Useful and beautiful: how practical items gave the Blind School its own aesthetic
Two lovely objects produced for the Blind School both reflect the skills taught on the premises.
What goes up but doesn’t come down? digital game making at the Museum of Liverpool
Edward Rushton’s brave and exciting life gets mashed up with quotes, nicknames and krakens as we develop a digital game about his life with young people from Liverpool.
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.
Empathy not sympathy: visual impairment awareness training in Liverpool
The team in Liverpool receive visual impairment awareness training at St Vincent’s School.
afterlife of a grand victorian institution
How the School for the Blind’s landmark building fell into disrepair and has found a new use but contains echoes of the past.
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.
One of our heads is missing
As troops moved in and out of Liverpool during the Second World War, a gold bust of Blind School founder Edward Rushton disappeared.
Robert ‘Dixie’ Smith, ‘the blind leader of the blind’.
Trade unionist and political activist described as ‘the most cheerful man in the Labour movement’.
Treasure your treasures: Heritage Open Days
Tips for Heritage Open Days – from tour guiding to helping your visitors engage in a multi-sensory way.