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This book looks like a useful and interesting read www.taylorfrancis.com/reader/downl... 🏛️🎓 #museums #mus-ed #access

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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 -

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📢 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.

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Our 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/...

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A quick thread answering 'what is The Sensational Museum?' and 'what are they actually working on?', just in case you needed it.

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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.

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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.

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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

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📩 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 👇

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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

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Just re-sharing this for anyone who's looking for some Monday morning inspiration.

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Good luck to everyone who applied for a Curating Visibility Fellowship.

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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...

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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...

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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.

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Had 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 📜

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We've also got lots of blogposts worth a look, including this, about the process of designing a visual brand for a project all about de-centralising vision.

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Looking for an introduction to the project? Our #podcast is a great place to start. Our 'Sensational Shorts' give short intros to concepts like #DisabilityGain and #Multisensory. Longer podcasts produced for our Belfast and Cardiff retreats get into more detail open.spotify.com/show/1WKXdzx...

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Do you love #museums and want to begin to pursue a curatorial career? Do you define yourself as D/deaf, #disabled or #neurodivergent? Our brilliant project partner, Curating Visibility is openly recruiting for its final three Curatorial Fellowships: screensouth.org/events/curat... Deadline 25.11.24

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Make Museum Joy Accessible -there's still plenty of time to join Hannah, Sophie and Charlotte at our workshop at #Museums2024 this afternoon, from 2:30 in the Newsroom.

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Attending #Museums2024? Come and join us in Making Museum Joy Accessible, on Wednesday 13 November, from 2:30 to 3:20 in the Newsroom. Or find Hannah, Sophie or Charlotte to chat to during the conference - we love to talk about our work.

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If you're looking for an intro into our project, 'Sensational Shorts' is a group of podcasts simply and clearly explaining some of the key concepts and ideas forming the foundation of The Sensational Museum - sensationalmuseum.org/resources/po...

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'Identity’s a funny thing. Some identities are forced upon us. Some we claim for ourselves, and others we attain' - we asked writer/researcher/artist Lisa Townsend to write about her experience of identity. Read on our website: sensationalmuseum.org/2024/03/25/l... #identity #disability

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Get involved with the Sensational Museum! Applications are now open for museums to become funded pilot museums, testing and developing the work of the project - sensationalmuseum.org/2024/01/31/a...

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Do you love museums and want to begin to pursue a curatorial career? Do you define yourself as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent? Curating for Change, Sensational Museum partner and sector lead have just posted their 3 new Curating Visibility Fellowships: screensouth.org/events/curat...

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If you work in museums and want to help make positive changes in the sector, take 10 minutes to fill out a survey, for museum professionals, designers or collections professionals. sensationalmuseum.org/get-in-touch... #museums #heritage #getinvolved

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If you were inspired by #MUSEUMS2023 to make positive changes in the sector, please help us on our mission to make museums more accessible for all by filling out and sharing our short survey: t.co/Utpu6a9iOe

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