British Galleries 2002

UK Museum Crawl 2002

J. Jensen

Mission

The Galleries display the most comprehensive collection of British design and art on view anywhere in

the world.

(BTW - The V&A is the greatest museum of applied and decorative arts in the

world.)

According to them…

The V & A

The V&A is very big and confusing

Cool Britannia

This exhibit is quite possibly the most outstanding I have seen, ever•Incredible exhibit design (form, layout, colour, fabrication)•Very simple and clever interactives•Appealed to families with children under 12•Only art/dec arts museum I have ever heard people squealing with glee!

Exhibit Plan

The galleries are HUGE!!!!!!!!!!

Enter here

Exhibit Plan

Did I mention they were HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????

Exit here

Succinct Intro Panel

Basic Entry Too

Orientation Panel/Map

But it is behind you as you walk in...

Four Themes

•Style•Who Led Taste?•Fashionable Living•What Was New?

I think these are lost on visitors - most miss panel

Dates in Floor

This was a nice touch - floors are often forgotten!

Exhibit Spaces

It was a little dark in the first few rooms

Exhibit Spaces

Nice vistas throughout

Exhibit Spaces

This was pretty much the Chippendale exhibit...

Exhibit Spaces

Floor Treatments

Nice variation of “floors” - often forgotten

Floor Treatments

And Ceilings Treatments!

Cantilevered ceilings add to atmosphere throughout

Typical Display

Lush combination of artifacts - not segregated

“See Thru” Spaces

Openings from space to space are nice too

“See Thru” Spaces

Benches

Found throughout, with pockets for text books

Benches

Stashes of stools throughout space•Carry around•Put on hook when done

Retractable Flashlights

Provided in dark areas as needed - can’t steal ‘em!

Retractable Flashlights

Socket detail

Text Panels

These big panels are standard•note simple design…•It does rather blather on and on though•There were lots of these throughout

Text Panels

Object Label - nice and spare (only 3000 of them…)

Supplemental Text

Large print and full text•Apparently the labels don’t have all the info•Found throughout space

ADA Accessibility

Several of these engraved plates to be touched

Internal Wayfinding

Side galleries indicated (and keyed to maps)

Interactives up the Wazoo

There was stuff to mess with integrated everywhere!

Touchable carving

Yellow panels are pullouts with Braille

Touchable veneers

Another touchable carving

More touchable objects

Progressive stitch work completion and magnifier

A variety of ceramic samples, all tethered

Detail

Touchable bed construction details and fabric

Details (note Braille panels)

Chest of Drawers

Fully manipulable, with tagged questions

Chest of Drawers

You can take the drawers out!

Chest of Drawers

And spin it around!

Chest of Drawers

Question and answer tags

Use UV light to see what has been replaced/repaired on figures

Metal Flip Panels

Used throughout, will NEVER wear out (note finger lip)

Metal Flip Panels

Hinge and bend detail

Metal Flip Panels

Also multipage “books”

Metal Flip Panels

Also integrated in this orientation•This one deals with original value

Flip Panel - Object in Detail

First page IDs object

Next - question and clue (note colour change)

And then an answer

Several more pages - last on Ids object fully

Plastic pages with heavy duty plastic “binding”

These will last forever too•Each page screwed into round “rotator”•All mounted on a shaft•Arranged to avoid pages binding•Low friction plastic

Drawing Drawers

Open•Good way of displaying multiple flat items•Could work for comics...

Drawing Drawers

As integrated into a display

Drawing Drawers

Upright orientation

Visitor Input

Write down thoughts about what you collect!

Visitor Input

Staff edits for the best ones (laminated)

Visitor Input

Write about an important object of yours

Visitor Input

Visitors enlargements laminated and displayed

Study Areas

2 (one each floor) in corner spaces

Study Areas

Computers with all content, books, printers

Study Room

Bookcase and comfy chairs

Digital Media

In galleries and Discovery Rooms (attract loop)

Digital Media

Main screen

Digital Media

Period screen

Digital Media

Object Screen

Digital Media

Explore a single painting in detail

Very well done - and no audio!

Another intro screen - about attribution

Standard unit•Found throughout space

Another overall•As unit appears in context

Unit adapted to a tight space

The one failure - all but one unit was dead!

This was the only working audio (and for DMK too!)

Was also broken in benches...

Discovery Rooms

3 found within space•Many activities grouped together•Dress up•Computers•Hands On•“Pick a Box”•“What is it?”

Discovery Room 1

First found behind armour in this view

Discovery Room 1

Overall views•Note see thru vista at armour

Discovery Room 1

What is it? case

Discovery Room 1

Open doors and mirrors reveal answers (very clever)

Discovery Room 1

Dress up activity (note hat solution - acrylic!)

Discovery Room 1

Gauntlet•Matches armour•Put your hand in it•Note thru vista here too

Discovery Room 1

Build a chair!•Just like Ikea...

Discovery Room 1

Parts stow away nicely (and people do so!)

Discovery Room 1

Weaving interactive•Aimable light on post

Discovery Room 1

Write a saga - staff collect, edit, laminate, display

Discovery Room 1

Activity Boxes•Each room has a stack of these•Each small activity different•Could work in our history kits

Discovery Room 1

Activity Boxes•Each includes materials and instructions

Discovery Room 2

Overall view - with computers and “What is It?”

Discovery Room 2

Build a Chippendale chair

Discovery Room 2

Make a frame•Magnetic components

Discovery Room 2

Tie a cravat

Discovery Room 2

More dress-up•Note hook to hang up cravat

Discovery Room 2

Pick-a-Box•Additional small activities tucked into boxes•Workspace to use them

Discovery Room 3

Build your own version of the Crystal Palace

Discovery Room 3

Create a bookplate - print or email it!

Discovery Room 3

See what I made?•Email broke later in the day though…•Diane was very disappointed

Period Rooms

Cutout figure, not mannequin

Period Rooms

Repro chairs match artifacts - you can sit in them!

Period Room

Showing patch before restoration•Also interesting book with details of process

“Period Rooms”

Exposed construction details

Objects Displayed Open

Objects that open are shown open (in places)

Objects Displayed Open

Unobtrusive acrylic bracket on wall

Other Display Ideas

Clothing as in a closet

Mannequins

Very abstract and effective

Other Display Ideas

What makes this chair a fake?

Light Sensitive Cabinet

Only one of these•Open up doors•Push button to turn light on•Lights goes off when doors shut•Never seen something this slick!

Models

Depicted actual structures and interior layout

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