Climate Hack 2018
How would you change one of our museums to tell stories about climate change? That was the question we posed to 24 people who participated in our first ever Climate Hack. The premise was simple. Over three days we challenged four teams to make a prototype exhibit or display to be installed in one of our museums: the Polar Museum,…
take-hold: A new audio guide experience by non zero one and Sheila Ghelani
As part of the India Unboxed season, the University of Cambridge Museums commissioned non zero one to develop a digital encounter at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The India Unboxed season has been about challenging our museums and offering an opportunity to be a bit bolder, to explore beyond the regular offer and to deal with certain themes even…
Rethinking diversity at the Engage International Conference in Hull, 2017
In November, I attended the 2017 Engage International Conference in Hull with some University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) colleagues. Called ‘The Whole Picture: Rethinking Diversity’, the aim of the conference was to ‘rethink the conversation surrounding equality, diversity and access’: a tall order in the space of just two days. Here are some short summaries of the conference discussions and…
