I’ve been working over the last few months with archaeologist Dr Chris Ferguson to write the text for Ad Gefrin, a new museum and whisky distillery at the site of a once-lost Anglo-Saxon palace in Northumberland. A summer home to three consecutive kings, Ad Gefrin was where the Northumbrian Golden Age began, with a flowering…
Category: EXHIBITIONS
Five forces shaping the exhibitions we make: exploring the lay of the land with the Oxford Museum of Natural History on their recent away day.
What are the biggest forces shaping current exhibition-making? The question came up at a recent away day with the Oxford Museum of Natural History. The Museum is world famous for its many historic specimens and stories, from dinosaurs and dodo remains to Darwin. But in the last few years staff have been experimenting with a…
Interpretation strategy review for the new Chinese Culture Gallery, Manchester Museum, part of the £15 million hello future project.
I was thrilled to work with Manchester Museum in autumn 2020 to review and develop interpretation plans for their new Lee Kai Hung Chinese Culture Gallery. It is part of hello future, a £15 million project involving a two-storey extension with great new galleries, an exhibition hall and a new welcome space. The aim of…