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Exhibition & Interpretation HLF SCC ROUND & UO S: 2 THE R EPORT HOLD E XHIBITION STUDIO GUM Studio 4, 33 Stannary St, London SE11 4AA, UK T: 020 7793 2828, F: 020 7793 2829 E: [email protected] 20 November 2017 SCC & UOS: ‘THE HOLD’ EXHIBITION | HLF STAGE 2 REPORT 20 REPORT 2 EXHIBITION HLF‘THE HOLD’ STAGE | UOS: & SCC CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 APPENDIX I GRAPHIC SYSTEM EXHIBITION THEMES 10 APPENDIX II PORT 14 LIGHTING CONCEPT WONDER 15 APPENDIX III CONSERVATION PLAN TABLE OF SIGNIFICANCE MAPPING 18 APPENDIX IV NEWS 20 TOURING EXHIBITION PILOT TH NOVEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER EXCHANGE 22 APPENDIX V OBJECT LIST EXAMPLE - EXCHANGE SEARCH 24 APPENDIX VI TEMPORARY EXHIBITION THEMES 26 BUDGET ESTIMATE SUMMARY BLOCKBUSTER: ARRIVALS 28 APPENDIX VII BLOCKBUSTER: CATCH 30 LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM POTENTIAL LOAN PARTNERS BLOCKBUSTER: ILLUMINATE 32 BLOCKBUSTER: FOOD 34 GUM 3 SCC & UOS: ‘THE HOLD’ EXHIBITION | HLF STAGE 2 REPORT 20 REPORT 2 EXHIBITION HLF‘THE HOLD’ STAGE | UOS: & SCC INTRODUCTION THE HOLD EXHIBITION Project Vision visitors anywhere in the world to interact with Suffolk’s collections “The Hold”: • To enhance Suffolk’s collections through an A Suffolk Archives Service for the 21st Century ambitious Activity Plan The Hold is a partnership between Suffolk County For people Council and the University of Suffolk that will • To forge a sustainable, learning partnership create a new, flagship heritage facility and a with one of the UK’s newest universities; the reshaped service, launching people, young and old, University of Suffolk on new voyages of discovery. • To have a positive impact on the employability of UoS students TH NOVEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER Located within Ipswich’s unique and regenerating • To create new learning opportunities and drive Waterfront, The Hold will house Suffolk’s nationally the renaissance of Suffolk Archives’ schools and internationally significant archives and offer will be the engine for a transformed, audience- • To remove barriers to engagement and focused service that will reach out to the diverse increase reach to diverse audiences communities in Ipswich, the county and the nation • To diversify the volunteer base and increase through its activity and digital programmes, levels of engagement in the service engaging them with Suffolk’s rich archival heritage in new and exciting ways. For communities • To create an environmentally sustainable The Hold will open its doors to reveal Suffolk’s building reflecting best practice treasured past and inspire Suffolk’s future. • To contribute positively to the critical mass of regeneration activity on Ipswich Waterfront Project Objectives • To create a resilient, commercially-focussed and outward-facing Suffolk Archives Service For heritage • To empower communities in undertaking their • To safeguard Suffolk’s irreplaceable collections own heritage activities. with state-of-the-art accommodation • To create an efficient building and service, bringing more of Suffolk’s heritage together on one site • To create space to showcase Suffolk’s heritage Above: Bird’s-eye view and provide interpretation to a broader of The Hold from the audience Waterfront approach. • To provide an enhanced online offer and allow GUM 4 SCC & UOS: ‘THE HOLD’ EXHIBITION | HLF STAGE 2 REPORT 20 REPORT 2 EXHIBITION HLF‘THE HOLD’ STAGE | UOS: & SCC SCC UOS: & REPORT2 EXHIBITION HLF ‘THE HOLD’ STAGE | 20 INTRODUCTION TEAM Client: Client: Principal Funder: Suffolk County Council University of Suffolk Heritage Lottery Fund Endeavour House Sir Thomas Slade Court. Head Office 8 Russell Road, Ipswich 118 Star Lane, Ipswich 7 Holbein Place, Suffolk IP1 2BX Suffolk IP4 1JN London SW1W 8NR T: 020 7591 6000 Exhibition Designers: Structural Engineers: TH GuM Studio with Studio Eger Project Manger / Agent: Atom Consultants TH NOVEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER Studio 4, 33 Stannary St, Concertus, Lupton Court, London SE11 4AA, UK Endeavour House, Prospect Road, Ossett 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, WF5 8AF Suffolk, IP1 2BX Architect: Pringle Richards Sharratt Limited Studio 4, 33 Stannary St, London SE11 4AA, UK Building Services Engineers: SVM Consulting Engineers, Chiltern House, 184 High Street, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 3AP Landscape: Plincke 10 Bedford Street London, WC2E 9HE GUM 4 5 SCC & UOS: ‘THE HOLD’ EXHIBITION | HLF STAGE 2 REPORT 20 REPORT 2 EXHIBITION HLF‘THE HOLD’ STAGE | UOS: & SCC INTRODUCTION AUDIENCE Target Audiences • Links to the seasons and national initiatives, As outlined in the Activity Plan, the following target such as the Big Draw, Black History Month, audiences have been identified for this project; International Women’s Day. • low income