Steve Slack

"An argument builds through the book that Manchester did not simply launch itself as an industrial city – just as nobody wakes up and thinks ‘let’s start an industrial revolution today’." @steveslack reads The Origins of Manchester by Alan Kidd. northernsoul.me.uk/origins-manche… #history

I really don't know how some signage writers sleep well at night.

Just posted a photo @ The Coffin Works instagram.com/p/Cj-c2aOIs7Y/…

Love it when a historic space is left as if the people just walked out - like this coffin parts factory in Birmingham. Don't touch anything on Joyce's desk! @ The Coffin Works instagram.com/p/Cj-cUbGIjjy/…

'This is a safe space to be who you are.' Unless you're in any of the paintings - Defoe (in pillary), Nelson (dying) or the Marquis of Montrose (about to be executed). @salford_museum instagram.com/p/CiNVV8hoVWg/…

These family labels, low down and accessible to little visitors, pick out things from the paintings, have a link to an online video story and a bit of sign language vocab in @SalfordMuseum. #art #ArtGallery #FamilyLearning #HeritageInterpretation #KidsInMuseums

Smaller than a playing card and more expensive than a mansion, this tiny manuscript offers an insight into the mind of the 13-year-old charlotte Brontë in 1829. 'A Book Of Ryhmes' has been acquired by the Brontë Parsonage Museum, West Yorkshire. #ObjectOfTheWeek #museum

@MarthaSear @reluctantgeorge @nma Thank you for sharing these. They read really well. And your designer clearly understands how layout reflects readability. 👌🏼

@reluctantgeorge @steveslack @nma Thank you Steve. Here is the full set of high level chapter text. The Connection panel above comes from the second chapter in the gallery, between Power and Life.

When you have lines and light like this (at National Gallery, Prague) who even cares about the art?

We were guinea pigs for the new guided tour experience at Pardubice Castle on the #ICOMPrague2022 tour, seeing behind the scenes before it opens to visitors next month. @ Pardubice instagram.com/p/ChuxWs9IZE4/…

Infographic, biography and a little art activity all in one at the Antonin Dvorak Museum, Prague #HeritageInterpretation

@dana_museums @ICEE_ICOM @KunsthallePraha It's run by CAMP as a promotional tool, to encourage residents of Prague to get involved in urban transport planning. Clever stuff.

@steveslack @ICEE_ICOM @KunsthallePraha I think a private tram beats a goods lift 🚋

Nothing better than a behind the scenes tour that includes a ride in the goods lift. Thank you @ICEE_ICOM @KunsthallePraha #ICOMPrague2022

Permission to enjoy looking at art in @DOXPrague. Thanks for having us visit today from #ICOMPrague2022

Cubist museum. Cubist interpretation. I love it when museums write (in this case project) on the floor.

Well done #ICOMPrague2022 for agreeing the new definition of a museum. The old one talked about how museums COMMUNICATE but the new one says that we INTERPRET. Hurray for #HeritageInterpretation @AHI_Social

Posing for a picture with the #ICOMPrague2022 cat is the ONLY way to prove you were there.

When you go to an international conference and tell people you work in interpretation, their first question is 'what languages?' Sadly, I'm not a translator. #HeritageInterpretation

The Czechia post office made ICOM its own stamp for the conference. You're going to see a lot of that cat this week. #ObjectOfTheWeek #ICOMPrague2022 Image - white postage stamp with yellow figure, red cat, blue horn and ICOM logo