Stocking Draping - A lost Art?

Well, what a fun night. We spent this evening putting the High Street History Exhibition together. It took a couple of hours but clearly everyone enjoyed themselves by the amount of laughter which could be heard. Despite the hilarity there was method to our madness.
The Domestic Case was emptied piece by piece under the watchful eye of Senior Museums Office Alasdair Joyce. The objects were taken one by one to a table where I oversaw them being wrapped up with their relevant stands and then they were carefully packed into labelled boxes. Photos of the case had been taken earlier so we know how to re-dress the case when the exhibition comes down. Once emptied, the High Street objects were put into the case and there was much debate about the best way to drape a stocking. Alasdair eventually braved up and with the encouraging suggestions from some of the ladies, carefully draped the stocking on top of the nearby stone jar!

Upstairs it was a 'men only' area where the guys filled the display boards with photographs of the HIgh Street from days gone by. These were then numbered and clipboads tied to the cases so that visitors can leave any details they remember about the photographs.

Back downstairs it was time to put up the 70-odd speech balloons. This was somewhat problematic as they were going to be put on magnetic boards but I really didnt like they way they looked with magnets holding them up. So, after Alasdair and I had a huddle in the cupboard under the stairs we decided to use sticky dots. These will easily(?) rub off the boards when we take the speech balloon down. There were different type of sticky dots though and we found the ones which you peeled off squares of paper were better than the ones which you "paste" on from a roller type device.


Finally the 5 foot plan of the High Street was put onto the central table, clipboards left for visitor comments, photos taken for posterity and we were off into the humid night, ready for the opening on Sunday.

Chris

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