| CRAFT MAKERS & MUSEUMS BROUGHT TOGETHER IN EAST MIDLANDS |
| By Louise Davidson |
01/12/2005 |
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 | New Walk Museum and Art Gallery in Leicester is amongst the 19 participating museums. Courtesy Leicester City Council. |
museumaker: a pioneering partnership programme between contemporary craft makers and museums across the East Midlands will begin on April 27 2006.
The partnership will give designer makers access to historic and archaeological artefacts to inspire their work. In turn the museums involved will get to exhibit and sell what they produce.
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Participating museums from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Northampton will aim to increase visitor numbers through the creative enhancement of collections and exhibitions.
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"This is the only project of its kind in the country and we know that the tremendous range of museum collections in the region can’t fail to act as a catalyst for creativity,” explained Dr. Tim Hobbes, chief executive of the East Midlands Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (EMMLAC).
With this uniqueness in mind, the project has created a unique collaboration between Arts Council England, EMMLAC and Renaissance East Midlands.
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 | A bison panel, one of a number of cave engravings found at Creswell Crags in Derbyshire. Courtesy UNED.
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museumaker will see over £300,000 invested in the appointment of three temporary and five permanent commissions at eight of the participating museums. This money will also contribute to the professional and retail development of all the museums involved in the programme.
The organisers have great confidence that museumaker will both inspire and stimulate the region’s creativity. Through its strong support of regional craft and local history, the programme highlights the integral role the creative industries sector plays in both regional and national economic prosperity.
Paul Mcanelly, the designer of the museumaker logo, embodies the attributes of this project. Head of his own design and illustration company – Hawaii - Mcanelly conceived of an image applicable to a range of media and retail items, both historical and craft related.
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A recent re-fit has restored Belgrave Hall to its turn of the 20th century glory. Courtesy Leicester City Council.
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By amalgamating contemporary design with a slightly retro edge, the logo is intended to update any outdated perceptions of the museum sector and lead museumaker forward.
The deadline for regional makers to apply for the commissions passed on November 30 2005 and a panel of stake-holding agencies and participating museums will shortly reveal a shortlist.
The participating museums in full:
Alford Manor House Museum, Lincolnshire
Belgrave Hall, Leicester
Boston Guildhall, Lincolnshire
Buxton Art Gallery and Museum, Derbyshire
Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham
Charnwood Museum, Loughborough
Creswell Crags Museum and Education Centre, Nottinghamshire
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Flintham Village Museum, Nottinghamshire
Gainsborough Old Hall, Lincolnshire
Harborough Museum, Market Harborough
Louth Naturalists,, Antiquarian & Literary Society, Lincolnshire
Mansfield Museum and Art Gallery, Nottinghamshire
Melton Carnegie Museum, Melton Mowbray
Newark Museum, Millgate
New Walk Museum, Leicester
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Oakham Castle and Rutland County Museum, Oakham, Rutland
78 Derngate, Northampton
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| |  | | Belgrave Hall Museum & Gardens | | | Church Road, Off Thurcaston Road, Leicester, LE4 5PE, Leicestershire, England
T: 0116 266 6590
Open: Open February - November, Saturdays - Wednesdays: 11.00am - 4.30pm; Sundays: 1.00pm - 4.30pm.
Open on certain Thursdays and Fridays for children's activities during school holidays.
Open December - January for special events and private hire.
Closed: Closed Thursdays & Fridays, and all December and January.
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| | | | Boston Guildhall | | | South Street, Boston, PE21 6HT, Lincolnshire, England
T: 01205 365954
Open: Open 6 days a week during term time and open 7 days a week during school holidays.
10:00 - 16.00, last admissions 15:30
Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Every Tuesday during term time.
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| | | | Buxton Museum and Art Gallery | | | Terrace Road, Buxton, SK17 6DA, Derbyshire, England
T: 01298 24658
Open: Tues-Fri 09.30-17.30
Sat 09.30-17.00
Easter - September: Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays 10.30-17.00
Closed: Mondays (except summer Bank Holiday Mondays)
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| | | | Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery | | | Castle Museum & Art Gallery, off Friar Lane, Nottingham, NG1 6EL, Nottinghamshire, England
T: 0115 915 3700
Open: Castle is now open 10 - 5pm daily (last entrance 4.30pm).
