Milton Keynes Museum 2018: the story so far
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The document outlines a partnership project between a museum and MK Council focused on emphasizing the value of heritage in sustainable development. It details plans to create new galleries at the Milton Keynes Museum, which aims to showcase significant local archaeological finds and community stories, while emphasizing the museum's independence and volunteer contributions. The construction is set to begin in 2016, aiming for completion by 2018, with a goal of creating the best museum in the country.
Milton Keynes Museum 2018: the story so far
- 2. The Project: A working partnership between the Museum and MK Council
- 3. The Value of Heritage Can Heritage really contribute to sustainable development? For me the better question is: Can sustainable growth really exist without heritage playing a part? Introduction to “Heritage Counts” 2014 English Heritage
- 4. Tourism, Sense of Place Relevance Identity Education Social cohesion Personal Development Quality of life Employment
- 5. Visiting heritage is worth £1,646 per person per year. Heritage Counts 2014
- 6. Milton Keynes has had more archaeological excavation than any similar area in the UK
- 7. The finds are significant but where are they? We want to bring them home to MK
- 8. There are many stories to tell in the first of the new galleries: ancient MK Discovered on or close to the site of Milton Keynes Museum: The UK’s largest Bronze Age roundhouse The Roman villa at Bancroft
- 9. Milton Keynes has some fantastic stories to tell but who knows about them? Civil War, Elizabeth Woodville ‘The White Queen’, The Princes in the Tower, and Dr John Radcliffe: just a few examples of Milton Keynes making history
- 10. One of the new galleries will tell the stories of New Milton Keynes
- 11. Some of the team responsible for designing and building ‘the new city’
- 12. The stories of the “New City” – its development and its people are equally important.
- 15. Our site: Stacey Hill Farm
- 17. Views of the Museum’s galleries today
- 18. Hands-on fun & discovery for all ages
- 19. Milton Keynes Museum 2014 The biggest museum in the Country run almost entirely by volunteers; Contributing hours/year totalling almost £¼ million.
- 20. Milton Keynes Museum 2014 •An Independent museum; •Run for the community; •Sustainable – not a drain on the public purse; •Expected to attract 30,000 visitors this year;
- 21. Current layout
- 22. Plan of the Museum Site Car Park (present) Reception (present) Street of Shops Farmhouse Transport Telephones Agriculture Storage Tea Rooms & Cottage Site of New Galleries Site of old car park to be restored Wolverton
- 23. The Programme • Approval from HLF Before February 2016 • Build Start Spring 2016 • Build Complete Winter 2017/8 • Open to Visitors 1st April 2018
- 24. The Team • Design and Build Team Wates Rob Warne • Architects Nicholas Hare John Leonard
- 25. The Team • Design and Build Team Wates Rob Warne
- 26. Architect Nicholas Hare John Leonard
- 27. The Team • Exhibition Design Mather & Co • Chris Mather
- 30. What do we want? To produce the best Museum in the Country: • Every artefact; every display; every sentence, every illustration; every sound; every change of lighting; every interactive must be excellent. • We want you to help make sure that the display telling your story is the very best that it could be.
- 31. We have one simple aim
- 32. To build the best Museum in the country