Category:Dollhouse Furniture Project 2016

Sorting and setting aside items for cleaning or special attention [image info]

Obviously, the best way to clean a dollhouse carpet is with a dollhouse carpet sweeper... [image info]

These go together! A set of identified Tri-ang "Period" Queen Anne furniture [image info]

One of the museum's biggest projects for 2016 is the creation of a brand new dollhouse furniture display, in Arch Two.

Assembly and lighting tests

April 2016: dressing the display space (left side)

April 2016: dressing the display space (right side)

Stages

This is a major undertaking with several stages:

May 2016 onwards

• Adding extra shelf for additional exhibits
• Planning the reorganisation of the museum's dollhouses

January to May 2016

• The renovation, sealing and making good of the display space.
• The design and creation of two modular display stands:
• The creation of backdrops for the display "rooms", using images from a 1920 "doll book".
• Sifting and sorting the museum's dollhouse furniture collection.
• Cleaning and restoration work.
• Research work, including scanning and editing catalogue and advertising images from the museum's archives, for internal use and for putting online as an information resource.
• Identification of key manufacturers and product ranges.
• Selecting a labelling method for the display space.
• Arranging the exhibits and "props" in the display.
• Creating online content.
• Launching the new display in May 2016