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Talking Intern follows five Trainee curators across four Cornish museums. In this episode we discuss invisible disabilities and Covid-19's impact on accessibility. What should museums do to be more accessible? Thanks to ashamaluevmusic.com for our music Resources mentioned: Changing Places toilets https://www.independentliving.co.uk/changingplaces/what-makes-a-changing-places-facility/ Disability Collaborative Network https://www.musedcn.org.uk Collections Trust Dyslexia toolkit https://collectionstrust.org.uk/resource/a-toolkit-to-help-increase-accessibility-for-visitors-with-dyslexia/ Sensory backpacks, National Museums Scotland https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2017/10/03/new-resources-for-autistic-children/ UK Invisible disabilities  https://www.psychreg.org/invisible-disabilities/ Wellcome Collection Being Human gallery https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/XNFfsxAAANwqbNWD

Talking Intern follows five Trainee curators across four Cornish museums. In this episode we ask what is social history? And how can it make our museums more inclusive? Thanks to ashamaluevmusic.com for our music Resources mentioned: Tehmina Goskar, Curatorial Research Centre https://tehmina.goskar.com Museum of Transology https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/museum-of-transology-london-college-of-fashion/UAJi2JzZUfiSKQ?hl=en Museum of Ordinary People https://www.museumofordinarypeople.com The Inclusivity Project  https://theinclusivityproject.co.uk Marjorie Williams' Sketchbooks https://www.falmouthartgallery.com/Collection/Artist/Williams,_Marjorie_(nee_Murray_1880-1961) Lucknow quilt https://bodminkeep.org/the-lucknow-quilt/ Trench art aeroplane https://bodminkeep.org/trench-art-beauty-from-bullets/ Wheal Martyn photograph collection https://www.wheal-martyn.com/Pages/FAQs/Category/our-collections

The second episode of the Talking Intern mini series, the first season of the Cornwall Museums Partnership podcast.  Talking Intern follows five Trainee curators across four Cornish museums. In this episode we analyse the role of the museum as a physical space and how that perception has changed during lockdown.  Thanks to ashamaluevmusic.com for our music Resources mentioned include:  CMP Citizen Curators programme https://www.cornwallmuseumspartnership.org.uk/citizen-curators/ 'Empathetic Audience Engagement During the Apocalypse' - Andrea Jones http://www.peakexperiencelab.com/blog/2020/3/25/empathetic-audience-engagement-during-the-apocalypse 'The Future of Museums' - Aspen UK https://podtail.com/podcast/aspen-uk/the-future-of-museums/  Art UK 'Curations' https://artuk.org/discover/curations 

Talking Intern follows five Trainee curators across four Cornish museums. In this episode we ask: why do we love museums? What made us want to work in them? Thanks to ashamaluevmusic.com for our music Resources mentioned: Citizen Curators scheme https://www.cornwallmuseumspartnership.org.uk/citizen-curators/

This is the trailer/teaser episode for the Talking Intern series of the Cornwall Museums Partnership podcast. A project that was started during lockdown. Talking Intern consists of five Trainee curators across four Cornish museum's discussing various topics such as breaking into the museum industry, accessibility and the role of the curator during lockdown. Thanks to ashamaluevmusic.com for our music.