Cornwall Trainee Curators

5 Trainee Curators based in 5 Cornish museums. Sharing our museum journey! @isobloomfield, Penny Bulkeley, @franvsingleton, @EmilySpargo3 and Dan Wills.

[Cornwall Museums Partnership @cornwallmp]

In our latest blog series, we will be hearing from our 2022 cohort of Trainee Curators on the projects and exhibitions they have been leading on.

Next up is Dan of @Cornwall_Museum 👇

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[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

The beginning of our series of blog posts sharing all of our final projects 🏛📖🖼 @cornwallmp

[Fran Singleton @franvsingleton]

Thanks to @cornwallmp for giving me the space to write about my curatorial choices in the Suited & Booted exhibition @BodminKeep! I talk about visitor route, interactive displays and engaging interpretation ☺️

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[Falmouth Art Gallery @FalmouthArtGall]

CALLING ALL ARTISTS! Submissions are NOW OPEN for our bi-annual open exhibition and art prize. visit https://t.co/5iyrr3ZYpx to find out more!

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

Thank you @SHCG1 for including our exhibition reviews! It is such a great feeling and privilege to have them there! 😃☺️

[Charlotte Morgan @charmorgan_]

Super proud to see @CornwallInterns @_clairenglish exhibition reviews in the latest @SHCG1 magazine! 🤩🤩 Uplifting post to receive last week in the depths of Covid 🤒

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

Thank you, @tehm, for your time yesterday 😃. It was an absolute pleasure to meet you and discuss the fascinating research at @musecornishlife! Looking forward to hearing about how it develops! #excitingstuff

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

It was lovely to catch the Thao Nguyen Phan exhibition at @Tate_StIves before it closes, what a beautiful and varied show! We also caught @Tr14ersOfficial performing their dance piece inspired by the Sol LeWitt installation 🤩

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

@_clairenglish @cornwallmp @_smitheleanor @PhilJones___ Definitely a big thankyou to @_smitheleanor and @PhilJones___ @cornwallmp for the fun afternoon learning how to 3D scan and how to us VR. Thank you also for highlighting how digital technology can be used in museums and myth busting some of the barriers for us.

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

Thank you to Claire @kresenkernow and your volunteers for showing us how we can look after our collections for less. Thank you also for giving us so many useful tips in our handouts - really kind and thoughtful. #kresenkernow #craftyarchiveconservation

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

Thank you to Chloe @kresenkernow for taking us on a tour around the home of our Cornish archives - a fantastic facility to have in Redruth. Chloe your tour was great and really informative.#kresenkernow #archives

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

@PhilJones___ We loved your enthusiasm and insights into tech in museums! Thanks for letting us experiment with the scanner even though the results weren’t quite as planned 🧸📦💻

[Phil Jones @PhilJones___]

Fun afternoon with @CornwallInterns playing with VR and 3D scanners. Thanks for listening to me ramble and rant!

[Cornwall Museums Partnership @cornwallmp]

We’re delighted to introduce our 2022 cohort of Trainee Curators; Isobel, Fran, Dan, Emily and Penny have taken up roles at five of our partner museums 😍

Find out more about this years
@CornwallInterns in our blog ⬇️

https://t.co/oUo01JbFNR

[Fran Singleton @franvsingleton]

Whilst covid wasn’t quite the takeaway I had hoped for, I had a wonderful time on @NAM_London curators course! I’ve come away with so many new ideas, knowledge, and connections - ready to enact when I’m allowed outside again 😷 @HCavMuseum @FusiliersLondon @I_W_M @V_and_A

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

Great day at @Cornwall_Museum on Wednesday! Thank you to Jennifer Woolcock Collections Manager and our fellow Trainee Dan Wills for giving us a tour and discussion about the collection. How incredibly diverse it is! We especially enjoyed the temporary exhibition ‘Living Room’ 👏

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

We've all had the weekend to reflect on our London experiences and make independent trips to museums of interest. Isobel went to @BarbicanCentre, Penny to @FoundlingMuseum, Dan @MuseumofLondon, Fran @bowstreetmuseum and Emily to @CourtauldGall!

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

Last but by no means least in our London tour was a visit to @waterandsteam where we met with Emma Canterbury Engagement Co-Ordinator. We learnt about the fascinating history of the site and how the museum is an epicentre for community projects and events. Thank you Emma! 🙏

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

It was a pleasure to meet with @afmmurray National Partnerships Programmer & Emma Meehan Curatorial Intern @NationalGallery. We had a great chat about our trainee programmes and the differences between small and national museums. Thank you both so much for your time!🙏

[Kate Clements @KHClem]

It was a pleasure to give a tour to these trainee curators yesterday, they asked some excellent questions!

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

Thank you to Katherine McAlpine @museumgirlldn, Director of @BrunelMuseum for taking us around and discussing the experience of working in a small museum in London. It was something we could all relate to! We loved hearing about the rich history of the site and future plans!

[Cornwall Trainee Curators @CornwallInterns]

Today we visited the @I_W_M for a tour of the World War II and Holocaust galleries. Special thanks to curators Kate Clements and James Bulgin for their time and specialised perspective on the decision making that goes into these exhibits. We learnt so much!