Radically Changing SEND Provision in Museums
We’re thrilled that Marie Kennedy, our Learning Associate: Young People in the University of Cambridge Museums team, has been shortlisted for a national Museums Change Lives Award for her work. Led by the Museums Association, the Museums Change Lives Awards celebrate the achievements of museums that are making a difference to the lives of their audiences and communities across the…
Museum Collections and Major Trauma Rehabilitation
Explore how museum collections and Occupational Therapy have helped people reconnect with identity and purpose after major trauma. What can a shell, fossil, textile or ceramic object contribute to someone’s recovery following major trauma? Over eight weeks in summer 2026, Cambridge University Hospitals’ Occupational Therapy Department and the University of Cambridge Museums explored this question through an Occupational Therapy apprentice…
Exploring the therapeutic effect of object handling
In Autumn 2025, the Arthur Rank Hospice invited the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) to deliver a six-week programme of object-handling sessions for outpatients. Sarah Talks and Rosie Croysdale from the MAA Education Team worked alongside Sophie Wakefield, Art Therapist and Life Celebration Coordinator at Arthur Rank Hospice Charity (ARHC). The sessions took place at Arthur’s Shed, a multipurpose…
