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At Kids in Museums, we believe museums are for everyone. But many families and young people who are D/deaf or hearing impaired might find visiting museums difficult.
Categories: Accessibility
Audience: Family, SEND, Young people
To mark International Museum Day 2019, we have translated our Kids in Museums Manifesto into seven other languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
Categories: Manifesto
Audience: Children, SEND, Under 5s, Young people
This template timetable will give you an idea of how to structure your Takeover Day.
Categories: Takeover Day
Audience: Children, Family, Primary school, Secondary school, SEND, Under 5s, Uniformed group, Young people
We've put together this list of potential job roles for young people to take over at your organisation on Takeover Day. This covers both front of house and behind-the-scenes roles.
Categories: Takeover Day
Audience: Children, Primary school, Secondary school, SEND, Under 5s, Uniformed group, Young people
This is a practical guide on how to create accessible and inclusive museum experiences for special schools and SEND families.
Categories: Accessibility, External resources
This toolkit from the History of Place project is a 'how to' for organisations wanting to engage deaf and disabled young people.
Categories: Accessibility, External resources
Audience: SEND, Young people
This case study explores how the museum’s Takeover Days with different groups of young people, including those with SEND, have evolved over a six-year period and how it has changed the way the organisation works with this audience.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: SEND
This museum worked with primary and secondary pupils with additional needs over several months in the lead up to Takeover Day.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Primary school, Secondary school, SEND
This Takeover Day invited a group of Year 9s with a range of learning disabilities or emotional and behavioural difficulties to help with the Christmas Fayre.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Secondary school, SEND
Looking to hold a Takeover Day outdoors? In Edinburgh, young people from primary and secondary schools, including people with learning disabilities, took on a variety of roles from park rangers to gardeners.
Categories: Takeover Day Case Studies
Audience: Primary school, Secondary school, SEND