Experiential - Incorporating: audiovisual, graphic and object-based displays

Rangers FC Museum

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Designed for Rangers Football Club, this exciting new museum celebrates the story of Rangers from humble beginnings in 1872 to its growth as one of the world’s most successful football clubs. The Museum offers a dynamic, immersive experience, with visitor participation and interaction at its heart. The ability of the Museum to attract a wide audience, including day visitors, UK and international tourists, together with football fans was central to the interpretation strategy. The Museum also explores the Club’s wider […]

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National Galleries of Scotland

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What if Scotland’s art could talk… What would it say? Challenged by perceptions of being “stuffy” and “elitist”, the National Galleries of Scotland undertook insight research with a wide range of audiences to fully understand what they thought. Their fears of being “unapproachable” and “only for the educated” were confirmed. This highlighted a need to create a more welcoming and accessible brand which appeals to a wider range of people to truly reflect their new brand ethos ‘Making art work […]

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Faith Museum

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The Faith Museum is part of Auckland Castle, once home to the Prince Bishops of Durham; a place where the material and spiritual have combined since pre-Roman times.Leading visitors on a journey through history, the Museum tells the story of faith in Britain across six millennia kindling curiosity, raising universal questions about our place in the world and relate to one another.Four dynamic galleries explore key moments, people and ideas that have impacted Britain, through over 250 objects from 50 […]

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Ad Gefrin

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The Ad Gefrin Distillery and Visitor Experience located in Wooler is a new whisky distillery, museum and impressive experience of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria.The museum experience introduces visitors to the rich history of Ad Gefrin, which had almost become lost until its rediscovery in the 1950’s. To tell this fascinating story visitors begin by being welcomed into an immersive recreation of the Great Hall, with replica weaponry and the royal thrones. A large-scale projection including life size members of the court bring […]

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Iran: Wonders of Nature

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Iran has one of the oldest civilisations in the world. It is a country of rugged mountain ranges, vast deserts and lush meadows and forests. Iranians have long shaped this landscape and the landscape has long shaped their art. Nature is at the heart of its culture which has created a rich visual tradition from its earliest days. The University of St Andrews and The Sarikhani Collection combine an awe-inspiring suite of manuscripts, objects and ceramics spanning from 3,500 BC […]

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