Titus is revealed

Titus: T rex is King opens to the public today at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham. Creative Good was engaged as exhibition designer in March 2020, working alongside client and consultant teams to help deliver this five-month temporary exhibition.

Titus is the first real Tyrannosaurus rex to be exhibited in England for more than a century.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jul/03/real-t-rex-goes-on-show-in-england-for-first-time-in-over-a-century

Northampton Museum & Art Gallery reopening date announced

Exciting news! Northampton Museum & Art Gallery has announced a reopening date of 10th July 2021. Creative Good has been working on the exhibition design & fit-out elements of this major refurbishment project since 2016. We are delighted to see it coming to fruition.

https://www.northamptonmuseums.com/info/26/abington-oak-room/199/museums-opening-soon

Bringing Titus T. rex to the UK

Titus: T. rex is King is an extraordinary exhibition, showcasing the first real Tyrannosaurus rex to be displayed in England for over a century. Opening at Wollaton Hall Natural History Museum in July 2021, this is an epic, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to come face to face with a real T. rex up-close and personal in the UK. 

Creative Good is extremely proud to have been appointed as exhibition designer by Nottingham City Council.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-56889834

https://wollatonhall.org.uk/titus/

'A Christmas Carol' - exterior graphics for Sandwell MBC

Just before Christmas we were asked by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to design and supply a set of temporary exterior graphic panels. The council wanted bold, engaging graphic panels for the outdoor spaces of their museum sites, to provide a backdrop to outdoor activities while the museum buildings themselves were closed to the public due to COVID-19 restrictions.

The graphics feature the beautiful illustrations of John Leech, from the 1843 first edition of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, and Arthur Rackham, from an early twentieth century edition. The panels were designed, artworked, manufactured and delivered in two weeks, for the council to install on site. Our client is extermely pleased with the results and visitor feedback has been very positive.

Christmas & New Year shut down period

 

Interpreting HMS Trincomalee’s figurehead

HMS Trincomalee, built in 1817, is the oldest wooden vessel afloat in the world and is moored at the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s Hartlepool site. When the ship was restored in the 1990s, its figurehead was found to be suffering from rot and was replaced by a replica. The original, carved in 1845 in preparation for the ship’s first commission, was ‘rediscovered’ in a storeroom in 2016. It was fully restored during 2020 and is now on display as the new centrepiece of the HMS Trincomalee gallery.

Creative Good was appointed to light and interpret the restored figurehead. We designed and built new displays including graphics, an audio-visual presentation and a simple physical interactive, all of which have been styled to sit comfortably within the existing design language of the gallery. Installation was particularly challenging, with new lighting and decorations having to be installed above a staircase whilst working around the restored (and protected!) figurehead. To address the resulting risks, we developed a bespoke working platform that was manufactured in modules off site, thereby enabling safe and shortened installation and removal operations.

Further details of the project can be found on the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s website:

https://www.nmrn.org.uk/news-events/nmrn-blog/150-years-service-hms-trincomalees-figurehead

https://www.nmrn.org.uk/news-events/nmrn-blog/restoring-hms-trincomalees-1845-figurehead 

Battle of Britain 80th Anniversary

Today marks the 80th Anniversary of the start of the Battle of Britain. Two years ago this month we were handing over Phase 2 of our work on the redevelopment project at the Battle of Britain Memorial in Kent, in time for their Memorial Day celebrations.

Sadly, the Memorial site is currently closed due to coronavirus and, as a consequence, has lost a huge proportion of its annual revenue. The Trust has launched a Crowdfunder appeal in an effort to offset this loss and secure the future of the Memorial.

https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/

Northampton's new museum offers glimpse inside on what should have been opening day

Sadly, the coronavirus pandemic has delayed the opening of our latest project. Our client has just tweeted out some pictures to show how the spaces are shaping up.

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2020-06-20/northampton-s-new-museum-offers-glimpse-of-what-s-on-offer-on-what-should-have-been-opening-day/

HMS Trincomalee’s Figurehead

HMS Trincomalee, built in 1817, is the oldest wooden vessel afloat in the world and is moored at the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s Hartlepool site. Its figurehead was carved in 1845 in preparation for the ship’s first commission.

Creative Good is delighted to have been appointed to design and fit the lighting and interpretation for the display of this rare and iconic object at The National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool.

https://www.nmrn.org.uk/news-events/nmrn-blog/famous-figurehead-ship-be-restored-its-former-glory

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-51536415

https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/people/figurehead-hartlepools-iconic-hms-trincomalee-be-restored-and-put-display-1556339

Northampton Museum & Art Gallery reopening date announced

Creative Good has been working on the the exhibition design & fit-out elements of this major refurbishment project since 2016. The reopening date has now been fixed and we are excited to see the project reaching fruition.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-51576675