Case Studies

Whether you are looking for examples of good practice or new ideas, we hope our ever-growing bank of case studies will inspire you. They include practical tips on organising, touring and hosting exhibitions, as well as new models for developing and funding exhibitions.

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Artist Rooms programme: Collaborative touring exhibition
Collaborations and Partnerships

Exhibition: Artist Rooms programme Author: Phoebe Roberts, Acquisitions and Programme Assistant, ARTIST ROOMS, Tate www.artfund.org/what-to-see artist-rooms In 2008 Anthony d’Offay gave his outstanding collection of post-war and contemporary art jointly to the National Galleries of…

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery: Collaborative touring exhibition
Collaborations and Partnerships

Exhibition: Roman Empire: Power & People Venue: Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Author: Gail Boyle, Senior Curator of Archaeology, Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives www.bristolmuseums.org.uk   This visually stunning exhibition was designed and delivered by Bristol Museum…

British Museum: Collaborative touring exhibition
Collaborations and Partnerships

Exhibition: The Mold Gold Cape Venue: British Museum Author: Maria Bojanowska, Head of National Programmes, British Museum www.britishmuseum.org   This summer saw one of the British Museum’s (BM) prize objects make a short tour of Wales, stopping…

Centring community voices through exhibition collaborations – Reframing Picton, National Museum Cardiff, Amgueddfa Cymru
Collaborations and Partnerships
Community Engagement
EDI

O’Molemo Thamae was a member of the Sub Sahara Advisory Panel that collaborated with Amgueddfa Cymru to develop the ‘Reframing Picton‘ exhibition at the National Museum Cardiff.  In this case study he…

Centring community voices through exhibition collaborations – Unicorn exhibition, Perth Museum
Collaborations and Partnerships
Community Engagement
EDI

In this case study presentation, Ashleigh Hibbins speaks about ‘Unicorn‘, the debut exhibition at Perth Museum. The exhibition explores the story of the unicorn’s enduring presence throughout history and its role as…

Crafts Council and Forty Hall, Enfield: Collaborative touring exhibition
Collaborations and Partnerships

Exhibition: Bud to Bloom Venue: Crafts Council and Forty Hall, Enfield Programme Manager at Forty reported that she had Author: Nicola Farrington, Touring Exhibitions and Loans Manager www.craftscouncil.org.uk www.fortyhallestate.co.uk   The Crafts Council often produces exhibitions in…

Craftspace: Made in the Middle Collaboration
Collaborations and Partnerships

About Craftspace Craftspace is a charity creating opportunities to see, make and be curious about exceptional contemporary craft. Based in Birmingham we work collaboratively regionally, nationally and internationally. For over thirty years we have…

Epping Forest District Museum: Collaborative touring exhibition
Collaborations and Partnerships

Exhibition: Design Icons: Through the 1960s, 70s and 80s Venue: Epping Forest District Museum Author: Vanessa Meade, Touring Exhibitions Officer, Epping Forest District and Lowewood Museums www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/museum Epping Forest District Museum is currently producing a series…

Hybrid Futures: collective ways of working, sustainable practices, and climate change
Collaborations and Partnerships
Community Engagement
Sustainability

Hybrid Futures is a multi-part collaboration focusing on climate, sustainability, collaborative learning and co-production. From 2022 to 2024 Castlefield Gallery Manchester, Grundy Art Gallery Blackpool, Touchstones Rochdale, University of Salford Art Collection and…

National Museums Scotland: Collaborative touring exhibition
Collaborations and Partnerships

Exhibition: Next of Kin Venue: National Museums Scotland Author: Jo Sohn-Rethel, Next of Kin Project Coordinator, National Museums Scotland www.nms.ac.uk/connections/our-national-work/next-of-kin/ The Next of Kin project is a partnership between National Museums Scotland (NMS) and local museums…

Partnership Working: Journey to Justice and National Museums Liverpool
Collaborations and Partnerships

Why the International Slavery Museum (ISM) and Journey to Justice (JtoJ) ISM highlights the international importance of enslavement and slavery, both in a historic and modern context. Working in partnership with other organisations…

Resonance – Reflections on the Great War Through Artworks Inspired by Staffordshire Collections
Collaborations and Partnerships

‘Resonance’ toured seven Staffordshire museums during 2015 and 2016 as part of the county’s commemorations for the Great War centenary. Organised by Staffordshire Museum Service on behalf of the Staffordshire Museums Strategic…

Scarborough Museums Trust: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!
Collaborations and Partnerships

Scarborough Museums Trust Scarborough Museums Trust manages two key venues, the Rotunda Museum (predominantly focussing on geology), and Scarborough Art Gallery. The first floor of the Art Gallery is used as a temporary…

Short Circuit
Collaborations and Partnerships

Short Circuit is an ambitious international touring group show devised by British Independent Curator, Aly Grimes, and consists of nine new media artists and collectives in an attempt to re-assess the archetypal…

Small Stories from Seven Stories – The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Collaborations and Partnerships

Exhibition Background As custodians of Judith Kerr’s archive we continually receive a large number of requests for loans of Judith’s artwork. Having been exhibited twice at Seven Stories and toured the UK for…

Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Princes Tour of India 1875-76, a Royal Touring Exhibition.
Collaborations and Partnerships

Introduction Sonja Kielty gives an example of successful partnership working between Bradford Museums and Galleries, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester and the Royal Collection Trust, in a recent exhibition of Prince…

The Civic, Barnsley, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, The Point, Doncaster: Collaborative touring exhibition
Collaborations and Partnerships

Venue: The Civic, Barnsley, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, The Point, Doncaster Author: David Sinclair, Exhibitions Curator www.barnsleycivic.co.uk Involvement in the Showstoppers project has been an invaluable learning curve professionally and personally. At the…

THE HERDS: Climate action in practice at museums and galleries across the UK
Collaborations and Partnerships
Community Engagement
Learning and Participation
Sustainability

THE HERDS is a public art and climate action on an unprecedented scale. Herds of life-size puppet animals created in renewable and recyclable materials are journeying 12,000 miles through Africa and Europe,…

The National Gallery, London: Art on Your Doorstep
Collaborations and Partnerships
Funding
Grants & Sponsorship
Touring on a Small Budget

Topic: An outdoor exhibition using facsimiles to engage audiences outside of the gallery Organisation: The National Gallery, London Exhibition: Art On Your Doorstep, across the UK from 2025 onwards Tour venues: Bethesda Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent City…

The National Gallery, London: National Treasures
Collaborations and Partnerships
Touring an Exhibition

Topic: Collaboration and Partnership Exhibitions Organisation: National Gallery, London Exhibition: National Treasures, 10 May 2024- 10 September 2024 at the National Gallery, London Tour venues: Ashmolean Museum (Oxford), Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol Museum…

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