Speke Hall at The Museum of Liverpool

Although making sensory boxes were planned during this session, we used the whole session to feedback about the book its self. It took longer than expected so we made some sensory boxes in our final session at Sudley, the pictures below show some of our Sudley House Boxes made during … Continue reading →

Our Co-researchers in Liverpool continued to test the Cookbook at Sudley House, This week they concentrated on the sense of smell. Ticky brought some bags containing various smells, and the group discovered some things that smelled at Sudley House.  

Our group of Co-researchers in Liverpool have continued to test the Sensory Objects Cookbook at Sudley House Liverpool throughout February and March 2014. Each week members of the Access to Heritage group have met and tried out a different sensory expedition. In an earlier post we told you about a touch … Continue reading →

This testing session the first of six was a chance for Nic to introduce the Cookbook to a new group, and to introduce Sudley House. The picture below shows our Co-Researchers looking at the Cookbook. Stephen Hogg, Angela Green, Gerry Regan and June Jenkins were Sensory Objects Co-Researchers 2012-13 at … Continue reading →

Pictures below document the Sensory Stories Retold Seminar at the Museum of Liverpool May 7th 2013 This picture shows Marcus Weisen during his presentation Picture below shows Co-researcher Chris demonstrating his box to seminar delegates Picture below shows Co-researcher Elle demonstrates her Speke Hall box to some seminar delegates The picture … Continue reading →

Handout for the Sensory Stories Retold Seminar on Tuesday May 7th

The Project team will be presenting demonstrations, talking about our work and running a workshop at the Museum of Liverpool on 7th May 2013. • The Sensory Stories Retold seminar will showcase the first year of the project, which was based at Speke Hall, a National Trust house in Liverpool. … Continue reading →

We held a very enjoyable, well attended show and tell event at Speke Hall where we presented our research so far into interactive sensory objects. Researchers discussed the sensory boxes in the Great Hall giving the public the chance to find out about our research. Members of the public were … Continue reading →

This is the poster for our Sensory Stories day at Speke Hall on Thursday 21st March from 12.30 – 3.00pm. We are inviting you to come and see our reserach into Interactive Sensory Objects.

We continued to work at the New Hutte Neighbourhood Centre on the sensory boxes adding different ways of triggering sounds and lights. We are getting everything ready for our event on March 21st at Speke Hall. The picture below shows Stephen with is box it makes the sound of the … Continue reading →

The Access to Heritage group continued to work on thier sensory boxes choosing sounds and lights exploring different ways of triggering them. They learnt how to add an arduino micro controller, speaker, battery and LED lights inside their box. The picture above shows Stephen choosing sounds recorded by the group … Continue reading →

Due to the snow only Chris and Terry could make it to our workshop. Chris reviewed the sounds the Access to Heritage group had recorded from Speke Hall. We asked which sounds we he would like to put into his sensory box. Nic showed Chris how to use and install … Continue reading →

Access to Heritage group divided into two groups and collected the smells of Speke Hall. We had some foam devices a bit like bicyle pumps to suck up a smell and then capture the aroma of air into plastic bags. The smells were labelled with an image or text.   The group … Continue reading →

We held the first meeting of the Interactive Sensory Objects Advisory Group at MERL Museum of English Rural Life at the University of Reading. This is a group assembled to reflect and advise on how our project is running. The group gave the chance to share our activities with people … Continue reading →

This workshop concentrated on the surface textures of Speke Hall from carvings to cloth. The workshop aimed to highlight the tactile experiences of visiting the hall. It was also developed through the co-researchers responses to their guided tours.The kitchen was very popular many of the group were used to mixing, … Continue reading →

This workshop concentrated on collecting, making and recording sounds from Speke Hall. Some of the sounds may go inside the boxes made in the last workshop. You can hear some of the sounds on the box webpage here There was an initial briefing in the education room at Speke, where a video … Continue reading →

At the workshop the Access to Heritage Group participated in 3 activities. Creating a box that contained a multisensory version of Speke Hall. We asked the group to imagine they would send a parcel to a similar group in Australia or somewhere far away. This picture below shows the group at … Continue reading →

Sheila is a Volunteer from Speke Hall. She has worked here as a Victorian Guide for more than 4 years. Here she shares her thoughts on the Sounds of Speke Hall. Sounds1 from andy minnion on Vimeo. So, what would Speke Hall have sounded like back in the Victorian era? … Continue reading →

We had a workshop to introduce use of the Klik in ‘easy build’ website as a tool for Multimedia Advocacy to the Project participants and researchers and their supporters. It was at Liverpool Mencap’s Offices. Andy and Ajay from the Rix Centre showed the group how the Wiki Websites work … Continue reading →

This is a screen grab from Mencap Liverpool webpage

Today we held our third workshop with the Access to Heritage Forum at Speke Hall. The aim of the day was to review and reflect on the tours of the last visit. Then introduce the group to some simple electonics and hands on modelling with clay. We hoped the group … Continue reading →

Today we had the second workshop at Speke Hall Liverpool. We met in the education room where the group got ready for a guided Victorian Tour. Each member of the Access to Heritage group had a camera to document their tour. We divided up into three groups each with our own … Continue reading →

Access to Heritage Forum report on first workshop on Mencap Webpage Mencap Liverpool webpage

We had the first interactive sensory workshop today with the Access to Heritage Forum at the Museum of Liverpool. The day went really well it was great to meet everyone and discuss how we will work together on the research project as participative researchers and how the group may document … Continue reading →