MY MUSEOLOGY

In my eagerness to start this blog I realise that the first posts (of images taken at Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle) might seem just to hang aimlessly in the blogosphere.  Admittedly, this is part of my project: to allow the images and posts to form whatever story anyone choosing to view them makes.  However, as I'd like not to exclude anyone from the museums, galleries, archives, museology, and curatorship debate, I hope that this entry makes sense of what I've done so far, and of how at this early stage I see the blog developing. There is a folder of images that I'm working with at the moment to include in a post about curatorial space.  This will also refer to earlier posts to start a discussion about the various methods used to display the Bowes' collections from which I'll be able to speculate about how space affects visitor reception and interaction with the museum.  Of course this isn't a new debate, but it is one of the most important that the curator f...

I've realised that my 'Surface and storage' post isn't interactive (I'm getting to grips with creating slideshows), so in the meantime, have a look at these clocks.

A selection of tables and storage furniture from the Bowes collection.

Some of the male subjects.  Ditto.

Just a few of the portraits at Bowes featuring female subjects. The same applies for the photography as stated in the previous post.

These are posted in my order of personal aesthetic preference.  Please forgive the rudimentary camera skills, including those times when I failed to handle the reflection of the display cases.

The blog begins.  Over the coming days I'll be posting entries containing photographs and some extraneous blurb about what took my fancy at the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle when I visited for the first time last Sunday with my family.  Although I'm from north-east England I hadn't had the privilege of seeing the collection before, and I think it makes a fitting first post.  The museum's collection is a wonderful mixture of pieces from all places and all times. Rather than pulling together the best of what the internet has to offer concerning the history of Bowes, I'd rather let the posts relating to the museum tell a story.  As a final note at this point, please note that I don't stand to profit from any of the content I post on this blog; it's more of an experimental diary for my own and others' enjoyment.  If the situation changes in future, I'll let you know.