Category Archives: Donation
Exhibitions, donations and lessons learnt.
The past few Monday I have spent at Stockport’s Hat Works; a museum dedicated to the hatting industry, hats and headwear. The temporary exhibition space is currently on turn over. ‘Redesigning Fashion’ is being taken down and the new temporary exhibition … Continue reading
A surprisingly large donation!
When a new donation is offered to a museum it is always an interesting and exciting time. In a previous post, which you can read HERE, I outlined the procedure that allows for us to identify if a donation is … Continue reading
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Tagged ARP, Blitz, Collections, Curatorial Services, Donation, Home Front, MODES, Museum, planes, Raid Spotter, Stockport, World War II
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Interesting objects all round….
Accepting new acquisitions in to the collection is always interesting and often exciting. People donating their items to a museum is what keeps a collection growing as funds are usually quite limited. However, we don’t accept everything that is offered … Continue reading
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Tagged Bramhall, Collections, Curatorial Services, Donation, greater manchester museums group, Hat Works, history, Museum, Stockport, winston churchill
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Disposals and Donations, Hellos and Goodbyes.
Week 1 here at Curatorial Services and Projects has been busy and fun. The first couple of days were taken over by the presently on-going task that is refurbishing the Air Raid Shelters. The Air Raid Shelters opened to civilians … Continue reading
Posted in Air Raid Shelters, Disposal, Donation, HLF
Tagged ARP, Blitz, Collections, Conservation, Curatorial Services, Disposal, Donation, Geology, Hat Works, Hatting, LS Lowry, MODES, Retrospective Documentation, Sandstone, Stockport, Twitter, World War II
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