After the best part of two years in the planning and production it’s a bit overwhelming to think that we are now just 10 days away from opening ‘Roman Empire: Power & People”. All the crates have arrived from the British Museum and staff are beavering away installing objects in cases. The large carved stone pieces are quite breath-taking – even better than I imagined and certainly worth the effort required to move them into position. The finished exhibition has always been firmly in my mind’s eye and now it’s slowly starting to materialise.
Our designers have helped us to create a visual feast of light, texture and colour against which to display an amazing collection of objects. Many people have asked me what it is like to work on an exhibition and I’ve got to say that in all honesty it’s a bit like giving birth! At the concept stage we imagine what the exhibition might look like, each team member then contributes something of themselves to achieve the final product, and as the weeks go by we all hold our breath for the moment we put the final touches in place. Will it look like it we imagined? Will it deliver our messages? Will our visitors love it as much as we do? We always hope so!!
My mother-in-law has often said that you must remember you never get to keep your children you only get to borrow them. Roman Empire: Power & People has allowed us to work creatively with objects loaned to us by the British Museum. We only get to ‘keep’ them for 16 weeks and then they will be off to other venues. The exhibition we have developed here will evolve as it tours the country over the next two years. The staff at each museum it visits will add something of themselves to the show as well as objects from their own collections. They will no doubt feel the same sense of anticipation as I do now and we will feel just a bit of parental pride.
Gail Boyle, Curator of Archaeology, Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Our designers have helped us to create a visual feast of light, texture and colour against which to display an amazing collection of objects. Many people have asked me what it is like to work on an exhibition and I’ve got to say that in all honesty it’s a bit like giving birth! At the concept stage we imagine what the exhibition might look like, each team member then contributes something of themselves to achieve the final product, and as the weeks go by we all hold our breath for the moment we put the final touches in place. Will it look like it we imagined? Will it deliver our messages? Will our visitors love it as much as we do? We always hope so!!
My mother-in-law has often said that you must remember you never get to keep your children you only get to borrow them. Roman Empire: Power & People has allowed us to work creatively with objects loaned to us by the British Museum. We only get to ‘keep’ them for 16 weeks and then they will be off to other venues. The exhibition we have developed here will evolve as it tours the country over the next two years. The staff at each museum it visits will add something of themselves to the show as well as objects from their own collections. They will no doubt feel the same sense of anticipation as I do now and we will feel just a bit of parental pride.
Gail Boyle, Curator of Archaeology, Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
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