Circulation not Curation

Kevin Bacon, Digital Development Officer@fauxtoegrafik

Remembering the Royal Pavilion’s WW1 Indian hospital

@BrightonMuseums

Royal Pavilion

The Story

Royal Pavilion Gallery

War Stories: Voices of the First World War

WW1 Royal Pavilion Audio Tour

Tales of the Pavilion Hospital

War Stories Open Day

Dr Blighty

• A story can be an asset as much as our collections and buildings

• Transmedia approach to heritage

• Transition from ‘hidden history’ to competing narratives

• ‘Curation’ increasingly irrelevant. Circulation system of ideas, stories and digital assets

Observations

• Communities of identity – but what identities?

• Politics – as a local government museum do we always have to steer between competing narratives?

• Does it matter if we do not have a single authoritative version of the story?

Challenges

kevin.bacon@brighton-hove.gov.uk

@fauxtoegrafik

brightonmuseums.org.uk

Thank you!