Summary of the Project

The focus of this project was to create a temporary, ‘pop up' museum at Trinity School, open to all pupils, staff and parents, curated by pupils and comprised of artefacts loaned by members of the school community. This was not a local history project; parents, staff and governors were encouraged to loan a very wide range of artefacts so as to highlight the ways in which the personal histories of people connected to the school have connected with major historical events, changes and processes across the UK and the globe.

Timescale

The focus of the project between September 2011 and Easter 2012 was training pupils in museum curation (undertaken in partnership with the Horniman Museum), soliciting artefacts from the school community, and undertaking curatorial work to interpret the artefacts and plan the way in which they would be displayed. All preparations were undertaken in the first half of the Summer Term, with the Museum opening for two and a half weeks in the second half of the Summer Term.