How do museums engage with accessibility, both as spaces that welcome visitors and as collections of human stories?

On this episode, we're joined by the brilliant disability activist and performance artist Anahita Harding.

We discuss Anahita's work in agricultural museums (both the Food Museum and The MERL), the histories of disability in our collection, and how we can improve access and representation for disabled people in the future.

Relevant links:

Anahita's website: https://anahitaharding.com/
Len's Leg: https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/newshow-a-false-leg-inspried-a-farm-safety-campaign
Curating Visibility: https://curatingforchange.org/

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Absolute Units is the official podcast of The Museum of English Rural Life. This series is made possible through the generous support of Arts Council England and Museums Partnership Reading, a partnership of The MERL with Reading Museum. Theme tune by Tai Dawson. This podcast contains audio from Epidemic Sound.

Co-hosts: Ollie Douglas and Joe Vaughan
Producer: Joe Vaughan

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