Tredegar Museum

Proposal for Interpretation and re-display

• Important collection of artefacts• opportunity to develop a coherent and

thematic storyline • social and industrial heritage of the town of

Tredegar • many of these innovations are of National

importance.

• Blaenau Gwent’s Access to Heritage Project could help develop a coherent interpretation plan for a ‘modern’ redisplay of the gallery

• Wall displays provide historic context for the museum’s artefacts which “tell the story” of the town and its people

• chronological, circular journey - professionally designed and printed wall displays

• complemented by new cases in the centre of the space housing displays of relevant artefacts

• tell the story of the area from the ‘pre-industrial’ era to the modern day

• focus upon social history of the town and the people who lived and worked in Tredegar over the last 3 centuries

• people focussed approach

• The key issue will be funding• apply for a substantial award of money

through the landfill tax fund • match funding required as the award is not

100% • grants from other sources be used as ‘match

funding’ to unlock the 90% available through the landfill tax scheme

• demonstrate that the project has community backing

• necessary to consult with the public and local organisations

• meetings, workshops or ‘drop-in’ consultations

• co-operation with the museum ‘body’ of volunteers

• distinct ‘phases’ / convenient cut-off points in the history of the town, which reflect economic and social changes.

• Themes will need to be discussed and agreed• a starting point for discussion

1. Geological History

2. ‘Pre-industrial’ background

3. Early phase of the Industrial Revolution to 1817

4. Industrial expansion, 1818 to 1853

5. Workers’ struggles, 1816 to 1853

6. King Coal, 1854 to 1913

7. Civic and cultural life, 1854 to 1913

8. Tredegar Medical Aid Society

9. Mam

10. War and conflict, 1914 to 1945

11. Post-war Tredegar, 1946 – present day

Geological History

Geological History

‘Pre-industrial’ background – pre-1778

Early phase of the Industrial Revolution: 1778 to 1817

Industrial expansion 1818 to 1853

Industrial expansion 1818 to 1853

Workers’ struggles 1816 to 1853

Workers’ struggles 1816 to 1853

King Coal 1854 to 1913

King Coal 1854 to 1913

King Coal 1854 to 1913

Civic and cultural life 1854 to 1913

Civic and cultural life 1854 to 1913

Tredegar Medical Aid Society

Mam

War and conflict 1914 to 1945

Post-war Tredegar 1946 - present