RA 250 at the Fitz: Mali Morris
Mali Morris is one of 7 Royal Academicians, who have connections with Cambridge, taking part in RA250 at the Fitz. We asked each to pick a work in our collection that has inspired them and tell us why. Mali chose White Cup and Saucer by Henri Fantin-Latour, painted in 1864, on display in Gallery 4. “This little canvas … small…
What do you find out when you observe three hundred visitors in a museum?
What have we learned after four phases of evaluation at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences? The evaluation focused on one particular area of the Museum as we tried to find out how changes in the gallery impact on the visitor experience. Since 2014, we have been observing visitors and evaluating museum displays at the Sedgwick Museum, in particular looking…
Cambridge Codebreakers: an interview with Fire Hazard Games
Last week on the blog, we discussed the development of our live adventure game Cambridge Codebreakers: The Last Secret. Now it’s time to hear from the game developers who helped make it happen. Elizabeth Simoens is an immersive game designer with London-based company Fire Hazard Games. She developed the game with us and managed the run. Fire Hazard Games are…