Ahoy! Learn about ships, pirates and sea creatures all the way to the ocean floor at these nautical museums around the UK. We picked a few of our favourite reviewed and listed museums with great access on Euan’s Guide right now.
Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Aberdeen
Telling the story of the Granite City’s long lasting relationship with the sea,...
Swishwiffingly good access at The Roald Dahl Museum
Take a trip to Great Missenden and you might stumble across this ‘flushbunkingly glorious’ museum with chocolate-scented doors and fun galleries for families. It is of course, The Roald Dahl Museum, located where the famous author once wrote, and surrounded by the places that inspired many of the stories we know and love today. Not only is the...
Museums and galleries are among the most popular reviewed places on Euan’s Guide, and they’re good at finding creative ways to be inclusive and accessible! But how do attractions which traditionally encourage people to look at displays and artefacts include visually impaired people? Lots of large museums and galleries are coming up with new ways...
Euan was recently asked if he’d rather explore the depths of the ocean or take off into space. He would much rather be a space cadet! Luckily, there are plenty of space attractions and observatories to be found on Euan’s Guide…
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Cape Canaveral
‘Spaceships and scooters’ was the name of the review that we rece...
Museums are a popular category on Euan’s Guide, and we get lots of reviews from your fun filled days out! We have many favourite museums, but there were a few exhibits in particular which really stood out to us as being that little bit more accessible. Here are seven of our favourite multi-sensory, tactile, and wheelchair-friendly museum featur...
With the Flying Scotsman journeying its way up through the country, it got us thinking about all the fun transport museums and attractions that exist around the UK. We’ve got great disabled access reviews of everything from boat museums to helicopter exhibitions and more! Here are a few of our favourites to explore during summer.
1. The Helic...
Venture into the homes of these eight famous people
History lovers and those curious about the lives of others will no doubt enjoy delving in and out of old properties and learning about the people who once lived there. To satisfy your curiosity, we found these eight Euan’s Guide listed or reviewed buildings which were once the homes of the famous writers, musicians and scientists you’d find in...
This year, Euan’s Guide listed venue Woodhorn Museum in Northumberland launched a fascinating new interpretation experience which threads in disabled access from start to finish. The iconic winding engine of this historic colliery now emerges at ground level and its story is being told to visitors through new animated sequences and entertaining...
We live in a very visual world, and traditionally museum and gallery exhibitions are curated to engage people visually. We put fascinating artefacts in glass boxes and we position paintings at standing height eye-level with small interpretation panels beside them. The puzzle here then, is how do art enthusiasts and curious people who are visua...
Among the many fascinating museums and attractions on Euan’s Guide, there are a few niche ones which really caught our eye! Did you know that in Birmingham there is an entire museum dedicated to pens? Or that there’s a museum filled with self-playing musical instruments in Gloucestershire? And did you know that these weird and wonderful museums...