The Story of a Hero

Posted by Charlie Curnow in Exhibition Design on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 2:27 pm | No Comments

After many months of hard work by museum trustees and staff, not to mention the Imagemakers team and the many contractors involved, we are nearing completion of the redisplay of the Oates Collection. This fascinating exhibition tells the remarkable life story of Captain Lawrence Oates, who accompanied Captain Scott on the ill-fated Terra Nova mission to the south pole 100 years ago. Here are some photographs of work in progress. More details to follow, so please watch this...

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Tianshui Forest Information Centre and Trail, Gansu, China

Posted by Liz in Blog Posts, Design, Exhibition Design, Interpretation, Uncategorized on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 3:31 pm | No Comments

We are thrilled to announce that together with our partners ANDA, we have been appointed to design a new Forest Information Centre in China.  The centre willl educate children aged 6-16 years about the importance of forests in the ecosystem.  It is thought to be one of the first environmental education centres in China and a landmark project.  It is situated in Tianshui, a large city in Gansu, a province in North West China. Like many new projects in China, it is on a huge scale. The site and buildings are being developed from scratch, including...

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‘A brilliant tribute to all who are there…’

Posted by Charlie Curnow in Client feedback, Evaluation, Exhibition Design, Visitor feedback on Monday, July 11th, 2011 at 8:16 am | No Comments

Some great comments here from visitors who’ve enjoyed the Battlegroup Afghanistan exhibition. Also, a link to a video about the exhibition made by the tank Museum team. ‘No words to describe – fantastic.’ ‘Fab Tank Museum – very well laid out, good idea of life in Afghanistan.’ ‘Brilliant – no-one can know what it must be like in Afghanistan if one had not experienced it but this exhibition goes a long way to help us understand – thank you.’ ‘Very educational – just goes to show how very...

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A roaring success

Posted by Matthew Jones in Blog Posts, Design, Exhibition Design, Interactive, Interpretation, Photography, Planning, Uncategorized on Thursday, May 19th, 2011 at 2:53 pm | No Comments

Well done to all the team at Port Lympne! Yesterday I attended the opening ceremony for an exciting new visitor experience at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent. At the heart of the visitor experience is a new safari-style tour around the 600 acre site. For this people set off from ‘Basecamp’ on the backs of former army trucks. The trucks take you on an authentically bumpy track through the ‘African Experience’, where giraffe, water buffalo, gazelles, zebra (and a huge supporting cast of other beasts) roam freely across an enormous grassy escarpment with sweeping...

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When a plan comes together ….

Posted by Phil Songhurst in Blog Posts, Design, Exhibition Design, Heritage, Interpretation, Planning on Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 at 10:17 am | No Comments

As project managers we have to be ready to adapt our project programmes at any time – as situations and priorities change – it’s part of the job.  How nice it has been to work on a project that required little adjustment from start to finish. The De Witt Kilns project at Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre was officially opened by HRH Prince Michael of Kent a couple of weeks ago. A wonderful site, run by wonderful, passionate people, that is now proud to boast of a new visitor experience in the shape of the restored kiln block and supporting...

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