Engaging Audiences in Areas of Low Cultural Provision : The Concept of the 'Pop-Up' Museum Experience

Abstract: This paper shares a new project at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, which focuses on making high quality Egyptological research accessible and relevant to diverse audiences, especially those in areas of social deprivation and low cultural provision. The ‘Pop-Up’ Egyptian Coffins project has been generously supported by the University of Cambridge Arts and Humanities Impact Fund, the Global Challenges Research Fund and ICOM UK – British Council. The project takes genuine artefacts (when possible), craft replicas, hands-on activities, digital experiences and, perhaps most importantly of all, active research staff into surprising and unexpected locations. Locally these have included supermarkets, pubs, shopping complexes, public thoroughfares and a community centre supporting local people in need and migrant communities. In Egypt the ‘Pop-Up’ has visited shops, a furniture factory, sporting facility and a public library. The aim is to promote social inclusivity, community participat.... https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/cipeg/article/view/83936

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Engaging Audiences in Areas of Low Cultural Provision ; number:4 ; day:20 ; month:10 ; year:2021 ; CIPEG journal ; Heft 4 (20.10.2021)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Pitkin, Melanie ; Strudwick, Helen ; Dawson, Julie ; Abed, Sara Hany

Further information

• DOI: 10.11588/cipeg.2020.4.83936
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023063013350118916613
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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