Date added: 05/05/2021
Resource Category: access
Inclusive Practice for Everyone – 10 February 2021
Date added: 05/05/2021
Sensing Culture
Date added: 08/01/2021
Sensing Culture was a three-year multi-partner project with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) as the lead partner, and funded by £438,900 from…
Learning Access and Interpretation virtual meeting, 15th July
Date added: 16/07/2020
This first virtual meeting focused on formal learning provision after lockdown. It included a look at Online Learning Resources, a summary of the Government Guidance…
Digital Access and Inclusion for your visitors: Producing content – Training Session 14 July 2020
Date updated: 11/09/2020
Podcast: How to get started in social media (includes inclusive digital communication): https://youtu.be/H30jiDES--E There are other EMBED talks via https://embed.org.uk/embed-talks on mental health, passport systems to support staff…
Webinar: ‘Supporting disabled visitors in the post-COVID world’, 30 June 2020
Date updated: 11/09/2020
Please note: We are working on providing closed captions to our training in the near future Supporting Visitors in the Post Lockdown World EMBED-DCN Training…
Disability Access Information Online: Checklist for museums, galleries and heritage sites
Date added: 31/07/2019
The survey undertaken as part of State of Museum Access 2018 found that around one in five (19%) of accredited museums did not provide any…
SEND in Museums Project Resources
Date updated: 20/08/2019
"The children were alert, joining in, had fun. It was a relaxed visit and we went with what worked well. The resource can be…
Special Schools and Museum Toolkit
Date updated: 19/06/2019
We are delighted to launch this unique toolkit which aims to provide museums with practical support to create inclusive and accessible experiences for people with…
Materials from HMMN meeting: Transformation (16 March 2017)
Date updated: 30/04/2019
THEME: MUSEUMS IN TRANSITION An interesting programme consisting of a morning workshop session followed by buffet lunch and presentations in the afternoon. Programme 10.30-12.30 Dawn…
Materials from Customer Service for All – Disability Equality and the Visitor Journey
Date updated: 26/04/2019
An event on the 24th February 2017 hosted by Kent and Medway MDO to provide the following learning to museums: (Training provided by Visits Unlimited) Build…
Access Review Template
Date updated: 15/07/2019
In 2016, Sonia Rasbery was commissioned to produce an access review template to help museums looking to improve their regular, in-house review process. Alongside this project,…
Archive of Historic England Research Publications
Date updated: 26/04/2019
The South Region Conservation Network, which brings together conservation professionals from across the region, recently drew attention to the wealth of resources available from the…
First hand account of Accreditation Assessment
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Part 1: Ever worried about the prospect of an Accreditation verification visit? Morwenna Rae, Curator at Dr Johnson’s House, London, reflects on her recent experience…
Top Tips for Reviewing Security – Alf Longhust, 2015
Date updated: 26/04/2019
A museum seeking Arts Council England Accreditation must obtain security advice for stored and exhibited collections at least every five years, and earlier, if needed. …
Working Towards an Audience Development Plan
Date updated: 04/03/2021
Presentation from 'Working Towards an Audience Development Plan' workshop delivered by Nicky Boyd in January 2015 as part of the activities of the Hampshire Solent…
Partnerships for Learning: A Guide to Evaluating Arts Education Projects
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Developed by Felicity Wolf and published by Arts Council England. Partnerships for learning aims to help everyone involved in arts education projects to understand evaluation…
Belfast City Council Tourism, Culture and Arts Unit: Marketing and Audience Development Toolkit for Arts and Heritage Organisations
Date updated: 26/04/2019
This toolkit is designed to help arts and heritage organisations develop a marketing and audience development plan. One of the resources collated and shared by…
Arts Council England Family Friendly Toolkit
Date updated: 30/04/2019
This toolkit is designed to support arts organisations wishing to make a commitment to families, making it easier for families to take part in the…
Arts Council England Family and Community Focused Toolkit
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Arts Council England Family and Community Focused Audience Development Toolkit. Based on one of the audience segments identified within Arts Council’s Arts audiences: insight (AAI)…
Arts Derby Audience Development Toolkit
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Arts Derby Audience Development Toolkit. Author: Louise Cogman. One of the resources collated and shared by the Hampshire Solent 'Audience Development' Peer Development Group. Download…
2014 Arts Award Supporter Starter Kit
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Trinity College has launched this revised Starter Kit for organisations wanting to become Arts Award Supporters. There is also a new website aimed specifically at…
Basic Access Checklist
Date updated: 18/12/2019
A 3-page tick-box check list to start you on the right track on assessing access issues in your museum. This check list is for guidance…
Quick Access Checklist for Volunteer-based Museums
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Based on MLA Access for All Self-Assessment Toolkit. This checklist is not definitive; there are always more things organisations can do to improve their services…