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| | | | Charnwood Museum | | | Granby Street, Loughborough, LE11 3DU, Leicestershire, England
T: 01509 233754
Open: Mon-Sat 1000 -1630
Sunday 1400 -1700 April-October and 1300-1600 November-March
Open Bank Holidays. (Please call for times)
Open at other times by request for groups.
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| | | | Creswell Crags Museum and Education Centre | | | Creswell Heritage Trust, Crags Road, Welbeck, Worksop, S80 3LH, Nottinghamshire, England
T: 01909 720378
Open: February-October
Every Day 10.30am-16.30pm
November-January (inclusive)
Sundays Only 10.30am-16.30pm
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| | | | Derby Museum & Art Gallery | | | Derby Museum & Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby, DE1 1BS, Derbyshire, England
T: 01332 716659
Open: Mon 1100-1700
Tues-Sat 1000-1700
Sun & bank holidays 1300-1600
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| | | | Flintham Museum | | | The Reading Room, Inholms Road, Flintham, NG23 5LF, Nottinghamshire, England
T: 01636 525111
Open: Bank Holiday Mondays, Easter-August 2-5pm
Sundays after Easter to end of October 2-5pm
For details of group bookings at other times please contact the museum
Closed: 1 November to Easter Sunday
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| | | | Gainsborough Old Hall | | | Gainsborough Old Hall, Parnell Street, Gainsborough, DN21 2NB, Lincolnshire, England
T: 01427 612669
Open: Monday to Saturday: 10am to 5pm
Sunday: 1pm to 4.30pm
Closed on Sunday from November to Easter
Open Good Friday
Closed: Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Eve & New Years Day.
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| | | | Harborough Museum, Market Harborough | | | Council Offices, Adam & Eve Street, Market Harborough, LE16 7AG, Leicestershire, England
T: 01858 821087
Open: Open: Mon-Sat 10.00-16.30, Sun 14.00-17.00
Closed: Closed Good Friday & Christmas
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| | | | Louth Museum | | | 4 Broadbank, Louth, LN11 0EQ, Lincolnshire, England
T: 01507 601211
Open: Easter-October
Wed 1000-1600
Fri-Sat 1400-1600
Sun-Tues Thurs-Closed
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| | | | Mansfield Museum & Art Gallery | | | Leeming Street, Mansfield, NG18 1NG, Nottinghamshire, England
T: 01623 463088
Open: Mon-Sat 1000-1700
Closed: Sundays and Bank Holidays
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| | | | Melton Carnegie Museum | | | Thorpe End, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1RB, Leicestershire, England
T: 01664 569946
Open: 10am - 4.30pm daily
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| | | | Newark Museum (closed) | | | formerly at:, Appletongate, Newark, NG24 1JY, Nottinghamshire, England
Closed: Newark Museum closed permanently on the 31st December 2004.
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| | | | New Walk Museum & Art Gallery | | | 53 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 7EA, Leicestershire, England
T: 0116 225 4900
Open: Open 7 days a week: Mondays - Saturdays: 10.00am - 5.00pm; Sundays: 11.00am - 5.00pm.
Closed: Closed 24, 25, 26, 31 December and 1 January.
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| | | | Northampton Museum & Art Gallery | | | Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP, Northamptonshire, England
T: 01604 838111
Open: Mon-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1400-1700
Closed: Open Good Friday and Easter Monday
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| | | | Oakham Castle | | | Oakham Castle, Market Place, Oakham, LE15 6DX, Rutland, England
T: 01572 758440
Open: 1st July - 2nd November 2008
Mon - Sat 10.30 - 5.00
Sun 1.00 - 5.00
3rd Nov 2008 - 8th March 2009
Mon - Sat 10.30 - 5.00
Sun Closed
Closed: Closed at Christmas, New Year and Good Friday
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| | | | 78 Derngate, Northampton | | | 82 Derngate, Northampton, NN1 1UH, Northamptonshire, England
T: 01604 603407
Open: 23 March to 27 November 2005
10.30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday.
Last entrance 3.30p.m.
Strictly by pre-booked timed entry only
Closed: Monday and Tuesday, except Bank Holiday Mondays
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