Hello,

I’m trying to scope some examples from museums of the amount of on-site storage/preparation area available to support a temporary exhibition programme.

We’re in the planning stage of a major redevelopment which will include a large amount of changing temporary displays and I’d like some case studies of how much space other museums have on site behind the scenes (for storing kit when it’s not being used/preparing objects for display etc) and how effective it is.

If you’ve been through a redevelopment which includes some changing exhibition space and storage for exhibition preparation/kit, I’d be really interested to hear from you. An idea of the rough sizes of the rooms (big, small, tiny) as well as what sorts of things you store would be really useful. What works well? What do you wish you had more space for?

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Many thanks in advance,

Catherine

Catherine Newley

Curator of Collections (Post Medieval to Contemporary)

Museum of St Albans | Hatfield Road | St Albans | AL1 3RR
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