older adults • families Non-user Group Consultation • diverse communities • Free facilities • university students • Include high profile manuscripts that • young people 18 - 24 originated in Suffolk • school children • Explore local history • visitors to the Waterfront and to Ipswich • Themes of days gone by including newspaper photographs, old pubs, Americans in the war, TH NOVEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER These are in addition to The Hold’s core audience Cold War, schools, film shows and witchfinder groups; general • older adults • Interactive exhibitions • interest groups • Different ways of communicating stories • independent researchers • Lots of photographs and maps • university students • Strong interested in the research element It is estimated that there will be 24,200 visits to Community Consultation The Hold in the first year after opening. Youth Drop-In Centre The following ambitions were recorded at • Young people were interested in international Stakeholder, Non-user focus group, community events such as 9/11, the Holocaust, Jack the and school consultations led by the project Activity Ripper, WWI and WWII Planners; • Interest in football, family trees and contemporary celebrities (Ed Sheeran). Stakeholder Consultation • Visually interesting exhibition, include virtual • Identity of Suffolk is celebrated reality, evocative ‘not just pictures’ • Gateway to heritage in Suffolk • Physical not just eye catching exhibitions • Open and friendly atmosphere, where everyone feels welcome Parents from a local school • Engage with people on their terms • History of people moving to Ipswich • Enhancing the Waterfront • History of Suffolk and surrounding areas • Work with the media for clear communication including wildlife and fashion • Clear and simple exhibition narrative Left: Suffolk Show public consultation GUM 6 SCC & UOS: ‘THE HOLD’ EXHIBITION | HLF STAGE 2 REPORT 20 REPORT 2 EXHIBITION HLF‘THE HOLD’ STAGE | UOS: & SCC SCC UOS: & REPORT2 EXHIBITION HLF ‘THE HOLD’ STAGE | 20 INTRODUCTION AUDIENCE Bangladeshi Support Centre Summary of Consultation Findings • Attractive to people with limited English or • Exhibitions should be interactive and fun, not literacy skills. too text or image heavy. • Contemporary collecting, the environment, • Associated marketing campaign needs to fashion, history of immigration in Ipswich emphasise the interactivity of the material on • How men and women are treated differently display in different cultures • Show the impact of international events on the local area School Consultation • Touring exhibitions need to be accompanied by an events programme that will help people TH Primary understand and choose to engage with the TH NOVEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER • Show how the local area has changed exhibitions. • Target English and Humanities teaching • Programming for exhibitions need to ensure • Anglo Saxons, the Home Front, living history, there is an embedded approach to diverse local history and geography histories. • Emphasis on cross-curriculum topics Suffolk Show Consultation Secondary GuM developed five potential Blockbuster themes • Focus on A Level, rather than GCSE level trips with SCC archivists in response to the supporting • Target English and History teaching project documents in Spring 2017; • Witchcraft trials of 16th and 17th Centuries • Arrivals on the River (this theme has • Crime and punishment in the medieval period subsequently been revised as ‘Arrival’) • Local history • Migration • Site study material, such as medical care and • Food! WWI in Suffolk. • Catch (fishing, nautical trades) • Adrift (an island within an island) Higher Education • Ipswich at War, Ipswich and the Queen, On the weekend 30th May, these themes were LGBTQ+ stories and dinosaurs tested with the general public at the Suffolk Show. • Changing exhibition programme 128 people filled in comment cards and revealed • Friendly and colourful, lively and interactive, Food! as the favoured theme, followed by Arrivals ‘the place to see and be seen’ and Adrift. The titles of the Blockbuster themes • Fun and interest from the threshold have since evolved, however the content still • 900 year old artefacts adheres to the core topics. Left: Suffolk Show public • Themed events that fit with national events consultation card • Link with Ipswich Museum. GUM 6 7 SCC & UOS: ‘THE HOLD’ EXHIBITION | HLF STAGE 2 REPORT 20 REPORT 2 EXHIBITION HLF‘THE HOLD’ STAGE | UOS: & SCC INTRODUCTION SITE CONTEXT AND CONNECTIONS The Hold archives will be located amongst University buildings at the heart of the Waterfront in Ipswich The new site will not only become home to the Ipswich Record Office, but it will also provide facilities for a 180 cubic meters of the archives currently held at the Bury and Lowestoft Record Offices. Local and national partnerships include; • Suffolk County Council (SCC)