Disability

In brief | Latest projects, announcements and moves from the sector

Science Museum Group appoints 'AI champion' | Scheme to explore hidden disability histories | Governance guidance published

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Harness your staff’s experience of SEND

Museums have made great strides in disability access inclusion for children, says Sam Bowen

Deaf Heritage Centre to transition to new leadership

The British Deaf Association to ‘protect and develop’ museum and its collections

Sensational Museum project showcases new tools for multisensory interpretation

Research initiative was created to rethink role of the senses in museums and put disability at the centre of practice

The art of healing | Jason and the Adventure of 254, Wellcome Collection, London

How one man has channelled his childhood trauma into art

Q&A | ‘The shadow of eugenic thinking still hangs over disabled people today’

A groundbreaking new exhibition explores the untold stories of 13 British-born disabled people murdered by the Nazi state

Ten pilot museums announced for Sensational Museum Project

Participating venues will test prototypes to develop multisensory ways of working

Sensational Museum project seeks pilot museums to develop new access tools

Initiative aims to put disability at the heart of museums through innovative multisensory practice

Curatorial fellowships launched for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people

Curating Visibility programme offers career development opportunities to tackle underrepresentation in sector

Arts council staff report challenges around race, disability and personal belief

Review of workforce inclusion highlights tensions within the organisation

New guidance published on interpreting disability histories

Everywhere and Nowhere shares how museums can research and present stories connected to disability in ethically informed ways

Disability research project aims to transform access and inclusion

Museums Association among partners in AHRC-funded Sensational Museum