MANSIL: Museum Access Network for Sensory Impairments (London)

MANSIL: Museum Access Network for Sensory Impairments (London)MANSIL: Museum Access Network for Sensory Impairments (London)MANSIL: Museum Access Network for Sensory Impairments (London)
  • About MANSIL
  • Online projects
  • Museum pop-ups
  • Audio Description
  • British Sign Language
  • Contact
  • Snake Goddess booklet
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    • About MANSIL
    • Online projects
    • Museum pop-ups
    • Audio Description
    • British Sign Language
    • Contact
    • Snake Goddess booklet

MANSIL: Museum Access Network for Sensory Impairments (London)

MANSIL: Museum Access Network for Sensory Impairments (London)MANSIL: Museum Access Network for Sensory Impairments (London)MANSIL: Museum Access Network for Sensory Impairments (London)
  • About MANSIL
  • Online projects
  • Museum pop-ups
  • Audio Description
  • British Sign Language
  • Contact
  • Snake Goddess booklet
Ellen Adams at an Access All Senses event at the British Museum

MANSIL research project

MANSIL research project

MANSIL research project

MANSIL was established by Dr Ellen Adams, Reader in Classical Archaeology at King's College London.  Click below to see research aims and the academic framework.

Project description
Replicas of the two Snake Goddess figurines from the Ashmolean Museum. © The Ashmolean Museum, Unive

Online projects

MANSIL research project

MANSIL research project

Check out our online projects, including stories designed to promote understanding in how British Sign Language works, and a comparison of audio description and poetry in art.

Online projects
Deaf tour guide at an Access All Senses event at the British Museum.

Museum activities

MANSIL research project

MANSIL museum network

The MANSIL project includes curated pop-up events in various museums to introduce all visitors to audio description, touch tours and Deaf-led tours in British Sign Language.

Museum activities
Black and white photograph of the Parthenon frieze in the British Museum.

MANSIL museum network

MANSIL museum network

MANSIL museum network

Access staff from over 20 museums and galleries have registered interest in MANSIL (London and further afield), in order to share good practice and information. Contact us to join.

Contact us
An audio describer at an event in the Parthenon Galleries of the British Museum

AD in Museums

MANSIL museum network

BSL in Museums

Find out about audio description (AD) for blind and partially sighed people.  How does this help us redefine 'the viewer', and what does AD have in common with ekphrasis?

AD in Museums
A Deaf tour leader using British Sign Language in the British Museum

BSL in Museums

MANSIL museum network

BSL in Museums

Learn more about British Sign Language (BSL) in museums and heritage sites.  How does this visual-spatial language enhance our engagement with visual art and material culture?

BSL in museums

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Dr Ellen Adams

Reader in Classical Archaeology

King's College London

ellen.adams@kcl.ac.uk

MANSIL

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