The Sensational Museum
Using what we know about disability to change how museums work for everyone. Find out more: sensationalmuseum.org
- We are delighted to share the recording of our online showcase: includes BSL, integrated AD and corrected subtitles. sensationalmuseum.org/resources/sh...
- Reposted by The Sensational MuseumFantastic to join @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social's online showcase this afternoon. Participating with the project's collections strand on behalf on @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social last year was transformative for me as a curator in rethinking cataloguing & accessing collections in multi-sensory ways.
- Got space in your schedule? Want to know how working in a multi-sensory way can change how museums work for everyone? Want to hear from people who've tried it out? Join our showcase, at 3pm (BST) today. Tickets: tinyurl.com/4khd5d2s Information, including schedule & slides: tinyurl.com/4zh648xt
- Got space in your schedule? Want to know how working in a multi-sensory way can change how museums work for everyone? Want to hear from people who've tried it out? Join our showcase, at 3pm (BST) today. Tickets: tinyurl.com/4khd5d2s Information, including schedule & slides: tinyurl.com/4zh648xt
- Reposted by The Sensational MuseumThe @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social is a research project radically re-thinking the role of senses in museums. This July they are gathering together to share and celebrate their work over the last 2 years. Amelia spoke to Hannah Thompson to learn more.
- How can museums create multi-sensory experiences, and collections records? How can The Sensational Museum resources help? How did it change the museum professionals' way of working? Find out! There's still plenty of time to sign up to join our sensational online showcase next week
- Would you like to join us for The #Sensational #Museum #showcase? Join us online on 2nd July 2025. Hear more about our resources, empowering professionals across the museum to record, create, and share multisensory experiences. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sensat...
- Would you like to join us for The #Sensational #Museum #showcase? Join us online on 2nd July 2025. Hear more about our resources, empowering professionals across the museum to record, create, and share multisensory experiences. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sensat...
- Reposted by The Sensational MuseumApplications open for our remaining neurodivergent archive accessibility workshops @ukdishisthub.bsky.social @arainternational.bsky.social @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social @ndhumanities.bsky.social @amfoster.bsky.social @edicaucus.bsky.social
- Reposted by The Sensational MuseumJoin us for the first W-ICAD Facilitator Network online event, at 3.30-4.30pm (UTC) 3 June 2025. This 1 hour online session is aimed at those who have completed the W-ICAD on-line training. We want to hear from you! Book your free ticket now here: www.tickettailor.com/events/wicad...
- If you're at #AAM this week, don't forget to earmark our own #sensational session, on 'Building Trust through Multisensory Practice'. It's on Friday, May 09, 2025, from 10:30 - 12:00, Location: 406AB, Los Angeles Convention Center.
- Together with project partners #GEM, we are holding two bespoke training sessions for museum learning professionals. Join us! Come away with inspiration and practical ideas for how you can make your museum and programmes richer and more #inclusive experiences for all visitors.
- The Association of Science and Discovery Centres are holding #AccessibilityUnlocked - tinyurl.com/m28xkhs- a one day event on Wed 7th May at Winchester Science Centre. There is a #bursary scheme available - apply until 15th April. forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
- Reposted by The Sensational MuseumBook your space for GEM Sensational Museum Training. Join us for two bespoke training sessions that rethink the role of senses in museums. 📆 12 & 19 June 2025 📍Zoom 🔗 gem.org.uk/event/gem-se... #GEM #Museumlearning @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social
- Join us at the #AccessInMuseums Conference in Leeds this morning - Hannah, @charlotteslark.bsky.social and @sophievohra.bsky.social will be in the Thoresby room from 11.15am today (Thursday 20th March) talking about 'Running an Accessible Workshop'. We'd love to see you there.
- Reposted by The Sensational MuseumThis book looks like a useful and interesting read www.taylorfrancis.com/reader/downl... 🏛️🎓 #museums #mus-ed #access
- We're excited to be at @leedsmuseums.bsky.social in March, for the #Access In #Museums Conference. Join us - @musdevnorth.bsky.social are offering a #bursary, including a full two-day pass, but also up to £150 contribution towards travel and accommodation. Go to their website for more info -
- Reposted by The Sensational Museum📢 Opportunity: Health and Wellbeing in Museums Project Officer We're looking for a part-time project officer to deliver our new Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund, supported by the Julia Rausing Trust. The fund supports UK museums to develop and continue sector-leading health and wellbeing work.
