BSL Guided Tours
What is the Our Way project?
'Our Way' is a 2 year project that started in May 2005 when the North East Regional Museums Hub held a consultation day which revealed that Deaf people prefer information to be delivered direct by a Deaf person, in their own language.
As a result, we have recruited Deaf volunteers to work with Tyne & Wear Museums to create and deliver BSL tours in museums and galleries across the North East.
'Our Way' is for you and you have the opportunity to develop your knowledge of local history through BSL guided tours, handling objects from the collections and events and activities. In the past, every time you attended a museum there was always a language barrier between English and your first or native BSL. My responsibility is to ensure that you get equal access to museums and galleries through the 'Our Way' project.
Current tours
Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
August
The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum Tour
Saturday 30 August
The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum, Middlesbrough
Morning: 10:30am - 12pm
Afternoon: 1pm - 2:30pm
Free places for this tour must be booked by Wednesday 27 August.
Free optional transport will be provided from Discovery Museum, Newcastle at 9am and will leave The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum at 4pm.
Suitable for families.
September
Killhope, The North of England Lead Mining Museum
Saturday 13 September
Killhope, The North of England Lead Mining Museum
Morning: 10:30am - 12pm
Afternoon: 1pm - 2:30pm
Free places for this tour must be booked by Wednesday 10 September.
Free optional transport will be provided from Discovery Museum, Newcastle at 9am and will leave Killhope at 4.30pm.
Suitable for families.
Saturday 13 September
Morning: 10:30am - 12pm, Monkwearmouth Station Museum, Sunderland
Afternoon: 1pm - 2:30pm, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Free places for this tour must be booked by Wednesday 24 September.
Free optional transport will be provided from Monkwearmouth Station Museum to Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens after the morning tour.
Suitable for families.
How to book
To book a place or for more information on the Our Way BSL museum tours please contact:
Martin MacMurtrie
Project Co-ordinator BSL
Tyne & Wear Museums
Discovery Museum
Blandford Square
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4JA
Email: martin.macmurtrie@twmuseums.org.uk
Tel: (0191) 277 2332
SMS: 07878 527 054
Textphone: 18001 0191 277 2332