the game of fashion: textiles and gaming

‘THE GAME OF FASHION’- TEXTILES & GAMING

Audience and Collections.WHY are museums

changing?

WHO is the ‘new’ demographic?

WHAT can we do to attract visitors?

‘Ye olde worlde museum.’

New Methods of Engagement with Textile Collections

FacebookInstagramTwitterBloggingWhy not games?

Games as a method of engagement.

Games are fun, interactive, exciting and engaging.

Games can be used for educational purposes.

Games can be played individually or by a group.

Why not use games to 'entice' young people to learn more about collections?

Games can be used to create....

Nature

Trails

Interactive game tables

QR Code Games

Why not use games to 'engage' audiences with

textile collections?WHO WORE THAT

DRESS?

WHAT DO TEXTILES SAY ABOUT

AN ERA?

WHAT IMPACT ON SOCIETY DID HE HAVE?

WHO WERE THEY?

WHAT IS IT MADE OF?Pictures (C) Imperial War

Museums, Palace de Versailles and Textile Museum of Canada.

'The Pleasure Garden,' The Museum of London.

Detail of ‘Diana, Goddess of the Hunt,’ costume.

18th Century

costumes in ‘The

Pleasure Garden.’

Pictures © Culture24 blog & The Museum of London blog.

The Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood, London.

Images © V&A Museum & London Mums blog.

Air Raid Shelter ‘Experience,’ Stockport Museum services, England.

Re-interpretation of textiles with a ‘living history’ volunteer in a WW2 nurse’s uniform.

‘Air Raid Experience,’ used games and textiles to let visitors encounter what a ‘real’ air raid experience would have been in WW2 (1939-1945.)

WW2 Artefacts used in the ‘Air Raid

Shelter Experience.’

Pictures kindly provided by Stockport Museum services.

‘Lady of the Manor’ Game & Trail

Lady Edith Londonderry c 1910 –

1915.

Mount Stewart House & Gardens, 2013.

The ‘Animal’ garden at Mount Stewart, c1920’s –

1950’s.Pictures © The National Trust UK & Ross Davidson

2013.

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Mount Stewart, Main Hall. Phillip de Laszlo portrait of Edith Londonderry.

Edith’s Women’s Volunteer reserve

uniform ‘great coat.’Photo’s © National Trust & Rachel Sayers 2013.

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Pictures © National Trust (UK) & Fashionera.com

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Pictures © The National Trust (UK) & The Belfast Telegraph

Archive.

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Pictures © Ross Davidson 2013 & The National Trust (UK).

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Italian Garden © Rachel Sayers 2013, Picture of Lady Mairi & Lady Edith ©

LIFE Magazine archive.

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Pictures © Rachel Sayers, Ross Davidson 2013 & The

National Trust Archive.

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Website: themuseumstandard.co.uk

E-mail: rachelsayers87@hotmail.co.uk