the game of fashion: textiles & gaming
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How to 're-interpret' textile collections in museums and heritage site in the digital age using games.TRANSCRIPT
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‘THE GAME OF FASHION’- TEXTILES &
GAMING
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Audience and Collections.
WHY are museums changing?
WHO is the ‘new’
demographic?
WHAT can we do to attract
visitors?‘Ye olde worlde
museum.’
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New Methods of Engagement with
Textile Collections
Blogging
Why not games?
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Games as a method of
engagement.
Games are fun, interactive, exciting and engaging.
Games can be used for educational purposes.
Games can be played individually or by a group.
Why not use games to 'entice' young people to learn
more about collections?
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Games can be used to create....
Interactive
game
tables
QR Code Games
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Why not use games to 'engage'
audiences with textile collections?WHAT IMPACT ON SOCIETY DID
HE HAVE?
Pictures (C) Imperial War Museums, Palace de Versailles and Textile
Museum of Canada.
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'The Pleasure Garden,' The Museum of London.
Detail of ‘Diana,
Goddess of the
Hunt,’ costume.
18th Century
costumes in
‘The Pleasure
Garden.’
Pictures © Culture24
blog & The Museum of
London blog.
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The Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood,
London.
Images
© V&A
Museum
&
London
Mums
blog.
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Air Raid Shelter ‘Experience,’ Stockport Museum
services, England.
Re-interpretation of textiles
with a ‘living history’ volunteer
in a WW2 nurse’s uniform.
‘Air Raid Experience,’
used games and
textiles to let visitors
encounter what a ‘real’
air raid experience
would have been in
WW2 (1939-1945.)
WW2 Artefacts used in
the ‘Air Raid Shelter
Experience.’
Pictures kindly provided by Stockport Museum services.
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‘Lady of the Manor’ Game & Trail
Lady Edith Londonderry c
1910 – 1915.
Mount Stewart House & Gardens, 2013.
The ‘Animal’ garden at Mount
Stewart, c1920’s – 1950’s.Pictures © The National Trust UK & Ross Davidson 2013.
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Mount Stewart, Main Hall. Phillip de Laszlo portrait of
Edith Londonderry.Edith’s Women’s Volunteer
reserve uniform ‘great coat.’Photo’s © National Trust & Rachel Sayers 2013.
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Pictures © National Trust (UK) & Fashionera.com
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5.
Pictures © The National
Trust (UK) & The Belfast
Telegraph Archive.
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Pictures © Ross Davidson 2013 & The
National Trust (UK).
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Italian Garden © Rachel Sayers 2013, Picture of
Lady Mairi & Lady Edith © LIFE Magazine
archive.
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Pictures © Rachel Sayers, Ross
Davidson 2013 & The National
Trust Archive.