Guide to Accessible Exhibitions

• Visual Story
  
  Our Visual Story is designed to help you prepare for your visit to the Andrew Law Galleries. Using images and simple descriptions, it takes you through your journey from entering Lowry, to exploring our Galleries, highlighting what you can expect along the way. A Visual Story can help reduce uncertainty, build confidence and make visiting a new place feel familiar.
  
  

• Access Hub
  
  Our Access Hub is located by the Galleries Welcome Desk and contains useful tools and materials to enhance your visit. These include: ear defenders, a communication sticker system, coloured overlays, magnifiers, our Sensory Toolkit, self-guided activities such as drawing materials and a Gallery Bingo, and some fold-out stools to take into the Galleries.
  
  

• Explorer Packs
  
  At Lowry, we have a choice of 3 different Explorer Packs that you can take into the Galleries with you, and are designed to help when exploring our LS Lowry Collection. Our Yellow Pack has been designed for under-11s, our Green Pack for under-5s and visitors with sensory needs, and our Blue Pack is designed for under-2s. Find out more here.
  
  
• Large Print Guides & Sensory Maps
  
  There are Large Print Guides & Sensory Maps available for all exhibitions. You can find physical copies on our Access Hub, or access digital copies here.
  
  
• Jack the Dog Trail
  
  There are 5 small Jack the Dog sculptures around the Andrew Law Galleries and The Lookout. Have an explore and find them all!
  
  
• Scent Chambers
  
  We currently have 2 scent chambers inside the LS Lowry Collection, commissioned with the help of Tasha Marks, that allow you to smell what some of LS Lowry’s most famous artworks may have smelt like. Give them a whiff!

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• Dementia-Friendly
  
  In our Dementia Friendly showing, there are no projections on the floor, and the volume is reduced, to support visitors living with dementia to enjoy their experience.
  
  
• Relaxed
  
  Our Relaxed showing includes reduced volume, and we have ear defenders available on our Access Hub should visitors wish to use these.
  
  
• Captioned
  
  A Captioned showing includes captions of the narration inside LOWRY 360. We also have a transcript of the narration available on our Access Hub. Captions were produced by Claire McIntyre.
  
  
• Audio-Described
  
  In our Audio Described showing, an extra voice over narration is included in the experience, describing what is happening in the projections for blind and partially-sighted visitors. The audio description was produced with Anne Hornsby from Mind’s Eye, with Gabriel Clark as narrator.
  
  
• British Sign Language
  
  Our BSL showing includes two projections integrated into the experience, showing BSL user Jennifer Little signing the narration for d/Deaf and hard of hearing visitors.