southampton city council arts and heritage
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Southampton City Council
Arts and Heritage
www.southampton.gov.uk/s-leisure/artsheritage
SCC Arts and Heritage• Museums and Gallery
– Exhibitions – Learning and Outreach– Cultural Partnerships– Operations and Retail
• Collections:– Art– Archaeology – City Archives– Local and Maritime Collections
• Historic Sites• Archaeology Unit
Venues
• SeaCity Museum
• Southampton Art Gallery
• Tudor House and Garden
God’s House Tower (former Archaeology Museum) Wool House (formerly the Maritime Museum)
Westgate Hall (fomer Tudor Merchants Hall)
Historic Sites
Cultural Quarter
Guildhall Square
SeaCity Museum
Southampton’s New Arts Complex
Cultural Development TrustSHAPe
Collections
The Collection:• 800 interviews• photographs
Themes:• Maritime• World Wars• Local Communities
The Outcomes:• Exhibitions• Publications• Compilations• Plays
Oral History Archive
Activities• School visits• Guided tours• Education workshops• Holiday workshops• Lecture series• Art and craft• Study days
University of SouthamptonHumanities Social SciencesAstronomyEngineeringJohn Hansard GalleryNuffield TheatreWinchester School of ArtNational Oceanography Centre...
Southampton Solent UniversityGraphic DesignFilmPhotographyAnimationCreative WritingMaritime Studies...
University of Winchester
University of Chichester
Partnerships
Research using collections• Collaborative Doctorate
– Roger Machado; Medieval pottery
• Group projects– Titanic; slavery
• Funded projects– Brokage books; Los niños
• Site surveys of building• Undergraduate and Post-graduate dissertation
– Migration; race-relations; world wars; maritime
• Publications
Exchanges
University SCC
• Lecture series speakers
• Philosophy Café
• Study Days
• Joint Symposium
• Volunteering
• Technical expertise
SCC University
• Tours of museum
• Access to collections
• Curator lectures
• Training (archives, oral
history)
• Work placements
SeaCity Museum
Southampton: Gateway to the World
Southampton’s Titanic Story
University of Southampton
Southampton Solent University
National Oceanography Centre Southampton
Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology
Maritime Coastguard Agency
Local researchers
Titanic historians
Memorabilia Collectors
Titanic: the Legend
Technical Expertise
• Scanning fragile documents
• Photography
• Filming
• 3-D virtual gallery
• Animation
• Graphic Design
Art Gallery Activities
Photo: www.astro.soton.ac.uk/~s.jones/
EU funded projects
Hamtun Street Mural
- Mosaic workshops- ‘Fourth Plinth’ suggestions- Oral history - Creative writing- Community mural - Showcase event – 16 March
Community Engagement Activities
Conclusion• Mutual benefits • Partnership funding• Exchange of expertise• Students gain from on-job experience• Student projects help museum
• Consultation between curators and academics• Better communication• Better co-ordination• Networking – within and outside institutions• Capacity issues
Southampton City Council
Arts and Heritage
www.seacitymuseum.co.uk
www.tudorhouseandgarden.com
www.facebook.com/SouthamptonCityArtGallery