Spotlight on Stores Move

ARCHIVED EXHIBITION

26 July - April 2023
Spotlight Gallery, Ground Floor

Spotlight on Stores Move: the exhibition

The members of the Stores Move team have chosen the objects in these cases to represent the different ways in which they interact with and care for the collections. Although our engagements with objects are structured by the requirement of a highly ambitious project, they are also intensely individual.

The team have different specialisms and passions but are united by the desire to give these collections the visibility and care that they deserve. We hope that these objects will be the first of many to be exhibited, explored and enjoyed as a result of our work.

The MAA Stores Move Project

The Stores Move project (2020-2025) aims to move over 250,000 objects from the current off-site stores to the new Centre for Material Culture. Here, they will be safely housed in the historic Cambridge Nuclear Bunker.

Operating to tight timescales, the Stores Move team update catalogue descriptions and other documentation, restore mistaken identities, photograph each object, and pack them all safely for transport. If we can pull it off, hundreds of thousands of objects will be both physically and digitally accessible, many of them for the first time.

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Explore the objects

annie.png	A Maker's Name Chosen by Annie Tomkins
emily.png	Come in for a Closer Look... Chosen by Emily Shorter
sam_2.png	88 Body Stamps in 480 Minutes Chosen by Sam Daisley
lily.png	There's a Hole in my Bucket Chosen by Lily Stancliffe
jane.png	Setting sail to a new store Chosen by Jane Pettitt
louise.png	Death-defying Chickpeas Chosen by Louise Puckett
eleanor.png	Pitch Perfect Chosen by Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
veronika.png	No time to waste Chosen by Veronika Lorenser
lizzy.png	A ball of curiosity Chosen by Lizzy Peneycad
katrina.png	Tail of two halves Chosen by Katrina Dring
lucie.png	Scarred gourd Chosen by Lucie Carreau
imogen.png	Pay No Attention to This Label Chosen by Imogen Gunn
ayesha.png	Where you go, I go Chosen by Ayesha Fuentes
milenko_2.png	A piece of home in Cambridge Chosen by Milenko Noguera-Basic
mark.png	Misplaced Identities Chosen by Mark Elliott
team.png	Get my Good Side Chosen by the Stores Move Team

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