the life of Edward Rushton.