Penine Lancashire Consortium

We were asked by the client to create a new welcome display in each of the 7 Pennine Lancashire museums and historic houses, including Gawthorpe Hall, Townley Hall, Queen Street Mill, Rossendale Museum, Blackburn Museum, Helmshore Mills, and Howarth Art Gallery.

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Each of these welcome moments had to respond to its own collection, space and local story whilst also sharing a look, brand and shared vision that is playful and oriented towards families with children. We used a mix of media: illustrations; a dolls-house version of the museum that children could explore; light boxes; stage flats; a modern tapestry; and a modern cabinet of curiosities.

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The new displays have been very popular and have increased visitor numbers substantially. The shared storyline ‘Money made, money spent’  also appeared on the sides of local buses.

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Illustrations by Isabel Greenberg and Alice Pattullo. Models built by The Model Room.