TextWorkshop

@DeaBirkett and @r_mileham help museums, heritage sites and beyond tell powerful stories and bring text alive.

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Let’s put an end to ‘suffering’. 18th century French Revolutionary, politician and lawyer George’s Couthon’s wheelchair - a great object belonging to a powerful man that begs for a better story to be told @museecarnavalet #disability #museum #interpretation #wordsmatter

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Barbie as you’ve never read about her before. #Barbie exhibition @DesignMuseum argues for @Mattel as a leader of liberation movements for last 60 years.

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Go with the wave of this great storytelling at Maritime Museum @nationalmuseumicel #Reykjavík #Iceland

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A plastic dinosaur protected by fake plastic plants, a barrier and a Do Not Touch notice hung around its neck. Oh - and next door to the recycling bin. Dear @ourdynamicearth you can do better than that. #recycleTheDinosaur #RecyclePlasticPlants

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Can you see it? Special concealed mini pocket sewn in to magician Romany’s costume to hold her lighter @ShowtownBPL . Sadly no interpretation to point that out. If your object has a hidden story - tell it!

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The new ⁦@ShowtownBPL⁩ museum in #Blackpool is flush with toilet humour. An immersive seaside romp through circus, magic, and the world famous illuminations. Not a history, but often hysterical. Opens Friday ⁦@visitBlackpool⁩ ⁦@BpoolCouncil⁩

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Did they know we were coming? Excellent signage @studiovenues #Birmingham on way in to our @nationaltrust TextWorkshop #SaturdaySignage

[Dr Dea Birkett @DeaBirkett]

Such a powerful exhibition about and by @DavidHarewood as part of @HarewoodHouse Missing Portraits exhibition. Firm unfaltering steps towards addressing the imbalance and injustices in our historic homes. An example to all of them.

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From pine cones to pot noodles, via a wooden cross. The things participants bring to our workshops to write labels about is fabulous. Here @leicestercofe Cathedral particularly so #JoyOfWriting #labels

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Rush to see the @DavidHarewood exhibition @HarewoodHouse before it closes next week. Exemplary work on decolonising museums and recognising the legacy of slavery in our historic homes. Powerful introductory panel for visitors to contextualise all glory they see.

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Today’s workplace the stunning @leicestercofe as it looked last night. Can’t wait to write in and about it today. Our cathedrals contain wonderful stories beneath those spires.

[Rebecca Mileham @r_mileham]

Saw the @britishmuseum #Legion exhibition on Saturday and recognised the illustration work of the wonderful Rosey Taylor! Plus design by Matt Bigg. Enjoyed it very much, although it's certainly a sobering theme.

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@magmidd Absolutely!

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Oh the beautiful places we get to wander in and work at. This week Quarry Bank Mill @nationaltrust And our own @r_mileham wrote some of the gallery interpretation. So doubly lucky.

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Really interesting discussion about how to interpret rematriated objects. ‘Return the Stolen Artifact, But Keep the Museum Label’ https://t.co/ZlODSSEA8L

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How would you deal with this in your gallery? Two chairs inviting us to sit - which we’re not allowed to sit on. The challenges of displaying contemporary art made clear at @haywardgallery @southbankcentre new exhibition When Form Comes Alive. What would you do?

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Oh the places we get to work with the magnificent @nationaltrust. Today it’s the mighty @OsterleyNT

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Great news for the fabulous @thackraymuseum. We love working with them. And particularly pleased to see some of this will go towards signage - often the only thing a visitor reads. #LanguageIsAnAccessIssue #WordsMatter

[Thackray Museum of Medicine @thackraymuseum]

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[Dr. Erin Weinberg @TheBardolator]

I ruined this album release for my students by making it a lesson on apostrophe usage.