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Southampton City Council Arts and Heritage www.southampton.gov.uk/s-leisure/artsheritage. SCC Arts and Heritage. Museums and Gallery Exhibitions Learning and Outreach Cultural Partnerships Operations and Retail Collections: Art Archaeology City Archives
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Southampton City Council Arts and Heritage www.southampton.gov.uk/s-leisure/artsheritage
SCC Arts and Heritage • Museums and Gallery • Exhibitions • Learning and Outreach • Cultural Partnerships • Operations and Retail • Collections: • Art • Archaeology • City Archives • Local and Maritime Collections • Historic Sites • Archaeology Unit
Venues • SeaCity Museum • Southampton Art Gallery • Tudor House and Garden
Wool House (formerly the Maritime Museum) God’s House Tower (former Archaeology Museum) Historic Sites Westgate Hall (fomer Tudor Merchants Hall)
Cultural Quarter Guildhall Square SeaCity Museum Southampton’s New Arts Complex Cultural Development Trust SHAPe
Oral History Archive • The Collection: • 800 interviews • photographs • Themes: • Maritime • World Wars • Local Communities • The Outcomes: • Exhibitions • Publications • Compilations • Plays
Activities • School visits • Guided tours • Education workshops • Holiday workshops • Lecture series • Art and craft • Study days
University of Southampton • Humanities • Social Sciences • Astronomy • Engineering • John Hansard Gallery • Nuffield Theatre • Winchester School of Art • National Oceanography Centre • ... Partnerships Southampton Solent University Graphic Design Film Photography Animation Creative Writing Maritime Studies ... University of Winchester University of Chichester
Research using collections • Collaborative Doctorate • Roger Machado; Medieval pottery • Group projects • Titanic; slavery • Funded projects • Brokage books; Los niños • Site surveys of building • Undergraduate and Post-graduate dissertation • Migration; race-relations; world wars; maritime • Publications
Exchanges • SCC University • Tours of museum • Access to collections • Curator lectures • Training (archives, oral history) • Work placements University SCC • Lecture series speakers • Philosophy Café • Study Days • Joint Symposium • Volunteering • Technical expertise
SeaCity Museum Southampton: Gateway to the World
University of Southampton Southampton Solent University National Oceanography Centre Southampton Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology Maritime Coastguard Agency Local researchers Titanic historians Memorabilia Collectors Titanic: the Legend
Technical Expertise • Scanning fragile documents • Photography • Filming • 3-D virtual gallery • Animation • Graphic Design
Photo: www.astro.soton.ac.uk/~s.jones/ Art Gallery Activities
Community Engagement Activities • Mosaic workshops • ‘Fourth Plinth’ suggestions • Oral history • Creative writing • Community mural • Showcase event – 16 March
Conclusion • Mutual benefits • Partnership funding • Exchange of expertise • Students gain from on-job experience • Student projects help museum • Consultation between curators and academics • Better communication • Better co-ordination • Networking – within and outside institutions • Capacity issues
Southampton City Council Arts and Heritage www.seacitymuseum.co.uk www.tudorhouseandgarden.com www.facebook.com/SouthamptonCityArtGallery padmini.broomfield@southampton.gov.uk