writing – Louise Thompson

Blood, Sweat and Tears – a case study

I first met Jules Wooding, Museum Manager at the Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life, through one of my online Trauma-Informed Practice in Museums training sessions for the Northern Military Museums Network in early 2026. During the session, Jules shared the story of Blood, Sweat and Tears, an exhibition co-created with veterans who had served inContinue reading “Blood, Sweat and Tears – a case study”

Doing ‘the work’ and loving it.

I’m off to, what is fast becoming my second city, Liverpool to deliver a creative wellbeing workshop at Walker Art Gallery for North West Federation of Artists. A colleague asked me if I’d still be delivering workshops in my new life as a museum consultant. ‘Of course!’ I replied, probably a bit too enthusiastically, asContinue reading “Doing ‘the work’ and loving it.”