Precious Cargo
Young people and communities are taking centre stage creating exciting new exhibitions, events and activities in Yorkshire's museums for the Cultural Olympiad, a four year programme culminating during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Exhibitions themed as Precious Cargo will reveal the region's World Collections in new and creative ways. How have objects, ideas and customs found their way across the world and become 'precious' items of Yorkshire heritage in the process? What are the things that are precious for Yorkshire people? What stories do they tell?
Between now and 2012 a partnership of museums in the region led by Renaissance Yorkshire will invite individuals, groups and especially young people to work together to explore these questions. Contributors will select objects from collections, share their own precious things and design exhibitions around them. They will create new public events, art and performances. Together they will tell their own, historical and imagined stories about the journeys connecting Yorkshire and the world, the people and their shared heritage.
Precious Cargo is a big contributor to the Cultural Olympiad major project Stories of the World which involves more than 50 museums and libraries across the country. Together we can ensure that London 2012 is remembered for a once-in-a-generation legacy of creativity, culture and heritage told through the treasured items and voices of Yorkshire's communities and young people.
Precious Cargo is a £1.4m project that brings together seven core museum partners in Barnsley, Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Scarborough, Sheffield and York, other regional museums as local delivery partners, plus their communities and young people.
Stories of the World: Led by MLA, fourteen regional partners and more than fifty museums, libraries and archives. Imaginative exhibitions designed to appeal to new audiences everywhere. Themes include fashion, seasons, faith, sex and immigration – all portrayed and described in original ways and with huge input from young people.
To find out more about how you can get involved in Precious Cargo email: rebecca.lee@museums-sheffield.org.uk
Local Government Improvement Evidence Toolkit
Renaissance Yorkshire is delighted to announce the publication of its 'Local Government Improvement Evidence Toolkit', produced in partnership with the Yorkshire Museum Directors Conference and authored by DC Research.
Robust and verifiable evidence supports the fact that museums directly and indirectly contribute towards the following local government improvement priorities:
- Children and Young People
- Stronger and Safer Communities
- Economy
This report is designed to be used by Museum Directors and Heads of Service to demonstrate the potential impact of their services against local government improvement objectives. Renaissance Yorkshire believes that this work has the potential to support the sector in managing the downturn in public expenditure.
Click here to read the report.