Southampton City Council

Arts and Heritage

www.southampton.gov.uk/s-leisure/artsheritage

SCC Arts and Heritage• Museums and Gallery

– Exhibitions – Learning and Outreach– Cultural Partnerships– Operations and Retail

• Collections:– Art– Archaeology – City Archives– Local and Maritime Collections

• Historic Sites• Archaeology Unit

Venues

• SeaCity Museum

• Southampton Art Gallery

• Tudor House and Garden

God’s House Tower (former Archaeology Museum) Wool House (formerly the Maritime Museum)

Westgate Hall (fomer Tudor Merchants Hall)

Historic Sites

Cultural Quarter

Guildhall Square

SeaCity Museum

Southampton’s New Arts Complex

Cultural Development TrustSHAPe

Collections

The Collection:• 800 interviews• photographs

Themes:• Maritime• World Wars• Local Communities

The Outcomes:• Exhibitions• Publications• Compilations• Plays

Oral History Archive

Activities• School visits• Guided tours• Education workshops• Holiday workshops• Lecture series• Art and craft• Study days

University of SouthamptonHumanities Social SciencesAstronomyEngineeringJohn Hansard GalleryNuffield TheatreWinchester School of ArtNational Oceanography Centre...

Southampton Solent UniversityGraphic DesignFilmPhotographyAnimationCreative WritingMaritime Studies...

University of Winchester

University of Chichester

Partnerships

Research using collections• Collaborative Doctorate

– Roger Machado; Medieval pottery

• Group projects– Titanic; slavery

• Funded projects– Brokage books; Los niños

• Site surveys of building• Undergraduate and Post-graduate dissertation

– Migration; race-relations; world wars; maritime

• Publications

Exchanges

University SCC

• Lecture series speakers

• Philosophy Café

• Study Days

• Joint Symposium

• Volunteering

• Technical expertise

SCC University

• Tours of museum

• Access to collections

• Curator lectures

• Training (archives, oral

history)

• Work placements

SeaCity Museum

Southampton: Gateway to the World

Southampton’s Titanic Story

University of Southampton

Southampton Solent University

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology

Maritime Coastguard Agency

Local researchers

Titanic historians

Memorabilia Collectors

Titanic: the Legend

Technical Expertise

• Scanning fragile documents

• Photography

• Filming

• 3-D virtual gallery

• Animation

• Graphic Design

Art Gallery Activities

Photo: www.astro.soton.ac.uk/~s.jones/

EU funded projects

Hamtun Street Mural

- Mosaic workshops- ‘Fourth Plinth’ suggestions- Oral history - Creative writing- Community mural - Showcase event – 16 March

Community Engagement Activities

Conclusion• Mutual benefits • Partnership funding• Exchange of expertise• Students gain from on-job experience• Student projects help museum

• Consultation between curators and academics• Better communication• Better co-ordination• Networking – within and outside institutions• Capacity issues

Southampton City Council

Arts and Heritage

www.seacitymuseum.co.uk

www.tudorhouseandgarden.com

www.facebook.com/SouthamptonCityArtGallery

padmini.broomfield@southampton.gov.uk