The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation has kindly supported the National Portrait Gallery’s Access programme since 2013. This report outlines some of the activities and audiences the funding has been able to support over this year; this includes Musical Portraits, the Gallery’s creative arts project for young people with autism; the Gallery’s onsite access public programme and access resources. Read more here.
Archive for July, 2019
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New programming to widen access – Extract taken from the British Museum Review ‘Being human’ 2018/2019
Posted byExtract taken from the British Museum Review ‘Being human’ 2018/2019
New programming to widen access included ‘relaxed’ talks and drawing workshops for those with autistic spectrum conditions, sensory and communication disorders and learning disabilities. The events were supported by the Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation. Activities for hard-to-reach groups included free community viewings of special exhibitions and the new Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World. The event welcomed over 3,500 people from supplementary schools, charities, adult learning centres, refugee support groups and community centres local to the British Museum.
A Museum Leader in Autism – Extract taken from Natural History Museum Annual Review 2018/2019 ‘Speaking to the World’
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A Museum Leader in Autism
Supported by a fresh tranche of three-year funding from the Lord Leonard and Lad Estelle Wolfson Foundation, six additional Dawnosaurs events took place in 2018/2019 in South Kensington and Tring. Around 3,500 visitors benefited from events as part of the new funding stream, a significant increase on 2017/2018.
Now entering its fifth year, the Museum’s Dawnosaurs programme provides autistic children and their families with calm and supportive museum engagement away from the usual crowds and sensory overload. Events include ‘relaxed’ early access to most galleries, live animal shows and other science learning and creative activities. A Changing Places toilet is also available for mobility-disabled visitors and a sensory room for those needing quiet.
Additions to the programme this year included live music in Hintze Hall, Dawnosaurs events at Tring and free entry to the Life in the Darkexhibition, which welcomed over 1,200 autistic children and their families across three events.