The Game of Fashion: Textiles & Gaming

‘THE GAME OF FASHION’- TEXTILES &

GAMING

Audience and Collections.

WHY are museums changing?

WHO is the ‘new’

demographic?

WHAT can we do to attract

visitors?‘Ye olde worlde

museum.’

New Methods of Engagement with

Textile Collections

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

Blogging

Why not games?

Games as a method of

engagement.

Games are fun, interactive, exciting and engaging.

Games can be used for educational purposes.

Games can be played individually or by a group.

Why not use games to 'entice' young people to learn

more about collections?

Games can be used to create....

Interactive

game

tables

QR Code Games

Why not use games to 'engage'

audiences with textile collections?WHAT IMPACT ON SOCIETY DID

HE HAVE?

Pictures (C) Imperial War Museums, Palace de Versailles and Textile

Museum of Canada.

'The Pleasure Garden,' The Museum of London.

Detail of ‘Diana,

Goddess of the

Hunt,’ costume.

18th Century

costumes in

‘The Pleasure

Garden.’

Pictures © Culture24

blog & The Museum of

London blog.

The Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood,

London.

Images

© V&A

Museum

&

London

Mums

blog.

Air Raid Shelter ‘Experience,’ Stockport Museum

services, England.

Re-interpretation of textiles

with a ‘living history’ volunteer

in a WW2 nurse’s uniform.

‘Air Raid Experience,’

used games and

textiles to let visitors

encounter what a ‘real’

air raid experience

would have been in

WW2 (1939-1945.)

WW2 Artefacts used in

the ‘Air Raid Shelter

Experience.’

Pictures kindly provided by Stockport Museum services.

‘Lady of the Manor’ Game & Trail

Lady Edith Londonderry c

1910 – 1915.

Mount Stewart House & Gardens, 2013.

The ‘Animal’ garden at Mount

Stewart, c1920’s – 1950’s.Pictures © The National Trust UK & Ross Davidson 2013.

1. 2.

Mount Stewart, Main Hall. Phillip de Laszlo portrait of

Edith Londonderry.Edith’s Women’s Volunteer

reserve uniform ‘great coat.’Photo’s © National Trust & Rachel Sayers 2013.

3. 4.

Pictures © National Trust (UK) & Fashionera.com

4.

5.

Pictures © The National

Trust (UK) & The Belfast

Telegraph Archive.

6.

Pictures © Ross Davidson 2013 & The

National Trust (UK).

7.

Italian Garden © Rachel Sayers 2013, Picture of

Lady Mairi & Lady Edith © LIFE Magazine

archive.

8.

Pictures © Rachel Sayers, Ross

Davidson 2013 & The National

Trust Archive.

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