Reimagining the World Wildlife Gallery, Kendal Museum: A Community Engagement and Reinterpretation Project
Rigby, Joseph Haslam, Lavinia Colley, Ila Lincoln, Peter
Rigby, Joseph
Haslam, Lavinia
Colley, Ila
Lincoln, Peter
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2025-06-05
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Collections
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Abstract
Founded in 1796, Kendal Museum is a small public museum in the northwest of England. The museum’s collections reflect both the social history of the area and the connections between the district and the wider world. Particularly significant, in this respect, is the museum’s “World Wildlife Gallery,” a permanent display of hundreds of taxidermy animal and pinned insect specimens, arranged thematically by continent in “naturalised” dioramas. In 2023/2024 Kendal museum began a project to “reimagine” the World Wildlife Gallery, through engagement with regular museum visitors and the local community more broadly. Project and Community Officer, Ila Colley; local artist and community contributor Lavinia Haslam; academic and researcher Joe Rigby, and friend of the museum and contributor to a recent reinterpretation of the museum’s geological collection, Peter Lincoln, reflect on their experiences of the “Reimagining the World Wildlife Gallery” (RWWG) project.
Citation
Rigby, J., Haslam, L., Colley, I., & Lincoln, P. (2025). Reimagining the World Wildlife Gallery, Kendal Museum: A Community Engagement and Reinterpretation Project. Collections, vol (issue), 15501906251345391. https://doi.org/10.1177/15501906251345391
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SAGE
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Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals
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10.1177/15501906251345391
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1550-1906