Survey results: deaf and disabled people in the cultural sector,
Curating for Change: deaf and disabled people leading in museums,
‘I was always rebelling against the system’,
BSL introduction to the stories of Deaf people told by the History of Place project,
Take our surveys, help us as we develop a work placement programme,
Washing up,
Cooking,
Typing,
Kitchen at Grove Road – two,
Kitchen,
In this, the forth 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.
We are seeking bids to create two interactive trails with an application deadline of 30th November.
Short deadline: we are seeking bids to fit out our forthcoming exhibition at the Museum of Liverpool by Monday 27th November.
We gave Miro Griffiths a test run of a robot from Bristol Robotics for a day as part of our symposium on the past and future of deaf and disabled people. He discussed the implications of new tech with Dr Praminda Caleb-Solly.
Things got a bit gory at The Beaney in Canterbury as museum visitors constructed a story of peril in Medieval England to feed into our digital game.
Our MShed exhibition about the Guild of the Brave Poor Things shows how disabled people advocated for themselves and survived in a changing society from the late Victorian period the 1980s.
How did the imperial and World wars which Britain was engaged in affect the Guild and how it presented itself?
How Guild members got stuck for so long with a name that many did not like.
History and storytelling met robotics in our symposium – watch the film to explore utopias and dystopias for deaf and disabled people.
How poverty, disability and lack of access to nature were all linked for some Guild members – and the language used to appeal for country holidays.