Mary Rose Braille Word Search created by Portsmouth artist Clarke Reynolds unveiled by Mary Rose Trust

Clarke Reynolds, a visually impaired artist, has helped create a Mary Rose Braille Word Search which has been unveiled at The Mary Rose museum. The word search has 100 tiles, created by Clarke as well as students from Craneswater School, the Mary Rose Academy, visually impaired adults and staff from The Mary Rose.

The tiles all represent an individual’s emotional response to the Mary Rose and what it means to them. Clarke said: “This word search project is a great way to break down barriers in the visually impaired community. As you enter a museum as a sighted person you explore with your eyes hunting down the story through a visual… but as a blind person we can still explore these amazing places through words. So why not create a tactile word search and not only that but in braille.”

The word search is not the only new feature to make the Mary Rose museum more accessible to the visually impaired. The museum has also proudly installed speed touch braille door signs which have been placed above door handles on the entrance to toilets.

Watch the video embedded in this article for a full interview with Clarke Reynolds and Dominic Jones, the chief executive of the Mary Rose Trust.