01.04.2014 Views

Spring 2012 - Dress and Textile Specialists

Spring 2012 - Dress and Textile Specialists

Spring 2012 - Dress and Textile Specialists

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

An exhibition from the Embroiderer's Guild, Frome <strong>and</strong> District Branch, displayed at Trowbridge<br />

Lending Library.<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Work was inspired by the 25th anniversary.<br />

A theme of book titles.<br />

Use of silver thread to present the anniversary.<br />

With kind permission from Trowbridge Lending Library<br />

CRAFT ACTIVITES:<br />

Copyright Trowbridge Museum<br />

Copyright Trowbridge Museum<br />

Outcome: Programme of FREE EVENTS<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Publicity for the Museum by promoting heritage.<br />

Access to the collection not on display.<br />

Creating exhibitions beyond the Museum.<br />

Passing on skills: How to make cloth, Rag Rug Brooch, Felting, Weaving.<br />

Building partnerships with the community- Fabric Magic, Trowbridge Library, Leer Museum,<br />

Elbag Museum.<br />

_____<br />

Collection access strategies at the Fashion Museum, Bath - Elly Summers <strong>and</strong> Elaine<br />

Uttley, Fashion Museum Collections Assistants<br />

The Fashion Museum holds a world-class collection of historic <strong>and</strong> contemporary fashionable dress<br />

<strong>and</strong> is designated as a collection of outst<strong>and</strong>ing significance. The collection numbers well in excess of<br />

70,000 objects, <strong>and</strong> the museum is visited by over 100,000 people each year. Most visitors to the<br />

Museum are tourists to Bath <strong>and</strong> it is this fortuitous siting in a World Heritage city, a place that<br />

people seek to visit, that has shaped our current collection access practice. We have decided to<br />

eschew the pursuit of an on-line catalogue of the collection <strong>and</strong> instead, concentrate our resources<br />

11

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!