Category: Online Training
YFED: Introduction to Decolonialising Collections
This webinar will introduce participants to an important but often mis-understood concept in the museum sector: decolonization. The creation of displays and development of narratives are not neutral actions, and the museum itself has a long history of colonial action. Using examples from museums in Yorkshire, this workshop will address ways in which museum staff […]
YFED: Value-Led Experience Design
This introductory online workshop will introduce participants to the practice of value-led heritage experience design. Using participant’s own examples of existing or previous visitor experience – digital, analogue or mixed – value-led design cards will be used to promote critical reflection of the underlying, often unconscious, design decisions made. Participants will be invited to then […]
YFED: Museum Accessibility – Beyond Lifts and Braille Guides
This webinar will introduce participants to the concept of accessibility as something more than physical adaptations to buildings. Using examples from the JORVIK Group’s museums, we will discuss barriers disabled people may face in heritage and what heritage professionals can do to remove these barriers. With a focus on simple, inexpensive solutions, participants will be […]