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The Lyme Museum, Paris (2026)

23/07/2025

Anonymous, Multiple Sclerosis.

“These are some of the things that keep me going. I have multiple sclerosis (MS) and even ‘normal’ days are exhuasting. Because of MS-related fatigue, my social life tends to be very limited. My phone and computer are the most important to me: they allow me to stay in touch with my friends and work remotely.”

What keeps you going?

ID: This image displays a neatly arranged collection of items on a wooden floor. The items include a cluster of fresh produce (two bananas, a pear, and a zucchini), a compact camera with a strap, a packet of disposable toilet seat covers, a red first aid kit labeled “Care Plus,” a silver laptop, a smartphone, a can of Diet Coke, and a copy of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

17/07/2025

Since 2020, we have invited individuals to share flat lays of items that represent their lived experiences of invisible illnesses and disabilities. Everyone is welcome to participate and showcase the things that surround them.

Together, the items reveal that these illnesses and disabilities are not truly invisible. What do you see here? What would your flat lay look like?

ID: The flat lay displays a variety of health and wellness items, starting with a yellow biohazard sharps container in the top left, alongside blister packs of medications and a container of capsules. There is also a 4head Headache Relief Stick. The top center features a packet of Westlab Epsom salts next to a handheld vibrating massage device, while a red stress ball sits in the top right corner. In the second row, an eye massager is paired with a gray acupuncture mat beneath it, and a corded hand-held massager is positioned to the right. The third row includes a blood pressure monitor and medical supplies like insulin pens below it, with bio freeze pain relieving gel next to the pens. In the center, there’s a tube of Fisiocrem with a pair of noise-cancelling earbuds beside it, along with prescription glasses, a soda can, and roll-on deodorant. The bottom left displays a floral pouch, more stress balls, and blister packs, while the bottom right holds headphones, a polka-dot heat pad, and Pernaton gel.

22/06/2025

The hot water bottle has shaped our relationship with comfort and care—and it’s the clear, beating heart behind our entire 2025 rebrand (done by the brilliant ✨sparkles emoji)).

As we continue unfolding this chapter, we’re honoring the historical and emotional weight of this humble object. From utilitarian necessity to a lasting symbol of warmth and connection, its story mirrors everything we’re building toward.

This isn’t the beginning—this is the heart of it. And honestly, making it our mascot? That was a no-brainer.

ID: FIRST, A HISTORICAL JOURNEY
It seems that the hot water bottle as we know it dates back to the 16th century. Early versions included containers with hot coals and later transitioned to those using hot water. Before rubber’s heat-resistant invention, these bottles were crafted from materials like zinc, copper, brass, glass, earthenware, or wood, wrapped in cloth for safety. Rubber hot water bottles were patented in 1903 by Slavoljub Eduard Penkala. Today, they are commonly made of natural rubber or PVC, sometimes featuring fabric covers. Despite material evolution, hot water bottles have remained steadfast in providing comfort through the ages.

CHRONICLES OF COMFORT

Hot water bottles stand out as everyday heroes in the lives of those managing chronic illness. Affordable, portable, and remarkably simple, they become constant companions, providing practical relief. More than just vessels of warmth, these unpretentious allies silently ease physical discomfort. Their low-cost accessibility makes them a practical choice, and their portability ensures comfort on the go. In the lived experience of illness and disability, hot water bottles serve as invaluable tools, offering warmth and solace without fanfare - a reliable and uncomplicated source of comfort in the daily routine of those dealing with chronic conditions.

Cont. in comments!

13/06/2025

It’s a great Friday for a flat lay! ✨ (sparkle emoji)

Since 2020, we have been collecting powerful flat lays as visual storytelling of the experience of invisible illnesses and disabilities. This one is by Tom, who shared:

“How to stay alive without your own insulin:

Without insulin you die. Type 1 Diabetics don’t produce their own insulin so we need to monitor our Blood Glucose, estimate our carbohydrate intake and inject insulin when we eat and to offset our liver’s normal functions. But not too much insulin or we’ll be eating jelly babies to raise our blood glucose to safe levels.”

ID: At the top are boxes of NovoRapid FlexTouch and Levemir, a smartphone, and a yellow sharps container. Below are a FreeStyle Libre sensor and reader, insulin pens (red and blue), pen needles, a lancing device, and a flashlight. The bottom row includes a box of Libre sensors, jelly babies for hypoglycemia, a box of needle tips, and a black zippered supply case.

02/06/2025

FLAT LAY
The Cambridge Dictionary defines a flat lay as an image or a style of photograph in which a number of things are arranged on a surface and then photographed from above.

An ode to everyday objects.

We see flat lays as a visual representation of invisible illnesses and disabilities—a means to make the invisible visible through everyday objects.

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27/05/2025

You walk into a museum—and you don’t exist.

This is the everyday reality for millions.

