RECORDING: How to create a museum visual story

Description

How to create a museum visual story Webinar recording

This is a recording of a session which took place on Zoom on Tuesday 14 October 2025. The recording will be available to watch and revisit until January 2027.

Do you want to create a visual story about your museum to help families and other visitors to plan their visits, but don’t know where to start? 

About this training 

In this session, SEND in Museums Consultant Sam Bowen will guide you through how to create visual stories, drawing on her own professional museum learning knowledge and lived experience as a parent of a child with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). 

A visual story is a photo document supported by limited but clear explanatory text. By including a visual story on your website, you can help a range of visitors, including families, to plan their museum visits.  

Sam explains, “Visual stories act as both a way-finding tool and a reassurance, as they help eliminate the unknown of visiting somewhere new. For many people with neurodivergence or high levels of anxiety, visual stories can be very helpful in removing the fear factor of entering an unfamiliar place.”

During this virtual training event, we will: 

Take a look at the full schedule. 
 
This virtual training session will be delivered over one and a half hours by Sam Bowen, SEND in Museums Consultant. 

Who should attend? 

This training is aimed at staff at museums, galleries and heritage sites who are interested in making their organisations more welcoming to SEND families.