Materials from Hampshire Solent LAINet ‘Museums for All’ seminar 29 September 2014
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Presentation by Eileen Clegg, Royal Armouries Fort Nelson: 'Visitors with special needs: Autism' Download Museums_for_All_Fort_Nelson.pdf... Notes by Laura Weston, Conan Doyle Collection: 'RNIB CultureLink Project'…
Quick access checklists for small, volunteer-based museums
Date updated: 18/12/2019
Concise access checklists for small, volunteer-based museums developed by Lyn Gash, Museum Development Manager, Suffolk County Council based on the MLA Access for All Self-Assessment…
VisitEngland Market Research
Date updated: 26/04/2019
VisitEngland publishes useful research into tourism and leisure markets that museums can use both to inform their planning and to provide evidence for advocacy and…
Welcoming your blind and partially sighted customers
Date updated: 26/04/2019
RNIB have written this factsheet especially for leisure organisations, including museums, to give a better understanding of how to make your services more accessible to…
Promoting your museum’s access and facilities to people with disabilities
Date updated: 30/04/2019
If you have worked to make your museum accessible for disabled visitors, then make sure you let people know. As well as including information in…
Guidance on accesible toilets
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Based on notes provided by Cassie Herschel-Shorland, Access and Museum Design Consultant www.cassiehs.com, via the GEM list: The following provision is recommended and to meet…
‘Sounding out your heritage’ best practice toolkit
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Best practice toolkit to help care professionals and heritage educators understand the positive impact of informal heritage learning for the over 60s, including those with…
HLF: Making your project accessible for disabled people
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Guidance to help you think about how to improve every aspect of your heritage project so that disabled people, be they visitors, volunteers or staff,…
HLF: Thinking about Audience Development
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Guidance to help you think about audience development – that is how you can engage more people, and a wider range of people, with heritage.…
MLA Access for All Toolkit
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Self-assessment toolkit designed to enable organisations to develop effective strategies for examining current performance, identify areas for improvement and develop more accessible and inclusive policies…
MLA Self-Assessment Checklist: Cultural Diversity
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Self-assessment tool to help museums, libraries and archives to develop an understanding of their current practice and to encourage positive developments in relation to cultural…
Working with Diverse Audiences – Engage
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Pack designed for museum educators exploring how to work with diverse audiences Download engage - Diverse Audiences
Museums Association diversify toolkit
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Practical guidance and advice for employers in the museum sector on introducing positive-action schemes and creating a diverse workforce Download MA diversify toolkit
Disability Briefing
Date updated: 26/04/2019
A Disability Briefing presentation given by Brighton & Hove Council in November 2013. Download Disability_Briefing___Brighton___Hove_Council__Nov_2013.ppt...
Arts Award Guide 2013
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Arts Award supports young people to grow as artists and arts leaders. We want to inspire young people aged 7 to 25 to enjoy the arts.…
Shifting Perspectives: Opening up museums and galleries to blind and partially sighted people
Date updated: 26/04/2019
This helpful book identifies approaches to key aspects of service delivery which can help improve access to museums and galleries for blind and partially sighted…
Kpontin – Interim Report
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Kate Pontin's interim report, May 2013, on her progress towards developing a regional visitor capture framework. Download KPontin___Interim_Report.pdf... You might also like Emergency Plan: Business…
Josie Gale – FWW Centenary Presentation
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Presentation from Josie Gale, (Centenary Programme Museum Liaison Officer for English Regions) describing her role at the Imperial War Museum and about the Imperial War…
SEWS mental health project – report of phase 1, 2008
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Written by Jocelyn Goddard, Natalie Chambers, Neil Goddard, and Rebecca Linley for the Surrey, East & West Sussex Museum Development Service, 2008. Download SEWS_mental_health_project___report_of_phase_1__2008.doc... You…
Different Stories New Perspectives Final Report, 2010
Date updated: 30/04/2019
The Final Report, by Sonia Rasbery, 2010 - a community engagement in museums project funded by Renaissance South East. Download Different_Stories_New_Perspectives___Final_Report__2010.doc... You might also like…
Different Stories New Perspectives Project Booklet, 2010
Date updated: 30/04/2019
A community engagement in museums project funded by Renaissance South East. Booklet edited by Helen Derbyshire & Sonia Rasbery, 2010. Download Different_Stories_New_Perspectives___Project_Booklet__2010.pdf... You might…
VocalEyes – Coming into Focus
Date updated: 26/04/2019
Presentation by Judy Dixey and Roz Chalmers of VocalEyes who make the arts accessible to blind and partially sighted people through the medium of audio…