Exhibition of architectural artifacts from the Wakefield Musum collection. some pretty good examples of challenging display requirements

1. Exhibitions Profile:
Building History
Wakefield Museum
2007
Building History
This was a temporary exhibition held Wakefield Museum. The exhibitions’ objective was to
showcase some of the larger objects held at the museums store that illustrated Wakefield’s
architectural history. The exhibitions team met the challenge of how to display these objects
so as to meet museum and helath and saftey standards.
After consultation with the services conservator the team devised a series of free standing
structures on which to ‘hang’ a doors and other large objects, and a frame work in which to
display windows and stained glass panels.
Website
Many pictures were taken for the
exhibition and have now become an
online resource. I was responsible for
adapting the content of the exhibition
to allow ‘Building History’ to become
an online exhibition hosted on the
musueums website.
www.wakefieldmuseums.org
Exhibition Graphics
A selection of photographs and emphemera
were used for the
interpretationof the exhibition. Text was drawn
up by the curator and laid out on A1 panels.
Display Structures
In order to construct the display
structures scaled sketches were made
and scale models were made prior to
construction to ensure all elements
fitted and visitor circulation was
unhindered and DDA complient