Our_Objects

Telling the hidden histories of disability and mental health through museum objects.
(Not affiliated with any museum)
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[Attenborough Arts Centre @AttenboroughAC]

WE WON!😮

We share this award with every child, teacher, artist & partner involved in SENsory Atelier – truly a collective effort. This award highlights the importance of collaborative, child-focused learning & the role of creativity for ‘Children with Special Rights’ @MandHShow

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"The Revd Dr Grant of London Street Fitzroy Square 1803, a Literary Character of Note - he had lost an Eye", from a set of sketches of distinguished persons @britishmuseum https://t.co/Uc43xMba0i

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Some beautiful stoma bag covers, 2023 @thackraymuseum https://t.co/FeHcye8uv2

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An eye implant, @surgeonshall https://t.co/QQwraSfSt2

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Dorothy Liebes with an Unidentified Soldier Learning to Weave at an Arts & Skills Workshop, 1945 @cooperhewitt https://t.co/n9zbqor2nW

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This bowl is decorated with the Eight Daoist Immortals, an extremely popular motif in Chinese decorative art, showing disabled and non-disabled people alongside the young and old. 1730-50 @V_and_A https://t.co/DW5LRwqxnB

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Ear trumpet hearing aid, metal with gold on black painted decoration, known as a bugle or Bonnafont type, European, 1850-1910. @sciencemuseum https://t.co/klGwoO81n5

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Let autistic kids play, a minizine @NMAAHC https://t.co/qEJdDWB2wS

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Pottery Figurine of Florence Nightingale standing next to a wounded officer, 1850s-1870s, @sciencemuseum https://t.co/Jo9wiLw7Af

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Portrait of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, 1800s, owned by Nelson and possibly a gift for Lady Hamilton @RMGreenwich https://t.co/7I4iLOkoDD

[DisabilityArtsOnline @disabilityarts]

The World According to Crippen: Crippen tells us the stories behind some of his best-loved cartoons across the decades.

https://t.co/Kg6aJOiqLB

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Alta2 Invisible In the Canal (IIC) Hearing Aid, 2018, designed to be unnoticeable @sciencemuseum https://t.co/keGGjQg9rt

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"His Dream Realised", a poster raising funds for a collective farm, 1918, @I_W_M https://t.co/kqnRhSit6o

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A child's ankle support from the 16th Century @sciencemuseum https://t.co/IkOiyd73Ym

[DisabilityArtsOnline @disabilityarts]

Unruly explores friendship, activism and loss amongst the backdrop of the disability arts movement. Joe Turnbull reflects on Vici Wreford-Sinnott’s new play.

https://t.co/18c1VEGSkf

[Attenborough Arts Centre @AttenboroughAC]

Great news: the landmark exhibition ‘Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice’ has been extended until 22 June ✨

Visit our galleries 7 days a week, 12pm – 5pm on weekdays and 12pm – 4pm on weekends.

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IQ stick, a cane designed by Hilton Beck, 2005, designed to be self-righting and glow in the dark. @cooperhewitt https://t.co/g8ns08g61h

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Roll Back Reaganism badge @amhistorymuseum https://t.co/RBRclllZfg

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Medal showing George III, commemorating his accession, 1760 @britishmuseum https://t.co/mg71mgKgm1