Sound Considered Museum, 2024



Participant Responses, The Silent Noisy White Cube, Sound Considered Museum, Lincoln Museum, 2024



Live Performance, Resonating Museum Walls, Sound Considered Museum, Lincoln Museum, 2024


“Sound Considered Museum” challenged traditional perceptions of museums by exploring the potential of sound to create a more inclusive and accessible museum culture. The project emerged from years of research on the role of sound in gallery spaces. Using lectures, workshops, interventions and performances, it shifted the focus from the visual to the auditory dimension of museum experiences, inviting visitors to engage with museums as inherently multi-sensory sites. It raised fundamental questions: what if we conceive of the museum as an inherently sounding space? What new experiential, affective, and political possibilities could we discover? 

As a community-led initiative, “Sound Considered Museum” initiated discussions and collaboration between researchers, artists, and museum workers alongside the diverse community of Lincoln, particularly those facing sensory accessibility barriers. 

The project culminated in a series of performances, resonating the museum walls. 

The project, funded by British Academy and supported by University of Lincoln, was run in collaboration with Lincoln Museum. For more information, visit soundconsideredmuseum.org