This page contains a list of museums, galleries and historic buildings I’ve visited in London and the UK. Click the name of each exhibition or tour to see my reviews and mentions.
In many cases I’ve enjoyed audio described tours, handling sessions and workshops, which help me to understand and enjoy exhibitions in a more accessible way given my limited eyesight. These have taken place with the aid of staff from VocalEyes or London Vision – other audio describers, museum curators and audio recordings.
See the VocalEyes What’s On list for details of upcoming tours. Many museums also have access information on their websites as well.
When audio description isn’t available, I use large print guides if available, along with my monocular (a small telescope) and my iPhone to look at things more closely.
London Museums
- Apsley House
- Feb 2018 – Thinking Bob Tour
- Bank Of England Museum
- Nov 2017 – Audio Described Tour – With London Vision.
- British Library
- Jan 2018 – Harry Potter – A History Of Magic – With Emily from Fashioneyesta.
- Jan 2020 – Buddhism – Audio described tour.
- British Museum
- Jan 2017 – Focus Group: Large Print Guides
- May 2017 – American Dream – Recorded audio tour.
- July 2017 – Hokusai: Beyond The Great Wave – Audio described tour.
- Oct 2017 – Scythians: Warriors Of Ancient Siberia – Audio described tour.
- Mar 2019 – Parthenon Room 18b – Access All Senses event.
- July 2019 – Manga – Audio described tour.
- Nov 2019 – Parthenon Gallery & Antiquities Handling – Audio described tour.
- Dec 2019 – Troy: Myth & Reality – Audio described tour.
- May 2022 – Stonehenge
- Online Shows – Pompeii Live & Vikings Live
- Buckingham Palace
- Sep 2018 – Garden & State Rooms – Audio described tour.
- Apr 2022 – Exterior Photos
- Camberwell College Of Arts
- July 2018 – MA Visual Arts Summer Show – With student Nihan Karim.
- Chocolate Museum
- Oct 2017 – Chocolate Making Workshop – With London Vision.
- Design Museum
- Jan 2019 – Home Futures – Audio described tour.
- Jan 2020 – Moving To Mars – Audio described tour.
- Fan Museum
- Feb 2019 – Audio Described Tour – With London Vision.
- Fenton House & Garden
- Dec 2018 – A Time Traveller’s Christmas
- Hampton Court Palace
- 1990s – Palace Gardens – With family.
- Hauser & Wirth Gallery
- Apr 2019 – Hyper-Palimpsest & The Power Of The Line – Audio described tours.
- Imperial War Museum
- Feb 2018 – Audio Described Tour – With London Vision.
- London Transport Museum
- Oct 2018 – Main Exhibitions
- Oct 2020 – Face Masks
- TV Show – Secrets Of The London Underground – See mentions of Series 1 & 2.
- London Zoo
- June 2017 – Audio Described Tour – With London Vision.
- Dec 2018 – Christmas At London Zoo
- Nov 2021 – Audio Described Tour – With Look.
- Jun 2022 – Summer Visit
- Jan 2023 – Monkey Valley – With audio described guide.
- TV Show – London Zoo At Christmas
- Madame Tussaud’s
- Nov 2018 – Audio Described Tour – With London Vision.
- Markfield Beam Engine & Museum
- Aug 2022 – Steam Engine Demonstration
- Museum Of Brands
- Jan 2019 – Time Tunnel, Time Out 50 & Chocolate Boxes
- Museum Of London
- Feb 2018 – Museum Exploration & Accessibility Study – With Rafie Cecilia.
- May 2019 – Beasts Of London
- Museum Of London Docklands
- July 2017 – Sailortown – Audio described tour.
- Feb 2023 – Executions – With Emily from Fashioneyesta, using audio guide.
- National Gallery
- May 2017 – Renaissance Lates Event – With Thinking Bob.
- July 2018 – Monet & Architecture – Recorded audio tour.
- Feb 2019 – Still Life With Lemons In A Wicker Basket – Art Through Words session.
- Natural History Museum
- Feb 2011 – Wildlife Photographer Of The Year
- Apr 2017 – Investigate Gallery – Touch tour with London Vision.
- July 2017 – Hintze Hall & Various Exhibitions – With recorded audio described tours.
