Feel the Love – the visual presentation of large technology heritage

Creator: Alison Wain Date: 2013 Introduction: The ways in which producers of large technology heritage choose to present their objects from a visual and aesthetic point of view are highly varied, and they are influenced by factors including personal preference, philosophy, available skills and straight cost. Broadly though, they can be grouped into four distinct … Read more

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Durability in a Heritage Context

Creator: Adrian Stephan Date: 2013 Reference: Adrian Stephan, ‘Durability in a Heritage Context’, Big Stuff 2013 DOI Link: Stephan, Adrian. (2013). Durability in a Heritage Context. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4087241

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An Expensive Luxury? Conserving the JW Evans Silverware Factory

Creator: Bethan Stanley Date: 2013 Introduction: At first glance, JW Evans, Silverware Factory,appears to bean unprepossessing group of houses amongst other accommodation. However, behind these four Victorian terraced houses is a treasure trove of drop stamps, presses, furnaces, tools, archives and records from over 120 years of a manufacturing silverware factory. Located in Birmingham’s jewellery … Read more

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The Planning, Preparation, and Display of the Atlantis Orbiter

Creator: Joe Sembrat, Patty Miller & Mark Rabinowitz Date: 2013 Reference: Joe Sembrat, Patty Miller & Mark Rabinowitz, ‘The Planning, Preparation, and Display of the Atlantis Orbiter’, Big Stuff 2013 DOI Link: Sembrat, Joe, Miller, Patty, & Rabinowitz, Mark. (2013). The Planning, Preparation, and Display of the Atlantis Orbiter. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4087207

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Renewing the LeBreton Gallery at the Canadian War Museum

Creator: Jeff Noakes Date: 2013 Introduction: The Canadian War Museum (CWM) preserves and displays a sizeable collection of large military technology artifacts, including weapons and vehicles, in its LeBreton Gallery. This collection is publicly displayed so that visitors can better understand the military technology that Canadians have used, faced, and experienced in times of peace … Read more

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From Visible to Invisible: Overseeing the archaeological remains at Pointe-à-Callière, the Montréal Archaeology and History Complex

Creator: Louise Pothier Date: 2013 Introduction: Pointe-­‐à-­‐Callièreis a “site museum” built in 1992 over Montréal’s birthplace. It preserves and displays archaeological remains and collections dating from the 13thto 19thcenturies and bearing witness to the city’s growth and Montrealers’ lives. Reference: Louise Pothier, ‘From Visible to Invisible Overseeing the archaeological remains at Pointe-à-Callière, the Montréal Archaeology … Read more

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Hand Puttying 14,416 Panes of Glass

Creator: Diane Mitchell Date: 2013 Introduction: The Britannia Mine Museum is a National Historic Site that lies about 50 km north of Vancouver in British Columbia. The Museum is governed by the Britannia Beach Historical Society and operates as a tourist attraction which sees around 60,000 visitors and 10,000 students a year exploring the history … Read more

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Developing Sustainable Storage for Big Stuff

Creator: Marta Leskard Date: 2013 Abstract: The Science Museum has more than 95% of its large objects, from the science, technology, industry, communications, transport, space and medicine collections, in storage. Not all are robust, of single material construction; many are susceptible to environmental changes or are fragile; many are composed of materials which have different … Read more

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