Hello and welcome to the first stop of this guide to '1880 THAT'. My name is Laurie Britton Newell, I am the curator of the exhibition and I am going to explain how this guide works.
This is stop 1 of 11 stops. The stops are approximately 2-4 minutes long.
This first stop provides information about access resources. To skip to information about the exhibition go to stop 2, which is an introduction to the exhibition.
In stops 3-11, I talk about the artworks in the exhibition. I explain the artists’ ideas and provide some visual description of each artwork.
You have accessed the guide by scanning a QR code. You can also access the audio information by picking up one of the handheld players and a headset from the freestanding pick-up station, where Stop 1 is located.
A white tactile floor line is designed to support wayfinding between the stops. When you arrive at each artwork or its interpretation text panel, this is indicated on the floor by a grey square with raised dots. There are also grey squares with raised dots to indicate the location of benches for the film works.
You will find a tactile QR code and stop number within arm's reach of the grey square. The QR codes are printed in black raised ink on the bottom right corner of each interpretation panel. They also have a tactile number.
If you need any assistance, there are members of our team in the gallery wearing a black Wellcome Collection top.
The floor line in the lobby starts at the freestanding pick up point. In addition to the handheld devices, here you will find a screen with a British Sign Language introduction, and shelves with several different printed guides. These are: a brown A5-sized gallery guide; a white, A4-sized large print guide that includes a map of the floor line and a list of all the digital guide stops; and a green, A4-sized visual story booklet. This provides pre-visit information about the exhibition, using images, symbols and short written explanations.
As you follow the tactile floor line into the gallery, there is a bench on your right hand side. There is more seating throughout the exhibition, which will be indicated in some of the stops.
The tactile floor line will finish at Stop 11 at the last work in the exhibition.
The next stop is an introduction to the exhibition. With the free-standing pick-up station on your left, follow the tactile floor line to the tactile square for Stop 2, which is just inside the exhibition entrance, on the wall to your right. Note that the glass doors are quite heavy, and the flooring inside the exhibition is wooden.