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  1. A Visitor shares her feedback

    Charmaine Ashpole shares her experience of one of our Sensational interventions and explains why it means so much to her. On the penultimate day of my family holiday in the Lake District, I arranged to “view” the Keswick Museum’s contribution to the Sensational Museum collaboration, the “Keswick School of Industrial Arts (KSIA)” exhibition. As a […]

  2. Crafting the Landscape

    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, […]

  3. The Family Home Lost to Time

    Stop two of Charlotte’s tour of the Strand B pilot museums is Shakespeare’s New Place, part of Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon! The Family Home Lost to Time is a multisensory exhibit which brings a house that no longer exists to life. Visitors can smell the smoke of the fireplace (provided by our amazing scent […]

  4. Sensing the Past of Peru

    First stop, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge As part of our pilot evaluation process, Charlotte is visiting each of the Strand B pilot museums to experience their interventions in person. Read on to learn about her first visit. Image Description: A hand touches a terracotta replica of a Moche pot, feeling the […]

  5. Blogpost: ‘We Won’t Be Left Behind’ at IWM Duxford

    On 10th July Charlotte and Hannah went to the launch of ‘We Won’t Be Left Behind’ at IWM Duxford. Created by Curating for Visibility fellow Cat Waites, ‘We Will Not Be Left Behind’ is a brilliant, and accessible, exhibition which features a soundscape that brings to life the experiences of disabled people during World War […]

  6. Pilot Museum Interventions: audio descriptions and transcripts

    Listen to or read audio descriptions of our pilot museum interventions. We are thrilled that it’s now possible to visit and experience multisensory installations at our first five pilot museums around England. Plan your visits now! TSM’s own Charlotte Slark will be visiting each of the museums and be sharing her photos and descriptions about […]