Synopsis

Steering the next phase in the development of the Museum of Youth Culture, REcollections: Handling Youth Culture Histories has laid critical groundwork for how we collect, care for, and represent youth heritage across the UK. Delivered over the course of a year and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this project built new capacity across the organisation, from acquisitions and archiving to youth engagement and public events. Through the project, we developed and tested a national object acquisition methodology rooted in collective public memory, collecting over 1,700 nominations and acquiring 56 culturally significant items that reflect the lived experience of youth culture history in Britain. Alongside this, we carried out essential upgrades to our conservation infrastructure, provided hands-on training for staff and youth contributors, and began formalising archive processes in line with national collections care standards.

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