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Carlisle Castle Exhibition Plan July 4 NATIONAL COLLECTIONS GROUP Curatorial Department Carlisle Castle July 202020120 11111 Exhibition Plan 1.1.1. Introduction In 2010 it was agreed to allocate £100K from the Property Investment Programme to create a new exhibition at Carlisle Castle. The castle has suffered from a lack of investment in recent years and the provision of interpretation for visitors is currently very poor. This project builds on work carried out in 2009 and 2010 including a concept paper for developing the entire castle site and an interpretation plan describing phases of work that could deliver an improved visitor experience. 2.2.2. Parameters of the current project 2.1 Aims of the new exhibition 1. to provide an interesting and engaging introduction to the long history of Carlisle Castle 2. to provide ground level, DDA compliant, interpretation 3. to provide an additional resource for education groups (probably not for use as an introduction to discovery Visits due to the size of the space, but for use for project work and FEV) 4. to provide an upturn in visitor numbers (with support from marketing) 2.2 Audiences Market research, including a visitor survey in 2009, has indicated that the following audiences should be targeted for this project. Families are the primary audience for the new exhibition. Carlisle is one of the top visits for families and so we need to respond to this audience and grow it as much as possible. There is a specific opportunity to attract more locals and day-trippers, currently underrepresented in our visitor numbers. EducatEducationion groups have been targeted in recent years as a growth area for the castle through the introduction of new Discovery Visits. Any new interpretation will therefore be developed with this group in mind, although as noted above it is recognised that the exhibition space is likely to be too small for use as a core resource by all education groups. 2.3 Budget and timescale £100,000 is available for the entire project. This is to fund the new exhibition in the militia store and additionally the following works: - M&E works: To make the Captain’s Tower safe for visitors; To create a screen wall and re-decorate the militia building Total for M&E £8,000 estimate - Interpretation in the Captain’s Tower and keep (included in budget below for the new exhibition) - Removal of exhibition on the first floor of the keep £3,000 estimate This results in a budget of £89,000 for the exhibition, and all interpretation for the Captain’s Tower and Keep. A more detailed budget breakdown is included as a separate spreadsheet. The project is to be delivered by the end of the financial year 2011/12. In order to achieve this deadline the following milestones are recommended: March 2011 Gateway 1 application at PSG (complete) May 2011 Submission of exhibition plan to CDMT (complete) July 2011 Tender for designers (Contact Finder) August 2011 Concept design development September 2011 Gateway 2 application/sign off on concepts To March 2012 Detailed design and production (inc removal of current exhibition and filming of virtual tour) March 2012 Installation and launch 2.4 Location: the Militia store The exhibition space is a room which comprises about 2/3rds of the ground floor of the Militia Store, a 2-storey building of red sandstone dating from 1881. The interior is plain, and has no historic features. It is entered and exited by a standard door opening in the west wall. The south wall contains a series of windows providing views of the inner ward and keep. A disabled-access toilet opens off the room and the door to it has to be properly screened. This will mean putting up a screen wall, not less than 2m high and 1.5m wide, to separate off a passageway representing the west end of the room. It should be possible to use the screen for graphic panels etc., and possibly to integrate a display case or table with the screens. However, this does reduce the floor space available. The room will still be large enough to allow for one substantial ‘island’ object in the middle. The following works are required in addition to the screen wall: a new floor surface, redecoration of the walls and the addition of UV film to the windows. The current light fixings are to be reused for this project but may be repositioned on the existing track. Most exhibits will need to be free-standing due to the fact that the north and east wall are not load bearing, and neither will be the west wall once the screen wall is fitted. The remaining wall contains windows and is therefore also unsuitable for fixing large exhibits. This steers us towards creating a modular exhibition, a design that could prove advantageous should the exhibition be relocated as part of the future development of the site. The natural visitor-flow around the room would seem to be left from the entrance, and clockwise around it to return to the door to exit. 2.5 Location: the Captain’s Tower This building is the gatehouse to the inner ward and is currently not open to the public - though it is used as a wet room for education groups to eat their lunches. The building has two floors and can be accessed from the inner ward and from the wall walk - thereby providing a secondary route onto and off the wall walk. Certain works need to be carried out in order for the building to be opened for visitors. These include adaptations to the lighting, fire detection, reinstatement of a steel grille door and various repairs. Some signage will also be required. It has additionally been agreed that the interior walls could be lime washed, thereby improving the appearance and light levels within the space. Additionally two wall-mounted graphic panels, one per floor, will be required. A free-standing lectern panel, on the first floor beneath the windows, is also desirable as this could interpret the buildings of the inner ward. 2.6 Location: second floor exhibition in the keep The second floor of the keep currently contains an exhibition that tells the story of Carlisle Castle. The displays date from the 1980s, do not represent current best practice in interpretation and, where relevant, the content will be provided in the new exhibition. Objects from the current displays will also be re-used in the new exhibition. The old displays are to be removed as part of this project. An assessment of this, and of the costs for removal, will be made as soon as possible. One panel, that which introduces the exhibition, must be retained as it contains lighting for the passageway and various other essential electrical components. The panel will need to be repaired however and the content should be updated and replaced. Two new free-standing lectern panels are proposed for the main rooms on the second floor, in order to provide an introduction to the spaces and to interpret the so-called prisoners’ carvings. Additionally, the existing panel on the first floor should be replaced in order to match the design of the new panels on the second floor. The details for these panels are to be confirmed subject to budget; however it is essential that some interpretation is provided for the second floor as part of this project. 3. Themes The exhibition will need to tell a coherent story, replacing the existing exhibition on the 2 nd floor of the keep. It will act as a suitable introduction to supplementary presentations in the keep and elsewhere, if and when these happen. Equally, it will have to stand on its own, if plans to re-present the rest of the castle do not happen, or take a long time to. 3.1. Themes for the whole site The following themes have been identified in the interpretation plan for the whole castle. Overarching theme statement:: Carlisle Castle has playedplayed an important role in British history for more than 900 years because of its location close to the border to Scotland. It is a significant landmark within the city, region and country. 1. The site of Carlisle Castle has been in use as a military base for 1,900 years. 2. Carlisle Castle has been under siege more than any other castle in England. 3. The castle buildings have evolved over the centuries to meet the changing demands of their owners. 4. Carlisle Castle has hosted many Royal visits. One of the most important themes – Carlisle Castle has been under siege more than any other castle in England – has provisionally been chosen as the main narrative for the keep. 3.2. Theme for the exhibition Given that the exhibition will represent the main, and for some visitors only, interpretation that they encounter on site it should address the longevity of its history, as represented by theme 1: The site of Carlisle Castle has been in use as a military base for 1,900 years. This will provide an overview of the castle’s past and enable us to introduce both the English and Scottish sides of the story. 4.4.4. OuOuOutlineOu tline --- content and media 4.1. Timeline and characters A simple timeline is proposed to convey the length of history, and to graphically illustrate the frequency with which Carlisle has been attacked, besieged, and changed hands – without pre-empting the theme too much. The suggestion is that the timeline could be displayed on a plinth running around the edges of the room, with wall-mounted panels appearing at intervals to represent the major periods or events in the castle’s history.
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