More details have been released of how the expanded Milton Keynes Museum might look. While the plans from the Museum project team and exhibition designers are only in draft form, we've decided to share them now to enable people to have a say in shaping their development.

1. Milton Keynes Museum
Expansion:
a first look at some of our ideas

2. “This museum belongs
to the people of this
area. The more people
get involved in sharing
their ideas and giving
support, the more
fantastic it will be.”
Bill Griffiths, MK Museum
Director
Volunteers from the Home Retail Group helping with collection cleaning

3. Some of the stories we want to cover:

4. How the site could look:
images in the following slides courtesy of our exhibition designers, Mather &Co

5. New gallery 1: pre-history-1800s

6. New gallery 2: modern Milton Keynes

7. Telling the story of the UK’s first railway town

8. Lights, action, interactivity!
“A unique experience, making you forget you are in a museum.”
Exhibition designers Mather & Co
• Multi-sensory
• Exploratory and participatory
• No barriers – touch everything
• Theatre techniques bringing things to life
• Contemporary collection: objects, stories, views

9. Just one example:

10. Ready to get involved?
Tell us what you think of
these ideas:
info@mkmuseum.org.uk
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