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‘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
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.
