Visit to Manchester Museum 8.02.07
We had a very good visit to the Museum for the purpose of creating an Audio orientation tape to assist visually impaired visitors to find their way around the various sections.
We were asked to try not to be too diverted by all that we passed en route. Impossible!! How could we resist the temptation to experience some of the amazing items made available for us to touch and hear about from Peter and his colleagues, who were on hand to answer all of our questions.
The Museum was very busy and consequently very noisy, so Ann Hornsby was hard pressed when describing the different areas to us. Needless to say, we ran out of time during our walkabout as we lingered too long and were too slow during each roundup.
The thee stairs we traversed were very well indicated by the yellow and black striped tapes and this could maybe be utilised to mark other hazards, provided it did not spoil the asthetic appearance of the Museum, which is superb.
Perhaps the Museum could arrange for Ann to do the narration whilst the Museum is closed or at a time which is known to be very quiet.
The visit was rounded off by a hands on look at dinosour parts, which were moulds with the exception of a very heavy vertebrae. We were treated to a cup of tea or coffee and what appeared to be an unlimited supply of delicious biscuits.
Many thanks to the Museum and staff, to Ann for her brave attempt to overcome some noise and to Mary for arranging the visit, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
We were asked to try not to be too diverted by all that we passed en route. Impossible!! How could we resist the temptation to experience some of the amazing items made available for us to touch and hear about from Peter and his colleagues, who were on hand to answer all of our questions.
The Museum was very busy and consequently very noisy, so Ann Hornsby was hard pressed when describing the different areas to us. Needless to say, we ran out of time during our walkabout as we lingered too long and were too slow during each roundup.
The thee stairs we traversed were very well indicated by the yellow and black striped tapes and this could maybe be utilised to mark other hazards, provided it did not spoil the asthetic appearance of the Museum, which is superb.
Perhaps the Museum could arrange for Ann to do the narration whilst the Museum is closed or at a time which is known to be very quiet.
The visit was rounded off by a hands on look at dinosour parts, which were moulds with the exception of a very heavy vertebrae. We were treated to a cup of tea or coffee and what appeared to be an unlimited supply of delicious biscuits.
Many thanks to the Museum and staff, to Ann for her brave attempt to overcome some noise and to Mary for arranging the visit, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
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