Rob Hales

Community Research Collaborators


I am a Museum Education graduate starting my career in museums, I have particular interests in accessibility, inclusion and digital resources. I have worked on Portals to the World, an outreach programme for people with dementia, helping run sessions and developing trails and Making Connections through Collections, a series of workshops exploring how the Fitzwilliam museum acquires and uses its collections.

Making Connections Through Collections

by | 12.05.23

Making Connections Through Collections was a pilot series of workshops exploring how the Fitzwilliam Museum chooses which objects and artworks to collect, and the acquisition process used to obtain them. At the Fitzwilliam Museum, and traditionally in most museums, acquiring objects is handled by a small team of museum staff which is responsible for finding, choosing, and purchasing items for… Read full article