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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.

Dec 27, 2021

Looking through art

The 21st century has brought about many new and exciting changes in the realm of science, technology, health, and everyday life...

Aug 3, 2020

The Hidden Disability of The First World War

The First World War left both physical and psychological scars on the soldiers who survived service with their lives. Those who had...

Jun 25, 2020

Making the Invisible Visible – Invisible Illnesses and Disabilities in Medical Collections

How do medical collections address the stories of those whose medical conditions cannot be physically represented? How can we represent invi

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This is our story.