Education Hub

The Education Hub is our in-house education forum where we create and share resources on ways to make the museum world more inclusive and accessible.

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...

Digital Renaissance: Transforming Museums for Inclusive Education

Through digital exhibitions, virtual tours, and interactive online experiences, museums are transcending physical constraints...

5 things to know about remote accessibility

5 things to know about remote accessibility.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Looking through art

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

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