In an ideal world, museums would make visiting easier by…
In early 2018, the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) started thinking about how we could help children with sensory sensitivities and their families to access the museums in a way that worked for them. “People aren’t aware you’ve used every ounce of your energy to get there [the museum]” Parent from focus group “It was a really special opportunity to…
“Magical”: an ongoing partnership with Cambridge Community Arts
What if we could look at the world through someone else’s eyes? What would we see? For three years now, the Museum of Classical Archaeology has been working Cambridge Community Arts to do just that, hosting an exhibition which allows us all to look out through the camera lenses of the learners on their accredited Photography Course. Cambridge Community Arts…
Working with Rowan on Feast & Fast
Hello! I’m Victoria Avery, Keeper of Applied Arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum, and co-curator of the exhibition Feast & Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500-1800, together with Melissa Calaresu, a cultural historian based at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. This blog records my richly rewarding collaboration with Rowan (the Cambridge-based charity and arts centre supporting adults with learning…
