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Exhibition Team & Contractors

Exhibition Design and Graphic Design - Ivor Heal Design

Cost Consultants - Rex Proctor & Partners

Lighting Design - Lux Lucis

Audio Visual - All of Us, Keepthinking Ltd, Staffordshire University

Exhibition Fitout - Edwin Dyson & Sons Ltd

AV Installation - Blackbox AV, Aldgate Technology

Graphics - Service Graphics

Mount Makers - Museum Workshop Ltd

Manual Interactives - AD Modelmaking, Do Philips, Modelscape, Paragon, Robert Farrow Workshops

Showcases -  Armour Systems Ltd

Basebuild Team & Contractors

Architects - Hulme Upright Manning

M&E Engineers - Foreman Roberts

Project Management - Bovis Lend Lease Ltd

Cost Consultants - Davis Langdon LLP

Base Build Contractor - Mansell Construction Services

Attracting over 100,000 visitors a year, the Wedgwood Museum, sited at the companies UK manufacturing headquarters at Barlaston, Stoke on Trent was largely supported by £5.867 million in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

In total, the Museum houses about 6,000 Wedgwood artefacts – some never seen by the public before – 75,000 original manuscripts detailing everything from international trade, social history, the anti-slavery campaign and the building of Britain’s canal system.

It shows everything from Josiah’s Wedgwood’s experimental trials which changed the face of the UK ceramics industry, keynote designs and products from throughout the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and even stunning original pictures by artists Joshua Reynolds and George Stubbs.

It also includes an education centre for short stay visitors, schools and academic scholars, a unique interactive ‘magic carpet’ ride allowing the visitor to ‘fly’ around Wedgwood’s original Etruria factory, now demolished, a reference library and specially built ‘bottle ovens’ and 18th century display areas.

Role:

Lead designer - from HLF Stage II to exhibition tender