Museum Remix proudly presents an incredible variety of powerful stories, all told by you - our community. Hear the gossip from the royal court, wrestle through the muscular history of classical masculinity, and beware the jaws of Big Mamma!
About the project
Which stories should museums tell in their galleries? Whose voices are heard?
Museum Remix was the University of Cambridge Museums’ experiment in museum storytelling. From 2018 to 2020, we worked with our communities and volunteers through in person and online creative workshops to explore how museums can become more inclusive and relevant spaces. Using content created for our Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tours, or created in response to our collections by communities, we experimented with a range of innovative ways to tell stories about our collections.
In gallery
Wield your phone! Museum Remix community-driven labels are waiting for you spread across seven University of Cambridge Museums. Scan a QR code or tap whenever you see a colourful label to explore an alternative take on an object.
Online
From digital exhibitions to short films, podcasts, music and artwork, there's plenty to explore from home. Head to our Explore the Collections page and select Museum Remix.
You can find out more about the development of the project on our Collections in Action blog:
- Museum Remix: Unheard (2020)
- Museum Remix LGBTQ+ Stories from Cambridge Collections (2019)
- Museum Remix at the Museum of Classical Archaeology (2019)
- The Museum Remix (2018).
Installing a pop-up exhibition inspired by the Bridging Binaries tour project (2019)
Wall of fame
We're so grateful to everyone who has taken part in Museum Remix.
2019 Creators
Ellie Armstrong, David Bellwood, Molly Blacknell, Jasmine Brady, Rosa Colaço, Ana Dias, Bruna Fernandes, Katie Goldfinch, Kate Howlett, Mitch Hubner, Luis Jiménez, Harriet Kerridge, Lizzie Knott, Yu-Chen Lai, Kate O'Neill, Jenny Oxley, Harriet Phillips, Suzy Rickard, Jess Sharpe, Du Song, Jack Silvester, Lily Stancliffe, Lucian Stephenson and Elmira Zadissa.
2020 Creators
Tae Ateh, Carole Bouvier, Thomas Chandler, Victoria Chong, Izzie Collie-Cousins, Andrea Elder, Stepanka Facerova, Maxine Fay, Sophie Fletcher, Giulia Giambino, Steven Goodwin, Sara Green, Helen Grundy, Lewis Harrower, Liz Hide, John Hodgson, John-James Laidlow, Larisa Latysheva and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Julien Masson, Clare O’Brien, Tristram Riley-Smith, Theo Sayers, Laura Grace Simpkins, Zowie Sweetland, Fern Teather, Sam Thurlow, Miriam Waters, Cerys Whiles, Katie A. Whitaker and Rosie Wright.
2020 Guest Curators
Marenka Thompson-Odlum, Lucian Stephenson and Barney Brown.
The Bridging Binaries team
Jasmine Brady, Anthony Bridgen, Colin Clews, Luis Jiménez, Julia Peck, Ellen Purdy, Meg Roberts, Lucian Stephenson, Oliver Warren and Klara Widrig.
With special thanks to
Sonya Dyer, Cheryl Bowen, Thanh Sinden, Ali Ayres and Nathan Huxtable.
The header image for this page is an extract from The Museum of Life, an artwork produced in the 2019 Remix.
