As part of my internship at Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service I have been working with the Community History Team to create a temporary exhibition case at Hollytrees Museum.
This case has the topical theme of Royal Celebrations to tie in with the upcoming Royal Wedding. It features nylon knickers, coronation ale, mugs and of course tea towels. It also shows how Royal events were celebrated in the past in Colchester through street parties and decorations, coronation teas and a full day of programmed events. The case shows that Royal events have been a big part of our lives and have been commemorated in a number of ways. It also perhaps, hints at the decline in the interest and respect for the Royal Family. Objects show that a hundred years ago Royal events such as a coronation or a wedding would have led to a day full of events. Whereas our most modern object is a (some might say distasteful) caricuture teatowel of Prince William and Kate.
I thoroughly enjoyed curating this case. Although I had been involved in exhibitions before this was the first time I had been involved throughout the process from researching, choosing objects, writing labels and installing the case. What I learnt most from this experience was to plan where labels are going! This was something that I hadn't really considered when planning the case and they ended up taking a lot of room even though my word count wasn't really that high!
What do you think of the case? Are you or is your museum doing anything for the Royal Wedding? What was your first exhibition that you curated?
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