Royal School for the Deaf, Derby
An ‘Exploring Childhoods’ exhibition, produced in partnership with the Royal School for the Deaf Derby.
Last autumn, the Museum and pupils from the school teamed up to explore stories of childhood in the deaf community. We designed an exhibition together to share our discoveries with visitors.
We connect with tales from home and school in interviews captured as part of the project and through highlighted objects from our collections. Experience those stories in our exploration handling area and create your own artwork for our ‘wall of important objects’.
With help from volunteers
We simply wouldn't be able to do what we do without the help of volunteers. From research on items to research and collections records. We work closely with them to make sure thay have the training and support they need, so everyone benifits.
What does the future hold?
We've already had some fantastic new additons to the collection with some very exciting ones coming very soon. We're so excited to watch the project develop and the positive impact it has already had on our visitors, property team and wider community.