british galleries 2002
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Presentation on the then new British Galleries at the V&A.TRANSCRIPT
UK Museum Crawl 2002
J. Jensen
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Mission
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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
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The V & A
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Map
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The V&A is very big and confusing
Cool Britannia
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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
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The galleries are HUGE!!!!!!!!!!
Enter here
Exhibit Plan
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Did I mention they were HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????
Exit here
Succinct Intro Panel
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Basic Entry Too
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Orientation Panel/Map
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But it is behind you as you walk in...
Four Themes
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•Style•Who Led Taste?•Fashionable Living•What Was New?
I think these are lost on visitors - most miss panel
Dates in Floor
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This was a nice touch - floors are often forgotten!
Exhibit Spaces
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It was a little dark in the first few rooms
Exhibit Spaces
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Nice vistas throughout
Exhibit Spaces
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Exhibit Spaces
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Exhibit Spaces
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Exhibit Spaces
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This was pretty much the Chippendale exhibit...
Exhibit Spaces
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Exhibit Spaces
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Floor Treatments
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Nice variation of “floors” - often forgotten
Floor Treatments
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Floor Treatments
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Floor Treatments
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And Ceilings Treatments!
Cantilevered ceilings add to atmosphere throughout
Typical Display
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Lush combination of artifacts - not segregated
“See Thru” Spaces
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Openings from space to space are nice too
“See Thru” Spaces
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Benches
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Found throughout, with pockets for text books
Benches
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Stashes of stools throughout space•Carry around•Put on hook when done
Retractable Flashlights
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Provided in dark areas as needed - can’t steal ‘em!
Retractable Flashlights
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Socket detail
Text Panels
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These big panels are standard•note simple design…•It does rather blather on and on though•There were lots of these throughout
Text Panels
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Object Label - nice and spare (only 3000 of them…)
Supplemental Text
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Large print and full text•Apparently the labels don’t have all the info•Found throughout space
ADA Accessibility
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Several of these engraved plates to be touched
Internal Wayfinding
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Side galleries indicated (and keyed to maps)
Interactives up the Wazoo
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There was stuff to mess with integrated everywhere!
Interactives up the Wazoo
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Touchable carving
Interactives up the Wazoo
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Yellow panels are pullouts with Braille
Interactives up the Wazoo
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Touchable veneers
Interactives up the Wazoo
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Another touchable carving
Interactives up the Wazoo
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More touchable objects
Interactives up the Wazoo
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Progressive stitch work completion and magnifier
Interactives up the Wazoo
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A variety of ceramic samples, all tethered
Interactives up the Wazoo
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Detail
Interactives up the Wazoo
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Touchable bed construction details and fabric
Interactives up the Wazoo
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Details (note Braille panels)
Chest of Drawers
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Fully manipulable, with tagged questions
Chest of Drawers
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You can take the drawers out!
Chest of Drawers
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And spin it around!
Chest of Drawers
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Question and answer tags
Interactives up the Wazoo
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Use UV light to see what has been replaced/repaired on figures
Metal Flip Panels
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Used throughout, will NEVER wear out (note finger lip)
Metal Flip Panels
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Hinge and bend detail
Metal Flip Panels
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Also multipage “books”
Metal Flip Panels
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Also integrated in this orientation•This one deals with original value
Flip Panel - Object in Detail
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First page IDs object
Flip Panel - Object in Detail
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Next - question and clue (note colour change)
Flip Panel - Object in Detail
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And then an answer
Flip Panel - Object in Detail
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Several more pages - last on Ids object fully
Books
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Plastic pages with heavy duty plastic “binding”
Books
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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
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Open•Good way of displaying multiple flat items•Could work for comics...
Drawing Drawers
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As integrated into a display
Drawing Drawers
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Upright orientation
Visitor Input
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Write down thoughts about what you collect!
Visitor Input
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Staff edits for the best ones (laminated)
Visitor Input
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Write about an important object of yours
Visitor Input
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Visitors enlargements laminated and displayed
Study Areas
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2 (one each floor) in corner spaces
Study Areas
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Computers with all content, books, printers
Study Room
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Bookcase and comfy chairs
Digital Media
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In galleries and Discovery Rooms (attract loop)
Digital Media
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Main screen
Digital Media
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Period screen
Digital Media
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Object Screen
Digital Media
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Explore a single painting in detail
Video
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Very well done - and no audio!
Video
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Another intro screen - about attribution
Video
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Standard unit•Found throughout space
Video
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Another overall•As unit appears in context
Video
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Unit adapted to a tight space
Audio
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The one failure - all but one unit was dead!
Audio
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This was the only working audio (and for DMK too!)
Audio
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Was also broken in benches...
Discovery Rooms
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3 found within space•Many activities grouped together•Dress up•Computers•Hands On•“Pick a Box”•“What is it?”
Discovery Room 1
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First found behind armour in this view
Discovery Room 1
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Overall views•Note see thru vista at armour
Discovery Room 1
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What is it? case
Discovery Room 1
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Open doors and mirrors reveal answers (very clever)
Discovery Room 1
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Dress up activity (note hat solution - acrylic!)
Discovery Room 1
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Gauntlet•Matches armour•Put your hand in it•Note thru vista here too
Discovery Room 1
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Build a chair!•Just like Ikea...
Discovery Room 1
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Parts stow away nicely (and people do so!)
Discovery Room 1
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Weaving interactive•Aimable light on post
Discovery Room 1
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Write a saga - staff collect, edit, laminate, display
Discovery Room 1
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Activity Boxes•Each room has a stack of these•Each small activity different•Could work in our history kits
Discovery Room 1
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Activity Boxes•Each includes materials and instructions
Discovery Room 2
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Overall view - with computers and “What is It?”
Discovery Room 2
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Build a Chippendale chair
Discovery Room 2
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Make a frame•Magnetic components
Discovery Room 2
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Tie a cravat
Discovery Room 2
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More dress-up•Note hook to hang up cravat
Discovery Room 2
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Pick-a-Box•Additional small activities tucked into boxes•Workspace to use them
Discovery Room 3
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Build your own version of the Crystal Palace
Discovery Room 3
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Discovery Room 3
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Discovery Room 3
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Create a bookplate - print or email it!
Discovery Room 3
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See what I made?•Email broke later in the day though…•Diane was very disappointed
Period Rooms
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Cutout figure, not mannequin
Period Rooms
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Repro chairs match artifacts - you can sit in them!
Period Room
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Showing patch before restoration•Also interesting book with details of process
“Period Rooms”
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Exposed construction details
Objects Displayed Open
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Objects that open are shown open (in places)
Objects Displayed Open
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Unobtrusive acrylic bracket on wall
Other Display Ideas
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Clothing as in a closet
Mannequins
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Very abstract and effective
Other Display Ideas
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What makes this chair a fake?
Light Sensitive Cabinet
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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
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Depicted actual structures and interior layout