The Lyme Museum is here to change that. As the first museum centering the lived experiences of invisible illnesses and disabilities, we create space for people to feel seen, heard, and valued.

We’re raising €3,000 to take the next step in this journey—to make these stories visible, respected, and celebrated in public spaces.

Your support can help rewrite who gets to be seen in culture.

Join us in making the invisible, visible.

Donate now—link in bio!

25/05/2025

Another day, another flat lay! This flat lay was curated by Beck who shared:

“There are a lot of things that I need to keep me well on a day to day basis. That is, as ‘well’ as I can be given my body and mind. Most important is Dippy: my emotional support egg. He fits in my pocket and travels everywhere with me. Sometimes Dippy gets anxious and overwhelmed. He struggles with crowds, sensory stimuli, or when things don’t go to plan. In taking care of him, I am also taking care of myself. He makes me feel less lonely in a big wide world and we celebrate my successes together.

Other objects worth mentioning are the cooling spray and gardening cushion. The cooling spray I carry around because I have a tendency to overheat from wearing too many layers and not realising I need to take them off until it is too late. The cushion is one typically used for kneeling while doing gardening, but I hate the outdoors so I use it to save my tailbone when I am doing a jigsaw sat on my hardwood floor.”

24/05/2025

Explore how digital innovation is transforming museums into more inclusive and engaging spaces! 🌍 (earth emoji) From virtual tours to immersive experiences, discover how technology is reshaping cultural heritage for all audiences while addressing challenges like usability and engagement.

Read the full article ‘Digital Renaissance: Transforming Museums Emilia for Inclusive Education’ by on our website. Link in bio!

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09/05/2025

Why wait?? NOW is the time!

Here’s a peek into our education hub, where we’re offering free resources to help museums and galleries put access and inclusion at the forefront, where they belong! These actionable steps can be applied to any organization striving to create welcoming and equitable spaces.

The sooner you integrate accessibility, the BETTER your impact. Accessibility isn’t an add-on - it’s essential to meaningful engagement for everyone.

Take the first steps toward inclusion TODAY Share and amplify this initiative! 💥 (pow emoji)

Transcript: 5 actions to get started on access in a museum/gallery

1/5: Do an accessibility review

Assess the current provisions and barriers in your museum to ensure that spaces are accessible and actually used by Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people. Ensure that the scope of the review encompasses ways of engaging with museum collections beyond the idea of a museum behind four walls: digital engagement, digital interfaces and their accessibility, online content open access, reputation, social media engagement, and spaces that fall outside of the scope of the specific gallery: shops, cafés...

2/5: Set up advisory groups

Advisory and community groups are crucial in ensuring that access is embedded in all aspects of an organisation and reflects the genuine, and varied, needs of communities. Inclusion is complex, and the hard part is knowing that we cannot accommodate every need at once, and that those needs are ever-changing; but what we can always do is hold space for communication, and we can always try to be more creative, and to be more compassionate, and to increase levels of access and involvement.

3/5: Be trauma-informed

Think about the situatedness of your collections: museums were created to classify objects and people and ideas into worthiness. Some collections can be more harmful than others. It is crucial to be trauma- informed and aware of the potential triggers that collections can have on visitors, advisors, experts, and staff. It is paramount that the involvement of communities do not trigger, re-traumatise, or feel tokenistic to audiences we wish to include and represent.

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03/05/2025

The Lyme Museum turn 5 in 2025, a time to celebrate, to transform and to returns to the roots of what the museum is about, is inspired by, and whom and what it is for. To mark this moment, it was time for a new brand identity.

At the inception of The Lyme Museum was a desire to challenge the lack of representative of invisible illnesses and disabilities in museum displays, and to challenge which stories and which objects belong in museums. I took one flat lay. I looked at the objects around me that represented my lived experience of invisible illnesses and disabilities and said : "I would put a hot water bottle in a museum !" And so did many of you who sent their flat lays. The idea of a museum of mundane but impactful objects was born. And then a year or so later, I met Beth online and commissioned our first illustration for TLM : me putting my trusted hot water bottle in an old wooden drawer in a museum. A couple more years later, I proudly displayed my run down hot water bottle in an actual independent museum, the in Leicester, UK.

But TLM somehow never had a fixed logo. It changed many times and never felt quite like the soul of the museum. Until I came across the work of who is a creative for the food industry. I hoped on a call and said : "I know what I want, and it's going to sound a bit odd. I just really really like hot water bottles." Was it a long process? No. A couple weeks and it was all done. She understood my vision immediately. I saw the design and had chills. TLM was finally feeling like its own embodied revolutionary and yet gentle museum. And listened to what the museum does, and decided to donate her time and talent to the museum. So the gorgeous logo and the designs you will see appearing on our Instagram page has been done pro bono for our organisation. It all started with a hot water bottle and a lot of generosity along the way.

The new era of The Lyme Museum is here.
Curated from experience.

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