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  1. GEM Case Study Volume Published

    We are delighted to have co-produced one of the Group for Education in Museums case study volumes. GEM’s Case Studies help heritage professionals share examples of good practice and reflect on the challenges and successes of their projects. In The Sensational Museum edition we present 14 examples of multi-sensory practice in museums, many of which […]

  2. 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 […]

  3. 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, […]

  4. 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 […]

  5. 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 […]

  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 […]

  7. Press: BBC News features us at The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

    A screenshot of the BBC Cambridgeshire website, with the headline ‘Museum to work on pilot idea to be more accessible’. The article photo shows visitors standing on a museum balcony, some looking at exhibits, and some looking down over the railings into the room below. The photo is captioned ‘The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology […]

  8. Blogpost: Sensational Experiences visting our Pilot Museums

    Over the summer the TSM team has been busy visiting our pilot museums. Despite a few transport-related misadventures this has been a wonderful opportunity to put faces to names and get a sense of what makes each museum special. In this month’s blogpost, our post-docs Sophie and Charlotte share their sensational highlights. Keswick Museum The […]

  9. Press: Articles celebrating the announcement of our pilot museums

    After a detailed application process, both The Sensational Museum team and pilot museums were thrilled to announce their participation in the project. Screenshot of Museums Association Journal online article, with headline ‘Sensational Museum project seeks pilot museums to develop new access tools.’ Screenshot of Museums Association Journal online article, with headline ‘Ten pilot museums announced […]