How can museums show all audiences that they matter?
Government and public reactions to the lockdown were confirmation for Samantha Bowen of the inequality facing disabled people - something she had long feared, but persuaded herself was paranoia.
Very soon after the UK retreated into lockdown, a unifying flourish of rainbows appeared at windows, lampposts and on social media, while painted pebbles were left in random places to happen upon on your daily walk.
Along with these colourful displays of solidarity sprung one of the most misleading memes I have ever read. It said: “We may all be stuck the same storm, but we are travelling in different boats. Be kind.”
The underlying message was to remember people’s individual situations and not judge others – which is of course what has happened as the weeks of isolating started to snag like a pair of old tights.
I love the concept of us all managing to ride out the storm with the same chance of weathering it, but let’s face it: if you’re sat on a yacht sipping a martini, you won’t feel the waves quite like those clinging onto a dinghy... Keep reading on Museums Journal
Very soon after the UK retreated into lockdown, a unifying flourish of rainbows appeared at windows, lampposts and on social media, while painted pebbles were left in random places to happen upon on your daily walk.
Along with these colourful displays of solidarity sprung one of the most misleading memes I have ever read. It said: “We may all be stuck the same storm, but we are travelling in different boats. Be kind.”
The underlying message was to remember people’s individual situations and not judge others – which is of course what has happened as the weeks of isolating started to snag like a pair of old tights.
I love the concept of us all managing to ride out the storm with the same chance of weathering it, but let’s face it: if you’re sat on a yacht sipping a martini, you won’t feel the waves quite like those clinging onto a dinghy... Keep reading on Museums Journal