- Reposted by The Sensational MuseumOur Curating Visibility fellow, Karl, and the upcoming co-production group featured in BBC News South East's article today! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Click the link below for more details or how to apply: www.dovermuseum.co.uk/Exhibitions/...
- A quick thread answering 'what is The Sensational Museum?' and 'what are they actually working on?', just in case you needed it.
- Our own Sensational @alisonfe.bsky.social has announced the exciting launch of free training course on Workshop for Inclusive Co-created Audio Description (W-ICAD). Aimed at museum professionals and students, audio describers, and those interested in inclusive interpretation, it runs on 14.01.25.
- If you’re trying to catch up with who your @bsky.app follows are, or the interesting projects going on you keep meaning to read about, and you’re wondering who or what The Sensational Museum is, here's a quick thread.
- The TLDR is that we’re using what we know about disability to change museums for everyone. The longer version involves rejecting some key assumptions often made.
- For example, we reject the idea of five bodily senses, that any one sense is the most important or necessary, that separate access provision for disabled people is sufficient, or that the personal experiences of the collections professional should be absent from the data about an object.
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View full threadWe'd love to hear from you with questions. Another way of keeping up to date with the project is to sign up for our newsletter - tinyurl.com/y5wtmyzs
- Reposted by The Sensational Museum📩 Submit a proposal for MA Conference 2025 📩 It may feel like a long way off, but we're now looking for proposals for bold, innovative sessions at #Museums2025 that bring us together to find solutions to the critical issues of the day. If you've got an idea, send it to us by 20 January 👇
- Do you have lived experience of #deafness and/or d/Deaf culture and BSL, ASL or International Sign? Our Co-Investigator, @alisonfe.bsky.social and the Uni of Westminster are recruiting for a #PhD studentship. #Deaf #sciencecommunication #museums #accessibility
- Just re-sharing this for anyone who's looking for some Monday morning inspiration.
- If you haven't already listened to the incredible @sophievohra.bsky.social talk to @suryabowyer.com about identity in the latest episode of the Sensational Shorts podcast you absolutely should! It's 27mins of brilliance. open.spotify.com/episode/1Tih...
- Good luck to everyone who applied for a Curating Visibility Fellowship.
- Do you love museums? Do you define yourself as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent? There's still a full weekend to prepare your application to become a Curating Visibility Fellow. You can find BSL, subtitled and Easy Read information about the roles on the website. screensouth.org/events/curat...
- Do you love museums? Do you define yourself as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent? There's still a full weekend to prepare your application to become a Curating Visibility Fellow. You can find BSL, subtitled and Easy Read information about the roles on the website. screensouth.org/events/curat...
- Reposted by The Sensational MuseumConfused by how accessibility doesn't just make your museum better for disabled people? Listen to me and @sophievohra.bsky.social explain Disability Gain - one of the core concepts of @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3nDn...
- Reposted by The Sensational MuseumIf you haven't already listened to the incredible @sophievohra.bsky.social talk to @suryabowyer.com about identity in the latest episode of the Sensational Shorts podcast you absolutely should! It's 27mins of brilliance. open.spotify.com/episode/1Tih...
- Our Sensational Short podcast episodes offer revealing discussions about key concepts for the project. They can be listened to or read as a descriptive transcripts. We're so excited about this episode on Identity. Thank you @sophievohra.bsky.social and @suryabowyer.com for sharing your conversation.
- 📢 NEW TSM PODCAST ALERT📢 @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social Sensational Short episode on Identity with me and @suryabowyer.com now ready for your ears (or eyes: descriptive transcript available - docs.google.com/file/d/1CU5v...)
- Reposted by The Sensational MuseumHad a lovely time chatting with @sophievohra.bsky.social about multi-ethnic identity and its analogies to museum cataloguing… with a bit of connoisseurship thrown in. Available at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social for having me! #museum 📜
- 📢 NEW TSM PODCAST ALERT📢 @sensationalmuseum.bsky.social Sensational Short episode on Identity with me and @suryabowyer.com now ready for your ears (or eyes: descriptive transcript available - docs.google.com/file/d/1CU5v...)
