museumaker
Unlocking the creative potential of museum collections
The museumaker programme closed in June 2011. This website has been archived, and no fresh material will be added. The site will remain at www.museumaker.com until June 2013, so that information about the programme, the projects of its 16 partner museums and the legacy tools are available to enable the collaborative working it has pioneered to be taken forward.
museumaker Legacy documents
A Guide to Unlocking the Potential of Collections through Contemporary Craft
The comprehensive museumaker toolkit that covers every aspect of partnership delivery for the heritage sector and makers. Download →
Sharing the Impact of museumaker
The vision of museumaker was to ‘To unlock the creative potential of museum collections’. It worked to achieve long-term sustainable change in the way the historical is brought to life by the contemporary. Download →
Seven museumaker films
A series of mini-documentaries including interviews with museum staff and makers across a range of the projects. The films include images of the work in progress and the finished projects as well as community engagement projects and retail development.
A dark day in Paradise. Claire Twomey at the Royal Pavillion in Brighton
A Garden of Lantern Birds. Laura Baxter at the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
Sitting the Light Fantastic. Kei Ito at the Geffrye Museum, Hackney
The Toolshed. Cathy Miles at the Guildhall Museum, Rochester
Language of Lead and Letters of Lead. Sue Lawty at Killhope, Lead Mining Museum, County Durham
Imagined Objects of Desire
Life is Very Sweet, Jane Wildgoose and Dinner of Doom, Bompas & Parr at the Harley Museum and Gallery, North Nottinghamshire
Retail Case Studies and Programme
Six Retail Case Studies
Presentations on heritage retail spaces showcasing their work with the best of contemporary craft.Download →
Programme leaflet
