Case Studies
MLA South East is building up a resource of case studies highlighting innovative work in museums, archives and libraries in the South East region.
Our aim is both to encourage the sharing of knowledge and good practice within the sector, and to demonstrate to those outside the sector what museums, archives and libraries can contribute to wider initiatives.
Case studies relating to Collections are listed below.
Visit our Publications section for a complete listing of case studies.
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- West Sussex Past Gateway
- 12 May 2008
West Sussex Past Gateway is a searchable web gateway for databases and information on the heritage of the county. Some fourteen partner organisations now form the West Sussex Heritage Consortium which has ownership of the website through its Project Management Group. - Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Archives, Collections, E-Society, Learning & Skills, Libraries, Museums
- Documentation Project to Help Meet the Accreditation Standard
- 15 August 2007
The project was funded by a Renaissance Museum Development Grant of £2000. This was used to employ a freelancer to work closely with, and train, volunteers to tackle the museum’s documentation backlog, to write a documentation manual for future accessions and to purchase conservation grade materials for use in the museum store. The freelancer wrote a training manual for the volunteers so the documentation work could continue after her role had ended, thus enabling the museum to continue in its application for Accreditation in 2008 and ensuring long term guardianship of the collections. - Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Collections, E-Society, Museums, Standards
- Hans Feibusch ‘The Heat of Vision’
- 25 July 2007
The Librarian at Pallant House Gallery was employed to research the collections looking at issues to do with disability and has produced an interim report documenting her research to date. The Gallery also developed a handling collection and picture descriptions based on the work of Hans Feibusch working with a local special school and visual impaired people from the local community. Both the research and resource were presented as an exhibition in the Education Studio at Pallant House Gallery. - Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Collections, Museums
- Sharing Skills Archives in Museums Project - Petersfield Museum
- 07 November 2006
- The Renaissance-funded Sharing Skills ‘Archives in Museums’ project was established to address an identified need within museums in the South East for professional help and training relating to their archive holdings. It brings together professional archivists and museum staff and volunteers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight through a programme of training, workshops and site visits.
- Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Archives, Collections, Museums, Renaissance, Standards, Workforce Development
- Sharing Skills Archives in Museums Project - Museum of Army Chaplaincy
- 07 November 2006
The Renaissance-funded Sharing Skills ‘Archives in Museums’ project was established to address an identified need within museums in the South East for professional help and training relating to their archive holdings. It brings together professional archivists and museum staff and volunteers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight through a programme of training, workshops and site visits. - Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Archives, Collections, Museums, Renaissance, Standards, Workforce Development
- Impact of Renaissance on Developing Museum Networks in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
- 06 October 2006
Renaissance has supported the establishment and support of many museum networks throughout the South East. This case study highlights the impact of these networks in the South East sub-region of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (HIOW). Three networks: the HIOW Museum Development Service (MDS) steering group, the Military Museum Network and the IOW Museum Forum are examined to see how they have made a difference to the sub-region as a whole and to the individual museums involved. - Operational Area: Access and Inclusion, Collections, Funding & Fundraising, Learning & Skills, Museums
- How Renaissance Has Enabled Museums to Work More Closely Together
- 06 October 2006
This case study demonstrates how the Hub structure has enabled museums to work together more closely and effectively. Oxford University Museums provides a good example because of the new and strengthened links and communications that have been made between the various museum sites, and the enhanced role that Education and Learning is playing in all these museums. The Oxford University Hub museums are Pitt Rivers, Natural History, Ashmolean and History of Science. - Operational Area: Collections, Learning & Skills, Museums
- Glass Negative Conservation Project
- 26 August 2005
- Conserving and storing materials for a collection of 679 half plate glass negatives.
- Operational Area: Collections, Museums
- Collections Care & Storage Project at Rustington Museum, West Sussex
- 26 August 2005
- Collections care project at the volunteer-run Rustington Museum.
- Operational Area: Collections, Museums
- Collections Care at Amberley Working Museum, West Sussex
- 26 August 2005
- Improving the environment, storage facilities and capacity and the documentation of museum objects in the main store.
- Operational Area: Collections, Museums
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