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Museum in a House: Collections out of Context Author(S): Gallichan, J., & Townsend, A http://www.natsca.org NatSCA Notes & Comments Title: Museum in a House: Collections out of context Author(s): Gallichan, J., & Townsend, A. Source: Gallichan, J., & Townsend, A. (2017). Museum in a House: Collections out of context. NatSCA Notes & Comments, Issue 8, 1 ‐ 6. URL: http://www.natsca.org/article/2354 NatSCA supports open access publication as part of its mission is to promote and support natural science collections. NatSCA uses the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCAL) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ for all works we publish. Under CCAL authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but authors allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy articles in NatSCA publications, so long as the original authors and source are cited. Gallichan, J., and Townsend, A., 2017. NatSCA Notes & Comments Issue 8, pp.1-6 Museum in a House: Collections out of context Jennifer Gallichan* and Annette Townsend National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, Wales, U.K. Received: 28/07/2016 *Corresponding author: [email protected] Accepted: 21/03/2017 Citation: Gallichan, J., and Townsend, A., 2017. Museum in a House: Collections out of context. NatSCA Notes & Comments, Issue 8, pp.1-6. Abstract In October 2015, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales created a ‘museum’ in a house as part of a collaborative project for the Cardiff-based art festival, ‘Made in Roath’, an artist-led, free event which aims to take art out of the gallery and into the wider community. The brief was simple: to have fun with museum specimens, in order to enthuse, excite, inspire, and educate our visitors. By placing extraordinary museum objects in a family home alongside ordinary household objects, we hoped to create a real sense of surprise. We wanted to reinforce that museums could be friendly, relaxed spaces that allow everyone to indulge a spirit of discovery and fascination with the world around them. The project highlighted the benefits of working non-hierarchally without a set agenda, and how approaching a subject from a completely different perspective can energise a project and generate innovative ideas. Finally, it demonstrated the great value of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Keywords: Made in Roath, collaboration, context, art festival Background curators and conservators to create a ‘museum’ in a residential house for the festival. We would The district of Roath, situated to the east of Cardiff produce a display using a range of specimens from city centre, is the home of the annual festival. the natural history collections with an interactive During one weekend in October, the whole area element, such as handling specimens, to appeal to is used as a venue for the arts, from domestic, family audiences. Museum staff would oversee the commercial, and public areas to overlooked or project, but Made in Roath would select volunteers disused spaces. The organisation Made in Roath, to facilitate the space during opening hours. A also runs other events throughout the year, and Conservation student from Cardiff University has a large, diverse following. They have received and three volunteers with arts and/or museum many highly-acclaimed reviews. Our relationship experience were specially recruited for the project. with them began in 2014, after a conversation on social media, when we were asked to loan a small There were a number of issues to overcome due number of specimens for a community display in to the unorthodox setting, but we dealt with them a touring caravan. This project highlights how a successfully. Concerns were raised about security, simple enquiry can help make links to innovative environmental conditions, and the risk of damage external groups. by visitors. Therefore, on the whole, specimens that were deemed to be low-risk and low-value, Pitching the idea such as non-accessioned items from our support The concept was for Made in Roath to work in collections and old schools loan service material, collaboration with the museum’s natural history would be chosen for display. The exhibition © by the authors, 2017. Published by the Natural Sciences Collections Association. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. 1 Gallichan, J., and Townsend, A., 2017. NatSCA Notes & Comments Issue 8, pp.1-6 duration was short, for one weekend only, thus We used our social media accounts in collaboration limiting the exposure of the specimens to a different with Made in Roath to promote the event environment. Made in Roath had public liability externally, creating our own Twitter hashtags insurance and the house was to be occupied at all (#museuminahouse and #amgueddfamewnty) to times for security. link our posts together. To generate a buzz before the event, we tweeted images of specimens as When presenting the idea for approval, we focused they were being made ready for display, and we on the potential audience that we could reach with had a prominent presence on the Made in Roath the project. We emphasized that this was a free website (Made in Roath, 2016) and promotional event, with a high footfall, in a socially diverse area, material. Finally, we organised a launch event for and it would be suitable for families. The strong the opening day, complete with a local celebrity to presence of the festival on social media, as well draw in the crowds. as it being an established annual event, also gave weight to it being a successful project. Preparing and conserving specimens for display The evolution of the project We took a strategic approach when choosing and When the project was authorised, we arranged a preparing some of the specimens for display, in first visit to the house to meet the family, evaluate order to reduce the workload for the conservators. the space, and take numerous photographs and We looked at our current conservation priorities, measurements. We then chose a team of curators such as refreshing the fluid preserved material, to and conservators, specifically selecting creative see if it could be incorporated into the displays. people who would react well to a project of this This gave us a chance to complete outstanding nature. We focused on what we wanted to achieve work and maximise the impact of the specimens in the space. We wanted to inspire curiosity and that needed time-consuming treatments. foster that feeling of excitement that we all felt as youngsters when visiting a museum; that feeling We also took the opportunity to use some of our of discovery, of not knowing what you might find larger specimens that were held in storage and around the corner, or seeing something familiar in had not been displayed for some time. These a different way, or something that you might never impressive pieces were made ready for display have seen before. again with very little conservation work; sometimes just a light surface clean was required. In cases We initially brainstormed ideas, but soon identified where bespoke displays needed to be created, we certain ‘star’ specimens that we wanted to include, designed them so that they could be reused for and concentrated on allocating spaces for these. future outreach activities. For example, we created These were our linchpins; once they were in place, a herbarium window display made from pressed it became easier to start visualising how each area plants, which we then featured in our display at the would work. Our volunteers were fully involved from spring 2016 Cardiff RHS show and will reuse at the early stages, to make this as collaborative a museum open day events. project as possible; their feedback, responses, and enthusiasm were important in developing ideas. Bringing the concept to life We wanted to ensure that their involvement in the A number of factors enabled the project’s project was a full experience, encouraging them to successful transition from the ideas stage to learn more about the museum, its collections, and the final display. Firstly, our multi-disciplinary the work we do. team collaboratively brought a broad range of knowledge and skills to the project. Secondly, the Promoting the event non-hierarchal, free-flowing nature of the project From the outset, we took every opportunity to allowed flexibility and innovative, creative thinking. promote the event, to ensure that we reached as Many aspects were not set in stone, and ideas wide an audience as possible. We recognized that naturally developed in response to the environment it was as important for this to happen internally - during installation. within our own organisation - as it was externally, so we met and spoke with various museum staff We encouraged and trusted our volunteers to work responsible for corporate affairs, community to their strengths, and this paid off, as they proved engagement, and digital content management. to be fantastically capable and committed to the 2 Gallichan, J., and Townsend, A., 2017. NatSCA Notes & Comments Issue 8, pp.1-6 project. Overall, it was a wonderful experience for all involved, to work in such a creative and free atmosphere. Staff felt equally valued and proud of what they had achieved, and all felt that they had a significant part to play in producing the final display. Specimens out of context So what did we do? In the front of the house, we played on the ‘wow’ factor, drawing people into the house from the street by placing a large ostrich skeleton in the main bay window (Figure 1). We named the plants in the front garden, using their common and scientific names, and, in keeping with the quirky nature of the project, this also Figure 1.
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