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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 […]
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 […]
The Sensational Museum is delighted to announce The Living Barracks project, at Berwick Barracks, as an additional pilot museum. The Living Barracks project at Berwick Barracks brings together four organisations, English Heritage, The Maltings (Berwick) Trust, the King’s Own Scottish Borderers regiment, and Northumberland County Council, to reawaken this landmark site as a cultural and […]
In June 2024 we ran our second ‘Retreat’, this time in Cardiff, wonderfully hosted by the National Museum Cardiff – Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd. On day 1 it was a pleasure to share our findings so far not only with representatives from all our partners but also with museum professionals from a range of Welsh organisations […]
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 for Sensational Museum Project’. Screenshot of Museums + Heritage online article, with headline ’10 museums to take part in ‘Sensational Museum’ pilot’ […]
An image of an article in the Social History Curators Group Newsletter, issue 92, with the headline ‘The Sensational Museum’ and a block of text below. To the right, a photo of Hannah Thompson, captioned with the beginning of her description, ‘A white woman with shoulder-length hair in shades of grey, brown and blond smiles […]
Over the last few months, we’ve been running two strands of workshops to develop our prototype processes and software. Bolstered by insights, suggestions and critical queries from our project partners and invited industry professionals, we’re reaching the last stages of prototype development. We’re nearly ready to see how our prototypes perform in real museums and […]