@textworkshop

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

 All around Britain and beyond
textworkshop.co.uk
Joined August 2009
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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
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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.
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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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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’ hyperallergic.com/870144/ret…

Return the Stolen Artifact, But Keep the Museum Label

Naming the wrongs of the past is hard, especially when the wrongs have not yet been entirely righted, but it's crucial.

hyperallergic.com
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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@thackraymuseum5 Feb 2024
📣 We're thrilled to announce that we've been generously awarded a grant of £228,911 by @HeritageFundUK Made possible by National Lottery players, this new project is all about development, resilience and sustainability. Here's what to expect...
The front exterior of Thackray Museum.

ALT The front exterior of Thackray Museum.

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I ruined this album release for my students by making it a lesson on apostrophe usage.
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A question from a customer today…why don’t you say the word “staff”? It’s simple. At Timpson we believe everyone is equally important and the word “staff” implies some people are more important than others. Instead we use the word “colleague”.
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Nothing quite as appealing as a museum with one wry eye on itself. Like here in the Drinking Gallery (mugs, pitchers etc) @rijksmuseum #Amsterdam
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