- June 2018 – Restless Surface, Volcanoes & Earthquakes – With recorded audio described tours.
- July 2018 – Mammals
- Feb 2020 – Hintze Hall, Images Of Nature & Treasures – With recorded audio described tours.
- Jan 2023 – Hintze Hall & Various Exhibitions – With Emily from Fashioneyesta.
- TV Show – World Of Wonder
- Old Royal Naval College
- Mar 2019 – Painted Hall Reopening
- Open House Tours
- Sep 2017 – Salters’ Hall, Lloyds Register & Freemasons’ Hall – Audio described tours.
- Photographers’ Gallery
- June 2020 – Against The Light: Jan Svoboda – Online audio described tour.
- Postal Museum
- Mar 2019 – Audio Described Tour – Guest post for VocalEyes.
- Pumphouse Museum
- Mar 2019 – Tube Train Supper Club
- Royal Academy Of Arts
- Sep 2017 – Matisse Exhibition – Audio described tour.
- Science Museum
- May 2017 – Energy Hall & Exploring Space
- Jan 2018 – Information Age – Using Audio Eyes description app.
- June 2018 – Mathematics
- Aug 2018 – Making The Modern World & Secret Life Of The Home
- Mar 2019 – The Sun: Living With Our Star
- June 2019 – Driverless: Who Is In Control?
- Feb 2020 – Science City 1550-1800
- Sea Life London Aquarium
- Aug 2000 – Family Visit
- Sir John Soane’s Museum
- July 2019 – Audio Described Tour
- St Paul’s Cathedral
- Mar 2019 – Disabled Access Day Tour
- Sep 2021 – Audio Guide Tour
- Tate Britain
- June 2019 – Van Gogh And Britain – Audio described tour.
- Tate Modern
- Jan 2018 – Building & Highlights Tours – Using mobile app.
- Jan 2019 – Anni Albers Exhibition & Conductive Coding Workshop
- Tower Bridge
- Mar 2019 – Audio Described Tour – With London Vision.
- Victoria & Albert Museum
- Apr 2017 – Saints & Sinners Tour – With Thinking Bob.
- Dec 2017 – Europe 1600-1815: Room 7 – Accessibility study with Rafie Cecilia, using online audio guide.
- Jan 2018 – Europe 1600-1815: Rooms 5 & 6 – Using online audio guide.
- Apr 2018 – Ultrahaptics Testing – Accessibility study with University College London.
- June 2018 – Ocean Liners: Speed & Style
- Sep 2018 – Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt
- Feb 2019 – Europe 1600-1815: Rooms 3 & 4 – Using online audio guide.
- May 2019 – Europe 1600-1815: Rooms 1 & 2 – Using online audio guide.
- May 2019 – Mary Quant & Food: Bigger Than The Plate
- Feb 2020 – Laughing Matters: The State Of A Nation & Buddhism
- TV Show – Secrets Of The Museum – See mentions for Series 1, 2 & 3.
- Online Show – Kimono: Kyoto To Catwalk
- Wallace Collection
- Apr 2018 – Great Gallery – Audio guide test & accessibility study with Rafie Cecilia.
- Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour
- Jan 2018 – Thinking Bob Visit
- Wellcome Collection
- Dec 2017 – Graphic Design, Medicine Man & Medicine Now – Audio described tour.
- June 2018 – Teeth
- Apr 2019 – Smoke & Mirrors: The Psychology Of Magic
- Dec 2019 – Play Well
- Oct 2022 – In Plain Sight – Launch event with recorded audio described tour.
- Young V&A (Museum Of Childhood)
- Feb 2019 – A Pirate’s Life For Me & Main Exhibitions
Other UK Venues
- Cambridge
- 1990s – Imperial War Museum Duxford
- Liverpool
- June 2019 – The Beatles Story & U-Boat Story
- Milton Keynes
- Oxford
- Nov 2022 – Ashmolean Museum
- Portsmouth
- Aug 2010 – Sci-Fi Exhibition & Spinnaker Tower
- Aug 2018 – The D-Day Story
- Nov 2018 – Mary Rose Museum
- Sevenoaks
- Aug 2017 – Knole House & Park – Tudor costume demonstration with Emily from Fashioneyesta.
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