ReINVENT & ReCREATE ReCREATE is a multidisciplinary research network to rediscover and reconnect the tools, materials, laboratory and workshop environments, manufacturing skills and experimental practice that Scotland used to make colourful decorative textiles in the Industrial Revolution.
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Machine Tools Project STICK embarked on a Machine Tools Project to build upon the success of the joint STICK/NMS ‘Old Tools, New Uses’ Effective Collections project in 2011, which reviewed domestic technology and hand tool collections in Scottish museums and produced educational resources plus a master catalogue.
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AGM Reports The STICK Steering Group shares the papers of its regular meetings and constitution below.
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Old Tools New Uses In October 2011, we celebrated the completion of the ‘Old Tools, New Uses’ project at Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life, Coatbridge. The network received a £25,000 grant from the Museums Association’s Effective Collections scheme (sponsored by Esmee Fairbairn) in 2009 to undertake a collections review, produce a learning resource and consider rationalisation and sustainability issues surrounding the collections. The project has surpassed its original ambitions and is now making public its achievements.
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Industrial Object Conservation Training STICK obtained generous funding from the Museums Galleries Scotland Skills Development Fund to deliver a three day industrial object conservation training course.
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Collecting, Curating and Conserving Large Objects STICK and Industrial Museums Scotland have prepared a paper on the Collection, Collection, Curatorship and Conservation of Large Objects.
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STICK Conference 2017 The 2017 conference will be held Perth Museum and Art Gallery on Friday 29th September 2017. The subject is ‘Realising the Benefits of Our Industrial Collections’.
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STICK Conference 2016 The 2016 conference was on the subject of ‘Unsung Heroes of Our Industrial and Technological Heritage’. It was held in Edinburgh at the National Museum of Scotland on Friday 28th October 2016.
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