What makes a museum? MT17

Hannah
Fox

Silk
Mill
Project
Director
@hannahfox
@derbysilkmill
@derbymuseums

There
was
a
pic
of
me
as
a
17
year
old
which

I’ve
removed
because
it’s
a
bit
embarrassing,

the
hair,
the
face…
I
don’t
think
you
need
to

be
subjected
to
it
again.

“What
is
it
that

you
need?”

—
6
University
of
Derby…
(pic
of
Green
Lane)

It
changed

my
life.

—
Advocacy
Time
&
Skills
Engagement
&
Feedback
Resources

&
Knowledge
Fundraising
Co-‐produced

—
Human-‐centred
Define
Understand
Think
Imagine
Model

Prototype
Test
Evaluate
Produce
Share
Redefine Redefine
Design
with

Empathy Take
Action

—
Derby
Museums
2012-‐2015
Aims
• Establish
Derby
Museums
Trust
as
a
new,

independent
cultural
organisation.
• Instigate
a
plan
for
the
full
re-‐development

of
the
Silk
Mill
as
a
major
visitor
attraction.

• Begin
an
affordable
redevelopment
programme
for

Derby
Museum
and
Art
Gallery.
• Build
partnerships
to
support
the
establishment
of
an

international
Joseph
Wright
Institute.

• Ensure
community
engagement
is
embedded

in
all
aspect
of
Derby
Museums’
work.

Daniel
Defoe’s
‘A
Tour
thro’
the
Whole
Island
of
Great
Britain’
(1742)
records:
-‐
“This
engine
contains
26,586
Wheels,
and
96,746
Movements,
which

work
73,726
yards
of
Silk-‐thread,
every
time
the
Waterwheel
goes
round,

which
it
does
three
times
in
one
Minute.”
18th Century
Derby

20th Century
Derby
Image
credit
DeviantArt

21st Century
Derby
Image
credit
Rolls-‐Royce

• 1
in
3
people
living
in
an
area
regarded

as
top
20%
most
deprived
in
England.

• 24.6%
of
children
in
Derby
are
defined

as
living
in
poverty.
• 1
of
the
6
most
challenged
cities
in

England
for
social
mobility.
• Adult
population
have
poor
outcomes
when

compared
to
England
as
a
whole.

• 63%
of
business
have
found
it
difficult
to
recruit

staff
with
suitable
skills.

21st Century
Derby

—
Understand
• STEM
>
STEAM
• It’s
all
about
Making…
• We
need
to
expand
perspectives

of
what
a
museum
is
and
can
be.
• People
should
feel
entitled

to
participate.

—
Redefine
How
might
we
use
the

making
of
the
museum

as
an
opportunity
to

experiment,
involve

and
enrich?

—
Enable
and
encourage

co-‐production
for
mutual
benefit.
See
change
as
opportunity
to

experiment,
involve
and
enrich.
“Tell
me
and
I
forget,
teach

me
and
I
may
remember,

involve
me
and
I
learn.”
Benjamin
Franklin

www.bitly.com/remake5
Link
to
5
min
film
sharing
Re:Make project

—
How might we use the making of
the Museum of Making, to engage
people’s heads, hearts and hands -
empowering them to see
themselves as 21st century makers,
creators and innovators?
“Tell
me
and
I
forget,
teach
me
and
I
may
remember,

involve
me
and
I
learn.”
Benjamin
Franklin
Redefine

—
INSPIRED
BY
THE
MAKERS

OF
THE
PAST
Shaping
the
way
in
which

Derby
is
understood

and
appreciated.

MADE
BY
THE
MAKERS

OF
TODAY
Pursuing
mutual

relationships,

co-‐produced
&

human-‐centred
EMPOWERING
THE
MAKERS
OF

THE
FUTURE
Inspiring
people
to
see

themselves
as
makers,

creators
and
innovators.

Project
principles
STEAM POWERED
– Embedding
the
Arts
in
STEAM,
integral
to
21st century
citizens

2016-‐2017
Reimagining
Derby
Silk
Mill
as
the

Museum
of
Making

—
Artists
and
Makers
in
Residence

—
Art
of
Artefacts
+
Prototyping
the
Museum
How
might
we
group

our
artefacts?
How
might
we
tell

our
stories?
How
might
we
display

our

collection?
How
might
we
design

the
museum
spaces

using
the
collection?
How
might
we
create
a

variety
of
different
spaces

for
different
collections?
How
might
we
select

materials
for
building
the

museum
inside
and
out?
How
might
we
refine
the

design
of
spaces
by
creating

a
full
scale
prototype?

Concept
developed
with
artist-‐in-‐residence
Martin
Smith
http://www.smithautomata.co.uk/

Representing the soul of the city
STEAM POWERED
– Embedding
the
Arts
in
STEAM,
integral
to
21st century
citizens.

INSPIRED
BY
THE

MAKERS
OF
THE
PAST
MADE
BY
THE

MAKERS
OF
TODAY
EMPOWERING THE
MAKERS OF THE FUTURE

—
Notice
Nature,
Feel
Joy
How
might
we
co-‐produce
our

natural
history
collection
to

ignite
curiosity
and
the
desire

to
find
out
more
– engaging

people
emotionally
and

creatively
as
well
as
historically

and
scientifically?

@DMNature

—
Citizen
Shift
– New
Citizenship
project
Subject Consumer Citizen
Dependent Independent Interdependent
To For With
Religious Material
Spiritual
Duty Rights Purpose
Obey Demand Participate
Receive Choose Create
Command Serve Facilitate
Radio Television Internet
Bureaucracy Hierarchy Platform
Subjective Objective Deliberative

“The
best
moments
in
our
lives
are

not
the
passive,
receptive,
relaxing

times…
The
best
moments
usually

occur
if
a
person’s
body
or
mind
is

stretched
to
its
limits
in
a
voluntary

effort
to
accomplish
something

difficult
and
worthwhile.”
– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

What
makes
people
happy
?
Fairness
Helping

Others
Respect
AdaptabilityTrust
Meaning
Status
Richard
Layard,
Happiness
2005

Expert (n.)
early
15C.,

“Person
wise
through
experience”

Project
team
Restructure for
cross-discipline
working

“It’s
easier
if
I

just
do
it
myself”

• Ask
why?
• Design
with
empathy,
take
action.
• Experiment,
prototype.

• Look
beyond
your
frame
of
reference.

• Co-‐produce
for
mutual
benefit.

• Raise
your
hand
and
ask
for
help.
• See
change
as
constant.

Habits
of
mind

“[It
is]the
free
voluntary

associations
which
strengthen

civil
society
by
creating

Habits
of
the
Heart”
Alexis
de
Tocqueville
1835

Blue
Marble
– 1st photo
of
the
whole
round
Earth,

taken
from
Apollo
17,
1972.
Picture
credit:
NASA

“We
need
to
ask
whether
our
own

agendas
been
as
progressive
as
we

had
hoped.
We
need
the
courage
to

engage
more
deeply
and
more

meaningfully
with
communities
which

appeared
to
have
taken
a
step
back

from
us
– and
listen
to
them.”
Nat
Edwards

Thank
you
for
listening!
@hannahfox
@derbysilkmill
@derbymuseums
www.derbysilkmill.tumblr.com

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