Tower Project at The British Museum

Sensory Objects awarded AHRC grant for start up enterprise purpleSTARS

purpleSTARS is our new start up enterprise funded for one year by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) it is a follow on fund project. The Sensory Objects Enterprise 2017-2018 grant aims to create opportunities for artists and technologists with and without learning disabilities working as a team with museums. STARS stands for Sensory … Continue reading

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A sensory interpretative journey by Natasha Barrett

Kia ora (a traditional Māori greeting), my name is Natasha Barrett and I’m Museum Studies PhD student from the University of Leicester (AHRC Midlands 3 Cities funded). My research is about colonial-era photographs (1860s-1914) of Māori, the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. I have been discovering how these photographs … Continue reading

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Researcher experiences Sensory Labels: Focus on Ryan’s Label

Museum Studies PhD researcher Natasha Barrett contacted us to ask if she could experience some of our Sensory Labels created for the Enlightenment Gallery in the British Museum. Natasha is interested in exploring photograph with all our senses.                           … Continue reading

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Sensory Objects present to SHARE East Seminar at The Polar Museum 4th March 2016

Judith with support work Reshma and Kate went to the Polar Museum in Cambridge to present the Sensory Object research project to SHARE East Working with Different Audiences. We co-presented the research, Judith did an excellent job describing her Sensory Label for the Enlightenment Gallery at the British Museum and how … Continue reading

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Sensory Objects Poster Engage Conference 02.12.15

Ajay Choksi Wiki Master from RIX research and media and Kate presented a Sensory Objects poster at Engage 2015-Engaging with Impact in Bristol at the Royal Marriott Hotel  We also introduced ArtLab which is a project that has grown out of the Sensory Objects Research. ArtLab promotes Widening Participation and Research projects at … Continue reading

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Sensory Objects commissioned to create Interactive Farm Animal for MERL

We have been given a small grant by the University of Reading Arts Committee to create one of our ideas of an interactive farm animal generated by our work with Reading College Learners with learning difficulties and disabilities dept at MERL in 2014. The proposal builds on Sensory Objects research … Continue reading

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Sensory Objects Present to Visitor Studies Group Meeting, Whitworth Gallery Manchester 11.11.15

Tim Elson with support worker Ferhat from The Tower Project and Kate went to Manchester to present our research at an event called Access All Areas? The day focussed on access and accessibility in the cultural sector the pictures below show a screen grab from the webpage and the presentation … Continue reading

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Sensory Objects Summer 2015

Sensory Objects has been busy over the last few months sharing our research nationally and internationally. Tower Project co-researchers produced a newsletter documenting the project. We featured in an article by French journalist Clara Crochet-Damais which documented the award ceremony in Paris where we were awarded the International Access for All … Continue reading

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Award winning Sensory Labels of the Enlightenment Gallery returns for Half Term at The British Museum

Our Co-researchers from Tower Project ‘Sensory Labels of the Enlightenment Gallery’ was such a hit earlier in the year we were invited back by The British Museum as a half term activity. The museum was packed with visitors, Tower Project did an excellent job engaging old and young with their … Continue reading

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‘Sensory Labels at The British Museum’ awarded the International Design for All Foundation Awards Trophy 2015

The 6th edition of the International Design for All Foundation Good Practices Awards recognise achievements in the field of design for all, great and small, by governments, businesses, not-for-profit organisations and professionals from all over the world. In so doing, they aim to demonstrate that the implementation of design for … Continue reading

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Sensory Objects Seminar at The British Museum 25.02.15

Below is the easy read programme of our very successful Seminar at The British Museum. You can see a report of the Seminar on our Co-researchers Wiki The picture below shows an image from our Co-researchers Wiki documenting Angela from Access to Heritage  giving the first presentation of the Seminar … Continue reading

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Sensory Labels Showcase Day in The Enlightenment Gallery at The British Museum 11.02.15

Sensory Objects co-researchers from The Tower Project created a set of 12 labels you could look at touch, listen to and smell based on objects in the Enlightenment Gallery . These Sensory Labels were then enthusiastically and confidently presented  to the public by our co-researchers during 2015. Each Sensory Label was created … Continue reading

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The Aura of a Sensory Object by Matthew Goodsell

The Aura of a Sensory Object In the writing of Walter Benjamin, we find the concept of the ‘aura’, a special distancing or abstraction certain objects have. He describes it as ”the unique phenomenon of a distance, however close it may be”, going on to explain ”If, while resting on … Continue reading

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Tower Project at the RIX centre Session Sixteen 04.02.15

The picture below shows the Easy Read programme for session sixteen. The picture below shows our co-researchers adding smells to their Sensory Labels. Then they practiced showing the Sensory Labels to the public, Luke the RIX new intern from Pennsylvania agreed to be our audience as he knew little about … Continue reading

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Tower Project Showcase Event at The British Museum on Wednesday 11th February in The Enlightenment Gallery 11am – 3pm

Members of the Sensory Objects research project invite you to try out their newly developed interactive Sensory Labels of selected objects in the Enlightenment Gallery at The British Museum on Wednesday 11th February in The Enlightenment Gallery 11am – 3pm. These Sensory Labels have been co-developed by people with learning … Continue reading

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Sensory Objects Co-researchers at the first ‘Sandpit Workshop’ of the Living Archive for Learning Disability History Project

The Sandpit day was organised to combine showcasing of work with and by people with Learning Disabilities with interactive demonstrations and activities designed to get discussion and debate going about what a Living Archive of Learning Disability History should be like. Find out more about the research project  here  Sensory … Continue reading

