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Nick Merriman
The Manchester Museum
University of Manchester
A New Paradigm for Collecting?
Local & global dimensionProcess would be as important as
outcome: it’s about relationshipsRelationships can be virtual as well as
face-to-faceCollecting would be as much about
digital as about objectsCollecting becomes qualitative rather
than quantitative – the relational museum
What might collecting look like?
Promoting understanding between cultures
Working towards a sustainable world
The Manchester Museum: Objectives
Collective Conversations
Living Worlds Gallery
Trees: forestation and deforestation; climate change; cultural meanings
Water: Peak District & Egypt; water management; cultural associations; biodiversity
Cotton: Manchester and Turkey; cultivation; manufacture; meanings; distribution; consumption
Migration: plants and animals; movement of people and species
Potential collecting themes