Steve Slack

Museums. Heritage. Interpretation.
- 'Interpreting Heritage: a Guide to Planning and Practice' (2021)

[Northern Soul @Northern_Soul_]

"An argument builds through the book that Manchester did not simply launch itself as an industrial city – just as nobody wakes up and thinks ‘let’s start an industrial revolution today’."
@steveslack reads The Origins of Manchester by Alan Kidd.
https://t.co/0i35bHuRHz
#history

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I really don't know how some signage writers sleep well at night.

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Just posted a photo @ The Coffin Works https://t.co/0kt1NzkwZ6

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Love it when a historic space is left as if the people just walked out - like this coffin parts factory in Birmingham. Don't touch anything on Joyce's desk! @ The Coffin Works https://t.co/iwslDQ4qNJ

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'This is a safe space to be who you are.' Unless you're in any of the paintings - Defoe (in pillary), Nelson (dying) or the Marquis of Montrose (about to be executed).
@salford_museum https://t.co/TsQpovjSBn

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These family labels, low down and accessible to little visitors, pick out things from the paintings, have a link to an online video story and a bit of sign language vocab in @SalfordMuseum.

#art #ArtGallery #FamilyLearning #HeritageInterpretation #KidsInMuseums

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Smaller than a playing card and more expensive than a mansion, this tiny manuscript offers an insight into the mind of the 13-year-old charlotte Brontë in 1829. 'A Book Of Ryhmes' has been acquired by the Brontë Parsonage Museum, West Yorkshire.
#ObjectOfTheWeek #museum

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@MarthaSear @reluctantgeorge @nma Thank you for sharing these. They read really well. And your designer clearly understands how layout reflects readability. 👌🏼

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When you have lines and light like this (at National Gallery, Prague) who even cares about the art?

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We were guinea pigs for the new guided tour experience at Pardubice Castle on the #ICOMPrague2022 tour, seeing behind the scenes before it opens to visitors next month. @ Pardubice https://t.co/e8BKumnXP1

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Infographic, biography and a little art activity all in one at the Antonin Dvorak Museum, Prague
#HeritageInterpretation

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@dana_museums @ICEE_ICOM @KunsthallePraha It's run by CAMP as a promotional tool, to encourage residents of Prague to get involved in urban transport planning. Clever stuff.

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Permission to enjoy looking at art in @DOXPrague. Thanks for having us visit today from #ICOMPrague2022

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Cubist museum. Cubist interpretation.
I love it when museums write (in this case project) on the floor.

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Well done #ICOMPrague2022 for agreeing the new definition of a museum. The old one talked about how museums COMMUNICATE but the new one says that we INTERPRET.
Hurray for #HeritageInterpretation
@AHI_Social

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Posing for a picture with the #ICOMPrague2022 cat is the ONLY way to prove you were there.

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When you go to an international conference and tell people you work in interpretation, their first question is 'what languages?' Sadly, I'm not a translator. #HeritageInterpretation

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The Czechia post office made ICOM its own stamp for the conference. You're going to see a lot of that cat this week.
#ObjectOfTheWeek #ICOMPrague2022
Image - white postage stamp with yellow figure, red cat, blue horn and ICOM logo