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Tower Project at the RIX centre Session Fifteen 10.12.14

We met to discuss the progress of our Sensory Labels, John who runs the Tower Project came to the session. First we had a report from the Engage Conference by Tim and Judith. Nic discussed with the group the progress of the Sensory Label triggers. We tested some aromas for … Continue reading

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Sensory Objects present at ENGAGE 2014 Conference

The Sensory Objects project was represented by co-researchers Judith Appiah and Tim Elson supported by Beverley Agard from the Tower Project, who co-presented with Nic and Kate at ENGAGE 2014 conference in Bristol. The picture below shows Judith and Tim preparing for the presentation with Beverley on the train to … Continue reading

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Tower Project at the RIX centre Session Fourteen 26.11.14

The picture below shows the easy read programme for session fourteen. First we looked at Tower Project Wikis. Our co-researchers have been busy researching information about their object in the Enlightenment Gallery at The British Musuem. The picture below shows the group looking at their Wiki. Each co-researcher had prepared … Continue reading

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Tower Project at the RIX centre Session Thirteen 12.11.14

Below is the easy read programme for session thirteen. We had a catch up meeting. We heard about the Tower Project creating and being on a float of the Lord Mayors Show, the picture below shows the group looking at BBC video footage of the event. Then we discussed our … Continue reading

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Sensory Objects Present at the Diversity in Heritage Group Meeting 30.10.14

We presented our Sensory Objects research at the Diversity in Heritage Group Meeting held at the Cinema Museum, London, the picture below shows the agenda of the meeting. We co-presented our research with Judith and Tim representing the Tower Project with their support worker Bev, Kate and Nic also presented … Continue reading

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Tower Project at the RIX centre Session Twelve 22.10.14

Below is the updated version of the easy read programme from Session 12. I have changed the dates at the end so the next session has the correct date when we will have our next session on the 12th November at the RIX. This session we explored smells that we … Continue reading

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Tower Project at the RIX centre Session Eleven 15.10.14

Here is the easy read programme for the day   We did not follow the plan completely as we were visited by some people from the University of East London’s publicity department, they had heard about the Sensory Objects project and wanted to feature it on some of the University … Continue reading

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Tower Project at The British Museum Session Ten 08.10.14

Here is the easy read programme for session ten at The British Museum. We tried out the Audio Tour of the Enlightenment Gallery at the British Museum. We did this research in response to some of our co-researchers idea to create an audio guide for the objects they had chosen. Below … Continue reading

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Tower Project at The Rix Centre Session Nine 01.10.14

Here is the easy read programme for session nine Nic talked about some ideas of cause and effect or triggers and outputs. Nic had a box that played music when you took the lid off Katy tries a pressure sensor that made a sound when pressed. Michael tried sensors attached … Continue reading

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Tower Project at The Rix Centre Session Eight 24.09.14

Below is the programme for session eight. Find out more on our co-researchers Wiki First we had a discussion about ideas for our event bringing sensory labels to the Enlightenment Gallery, we asked the group for their thoughts. There were many ideas including creating an audio guide of sensory soundscapes … Continue reading

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Tower Project at The Rix Centre Session Seven 17.09.14

Below is the easy read programme for session seven. We split into two groups, group A was Investigating littleBits go LARGE the video below shows some short clips of the investigation as we tried to find out how easy it was to understand the pink output devices were and if we could … Continue reading

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Tower Project at The British Museum Session Six 10.09.14

Below is the programme of our session Our session was held at The British Museum, their Access and Equality Manager, Jane Samuels, introduced us to Judy Joseph an ESOL tutor (English for Speakers of Other Languages). Judy picked out several objects from the Enlightenment Gallery, our Co-researchers really enjoyed the session … Continue reading

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Tower Project at the Rix Centre Five 03.09.14

We met at the Rix Centre after a break over August. Our Co-researchers did some independent research visiting the London Transport Museum trying out our Sensory Activities book. We started our session with hearing about the visit looking at the updates on the wiki webpage updated by our co-researchers. Our … Continue reading

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Sensory Objects Research Presented at the Inclusive Museum Conference

Kate and Nic gave a hands on presentation of the Sensory Objects project to the Inclusive Museums Conference at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles. We sent a big box containing Sensory Objects developed by our Co-researchers from Reading College at MERL and also the Access to Heritage Group in Liverpool. … Continue reading

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Tower Project at The British Museum Session Four 30.07.14

During this session the group discussed objects they had seen at the British Museum in the Enlightenment Gallery. Below is the programme for the day. Carly one of two PhD students contributing to the Sensory Objects Project led a session to reflect on the objects chosen from the Enlightenment Gallery. … Continue reading

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Tower Project at The British Museum Session THREE 23.07.14

Tower Project Sensory Object co-researchers visit The British Museum focussing on the the Enlightenment Gallery, we were joined by visitors to the Rix Centre from Austria. Below is our programme plan for the day. Sam began our day with showing me a drawing she had made about the Sensory Objects … Continue reading

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Tower Project London Session TWO 16.07.14

In our second session with our Co-researchers from the Tower Project we asked them to bring in an object that was special for them and they would be able to talk about why they brought it. Below is the easy read outline plan of the day. The theme of the … Continue reading

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Tower Project London Session ONE 09.07.14

We held an introductory session with our new Co-Researchers from the Tower Project London at the Rix Centre who will be researching sensory objects for the British Museum. The picture below shows the easy read plan for the day. It was great to meet every one from the Tower Group … Continue reading

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