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This is our story.
From stories of lived experience, to essays by curators, researchers, artists and chronically ill individuals, this section gathers raw, radical and moving stories and essays that have at their core the belief that invisible illnesses and disabilities deserve better representation, in the museum, but also in everyday life.
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Liminality, Pathology, and Ephemera; Intersectional Challenges in Practising Queer and Disabled Heritage
What is a disabled object? I want to cover some of the observations I’ve made on the intersections between practising queer and disabled...
Dec 11, 2024
Museography and scenography: Enhancing inclusion in museums
Museums have long been considered guardians of culture, history, and art, offering a unique space for education, reflection, and inspiration
Sep 29, 2024
GRIEF
I like to consider myself a bit of an expert on grief, both in the traditional and nontraditional ways...
Sep 13, 2024
Invisible disabilities, lived experiences, and the mundane object
Over the past two decades, projects such as Buried in the Footnotes have set out to explore the representation of disability...
May 17, 2024
Digital Renaissance: Transforming Museums for Inclusive Education
Through digital exhibitions, virtual tours, and interactive online experiences, museums are transcending physical constraints...
May 14, 2024
5 things to know about remote accessibility
5 things to know about remote accessibility.
Sep 11, 2023
The Lyme Museum: a museum of lived experience
When did the museum start? The Lyme Museum was born in 2020, at the early stage of the global pandemic. The pandemic was a unique time...
Sep 7, 2023
Every object tells a story
To mark the 75th year of the NHS, 'Our National Health Stories' is engaging thousands of staff to explore, share and reflect upon what...
Aug 31, 2023
5 tips to use lived experience ethically in museums
What is lived experience? The Oxford Dictionary defines lived experience as the 'personal knowledge about the world gained through...
Aug 30, 2023
UX design and accessibility, and why it matters to museums
What's UX design? UX design is a human centred design approach built around the journey a person takes from first engagement with a...
Aug 21, 2023
Art-based and creative methods for data collection
What is art-based data collection all about? Art-based and creative methods are innovative approaches that are rooted in creative...
Aug 10, 2023
5 actions to get started on access in a museum / gallery
Do an accessibility review Assess the current provisions and barriers in your museum to ensure that spaces are accessible and actually...
Jul 21, 2023
5 ways to make your events accessible that you may have missed
Build in consistent breaks We all enjoy a little break to get a cuppa, but building in consistent breaks is about more than getting your...
Jun 15, 2023
5 ways to make your museum events accessible
Programming and planning Accommodate the needs of chronically ill and disabled people at the planning stage. Inclusion cannot be an after...
Jun 6, 2023
Rebekah's story
When I was a child, I dreamt of exploring far away lands, of digging up dinosaurs and ancient greek pottery, exploring temples, and...
Jun 9, 2022
On the Courtauld Gallery selling souvenirs making light of Van Gogh's mental illness
The aim of a gallery is to display the life and the work of an artist by showing to the public that every and each one of us should be...
Apr 26, 2022
When life as you knew it is turned upside down…
For as long as I can remember, there has always been something wrong within my body, or something making me uncomfortable, whether it was...
Apr 25, 2022
It's also about your shops.
Today, I want to make you think about museums, about access and inclusion, and about whether the two can ever work together. Can a museum...
Mar 15, 2022
Looking through art
The 21st century has brought about many new and exciting changes in the realm of science, technology, health, and everyday life...
Dec 27, 2021
In the Forest
In this article, Erin Becker-Boris recounts her own story of Lyme disease, and how it is linked to her experience of higher education.
Dec 5, 2021
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