Two Dorchester museums giving tours with BSL
They've been set up to mark Deaf Awareness Week
Two museums in Dorchester are offering deaf visitors a special tour next weekend (Saturday 29th April).
They can take a trip around Dorset Museum and the Shire Hall with renowned deaf tour guide John Wilson.
The tour is for British Sign Language users, to mark Deaf Awareness Week.
Elizabeth Selby, Interim Director of Dorset Museum said:
“We’re delighted to be offering these tours for British Sign Language users on the eve of Deaf Awareness Week. Dorset Museum already offers BSL interpretation on our gallery films, and we hope these tours will allow the deaf community to explore our Museum even further.”
Dorset Museum allows you to explore 250 million years of Dorset’s history, with Roman mosaics, Jurassic Coast fossils, the literature of Thomas Hardy, and the sculptures of Elisabeth Frink featured.
Shire Hall Museum is an award-winning social justice museum that brings over 200 years of justice and injustice to life.
There's more information about the tours, and securing a place, on the Dorset Museum website. dorsetmuseum.org/event/british-sign-language-deaf-led-tour