The British Museum has undergone some extensive work over the last year or so. One of the latest additions are British Sign Language videos which were produced by students from Frank Barnes Primary School for Deaf children. They worked with Museum staff to give their own interpretations of African masks and headdresses, the Assyrian lion hunt reliefs and the Parthenon sculptures.
You can see the videos at the links below. To activate the BSL sign language videos, you need to click on the BSL link above the description. This activates a sliding shelf to display the video. Unfortuantely, you need flash and javascript enabled to make this work.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/learning/schools_and_teachers/school_projects/bsl_project.aspx
HIGHLIGHT OBJECT VIDEOS
You can now watch BSL translations of 18 of the Museum’s highlight objects.
See the full list of videos:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/accessibility/bsl.aspx
Lewis chessmen
Probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200 -
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/t/the_lewis_chessmen.aspx
Rosetta stone
From Fort St Julien, Egypt Ptolemaic Period, 196 BC
Watch: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/t/the_rosetta_stone.aspx
Feather bonnet of Yellow Calf
Arapaho, about AD 1927, from the American West
Watch:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/f/feather_bonnet_of_yellow_calf.aspx
Bronze figure of Tara
Found Sri Lanka, 8th century AD
Watch:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/asia/g/gilded_bronze_figure_of_tara.aspx