St. John's Museum Refurbishment Project |
February/ March- Displays and Panels
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After the extensive work, researching, writing text, finding images and chosing colour schemes, it was very exciting to see the final printed panels.
The illustrator Andy Hammond was commisioned to create cartoons of the main characters who have lived in the house throughout its long history.
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The two largest panels were installed on the large boards in the hall. One is about the people who have lived at St. John's and the other is about the building.
Below this panel can be seen the feely facade of St. John's mounted on its table. This also has the pieces of stone and tile and audio description unit to increase the sensory enjoyment of the building.
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Images of children at school were enlarged and mounted on the wall in the corridor. They are from the County Record Office and are of children from schools around Warwickshire.
The space left around the display case at the far end of the corridor was panelled in and cut to make the case look mounted into the wall.
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The objects for display were brought into the hall and set on tables.
Images of all the objects and a condition check and cleaning was also carried out before they went on display.
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The display cases use a system of metal brackets that slot into holes at the back of the case. These brackets have metal supports screwed on with plastic pads on top which will securly hold the glass shelves.
These all need to be fitted and positioned before the objects could be installed.
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Finally the objects can go in the cases. Once they are all in the lights can be positioned to best highlight the objects and text.
The light levels are also tested to check that the more fragile objects, such as those with textiles, are not going to get damaged.
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