Charlotte’s third museum visit is to Keswick Museum and Art Gallery!
Crafting the landscape: the journey of a piece of KSIA is an incredible multisensory exhibit which gives visitors the opportunity to follow the journey of a piece of Keswick School of Industrial Arts metalware.
The tactile map of the local area, nuggets of copper, and even live moss help tell the story of how the local landscape influenced the materials and designs used by the KSIA.
Image Description: A photo of a multisensory exhibit in a museum gallery. A plywood table-like structure stands in the gallery, there is a large metalware plate to the right, with a pair of headphones hanging on a panel behind. A raised tactile map is to the left.
Image Description: A hand is touching a braille label. To the left, the same information is shown in printed text. The label is for two nuggets of copper, attached to the display with wire.
Image Description: A hand reaches out to touch a large circle of live moss. The moss looks lush and thick.
An interactive element helps to hammer home (literally!) the sounds of the workshop where the nuggets of copper were transformed into the real object that visitors can view and touch. The whole installation is supported by amazing co-created audio description.
Image Description: A photo of an interactive element of an exhibit. A hammer lies to the side of a sheet of copper. A label in printed text and braille invites you to hammer the copper to hear the sound of the workshop.
I’m having so much fun visiting our pilot museums and experiencing all of our innovative co-created multisensory interventions!