This is a list of all the museums, galleries and historic buildings I’ve visited and written about in this blog. Click the name of each exhibition or tour to see my reviews and mentions.
Audio Described Tours
Audio described tours and handling sessions have enabled me to explore, understand and enjoy exhibitions in a way that would otherwise be difficult or impossible with my limited eyesight.
The tours in this list all took place in London, and were described by VocalEyes staff, other audio describers, museum curators or audio recordings. In addition, some London tours were organised by London Vision.
See the VocalEyes What’s On list for details of upcoming tours. Many museums also have access information on their websites as well.
- Bank Of England Museum
- London Vision Tour, November 2017
- British Library
- Buddhism, January 2020
- British Museum
- Hokusai: Beyond The Great Wave, July 2017
- Manga, July 2019
- Parthenon Gallery & Antiquities Handling, November & December 2019
- Parthenon Room 18b, Access All Senses event, March 2019
- Scythians: Warriors Of Ancient Siberia, October 2017
- Troy: Myth & Reality, December 2019
- Buckingham Palace
- Gardens & State Rooms, September 2018
- Chocolate Museum
- Chocolate Making Workshop, October 2017
- Design Museum
- Home Futures, January 2019
- Moving To Mars, January 2020
- Fan Museum
- London Vision Tour, February 2019
- Hauser & Wirth Gallery
- Hyper-Palimpsest by Stefan Brüggemann, April 2019
- The Power of the Line by Geta Brătescu, April 2019
- Imperial War Museum
- London Vision Tour, February 2018
- London Zoo
- London Vision Tour, June 2017
- Audio Described Tour, November 2021
- Madame Tussaud’s
- London Vision Tour, November 2018
- Museum Of London Docklands
- Sailortown Exhibition, July 2017
- National Gallery
- Still Life with Lemons in a Wicker Basket, February 2019
- Natural History Museum
- Hintze Hall, recorded AD tour, July 2017
- Human Evolution Tour, recorded AD tour, July 2017
- Images Of Nature, recorded AD tour, February 2020
- Investigate Gallery, London Vision touch tour, April 2017
- Treasures (Cadogan Gallery), recorded AD tour, February 2020
- Volcanoes & Earthquakes, recorded AD tour, June 2018
- Open House Tours
- Salters’ Hall, Lloyds Register & Freemasons’ Hall, September 2017
- Photographers’ Gallery
- Against The Light: Jan Svoboda, online AD tour, June 2020
- Postal Museum
- Audio Described Tour, March 2019 (guest post for VocalEyes)
- Royal Academy Of Arts
- Matisse Exhibition, September 2017
- Science Museum
- Information Age, using Audio Eyes app, January 2018
- Sir John Soane’s Museum
- Audio Described Tour, July 2019
- St Paul’s Cathedral
- Disabled Access Day Tour, March 2019
- Audio Guide Tour, September 2021
- Tate Britain
- Van Gogh And Britain, June 2019
- Tate Modern
- Anni Albers Exhibition & Conductive Coding Workshop, January 2019
- Tower Bridge
- London Vision Tour, March 2019
- Wallace Collection
- Great Gallery, audio guide test & accessibility study with Rafie Cecilia, April 2018
- Wellcome Collection
- Graphic Design, Medicine Man & Medicine Now, December 2017
- In Plain Sight, October 2022
Other London Visits
When audio description isn’t available, as in these cases, I will use large print guides if available, along with my monocular (a small telescope) and my phone to look at things more closely.
- Apsley House
- Thinking Bob Tour, February 2018
- British Library
- Harry Potter – A History Of Magic, with Emily from Fashioneyesta, January 2018
- British Museum
- Focus Group – Large Print Guides, January 2017
- American Dream, recorded audio tour, May 2017
- Pompeii Live & Vikings Live, online documentaries, May 2020
- Stonehenge, large print guide, May 2022
- Buckingham Palace
- Exterior Photos, April 2022
- Camberwell College Of Arts
- MA Visual Arts Summer Show, with student Nihan Karim, July 2018
- Fenton House & Garden
- A Time Traveller’s Christmas, December 2018
- Hampton Court Palace
- Gardens, with family in the 1990s
- London Transport Museum
- Main Exhibitions, October 2018
- Face Mask Purchases, October 2020
- Hidden London Hangouts, Youtube series, May 2020
- Secrets Of The London Underground, TV series, July 2021
- London Zoo
- Christmas At London Zoo, December 2018
- Summer Visit, June 2022
- Markfield Beam Engine & Museum
- Steam Engine Demonstration, August 2022
- Museum Of Brands
- Time Tunnel, Time Out 50 & Chocolate Boxes, January 2019
- Museum Of London
- Main Exhibitions, Fatberg & Votes For Women, accessibility study with Rafie Cecilia, February 2018
- Beasts Of London, May 2019
- National Gallery
- Monet & Architecture, recorded audio tour (not AD), July 2018
- Renaissance Lates Event, with Thinking Bob, May 2017
- Natural History Museum
- Birds, July 2017
- Fossil Marine Reptiles, July 2017
- Hintze Hall, February 2020
- Mammals, July 2018
- Restless Surface, June 2018
- Whales: Beneath The Surface, July 2017
- Wildlife Photographer Of The Year, February 2011
- World of Wonder, TV series, January 2021
- Old Royal Naval College
- Painted Hall Reopening, March 2019
- Pumphouse Museum
- Tube Train Supper Club, March 2019
- Science Museum
- Driverless: Who Is In Control?, June 2019
- Energy Hall, May 2017
- Exploring Space, May 2017
- Making The Modern World, August 2018
- Mathematics, June 2018
- Science City 1550-1800, February 2020
- Secret Life Of The Home, August 2018
- The Sun: Living With Our Star, March 2019
- Sea Life London Aquarium
- Family Visit, August 2000
- Tate Modern
- Building & Highlights Tours, using mobile app, January 2018
- Victoria & Albert Museum
- Buddhism, February 2020
- Europe 1600-1815, using online audio guide:
- Room 7, accessibility study with Rafie Cecilia, December 2017
- Rooms 5 & 6, January 2018
- Rooms 3 & 4, February 2019
- Rooms 1 & 2, May 2019
- Food: Bigger Than The Plate, May 2019
- Kimono: Kyoto To Catwalk, online documentary, May 2020
- Laughing Matters: The State of a Nation, February 2020
- Mary Quant, May 2019
- Ocean Liners: Speed & Style, June 2018
- Saints & Sinners Tour, with Thinking Bob, April 2017
- Ultrahaptics Testing, accessibility study with University College London, April 2018
- Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt, September 2018
- Secrets Of The Museum, TV show, see mentions for Series 1 & 2.
- Victoria & Albert Museum Of Childhood
- A Pirate’s Life For Me & main exhibitions, February 2019
- Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour
- Tour Review, Video Footage & Merchandise Haul, January 2018
- Wellcome Collection
- Play Well, December 2019
- Smoke & Mirrors: The Psychology Of Magic, April 2019
- Teeth, June 2018
Other UK Visits
- Cambridge
- Imperial War Museum Duxford, 1990s
- Liverpool
- The Beatles Story & U-Boat Story, June 2019
- Milton Keynes
- Bletchley Park museums & Milton Keynes Museum, March 2022
- Oxford
- Ashmolean Museum, November 2022
- Portsmouth
- Spinnaker Tower & Sci-Fi Exhibition, August 2010
- The D-Day Story, August 2018
- Mary Rose Museum, November 2018
- Sevenoaks
- Knole House & Park, Tudor costume demonstration with Emily from Fashioneyesta, August 2017.
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