Rusty Club YAC (Weston-super-Mare) – ‘Hidden Histories’

Rusty Club YAC explored the theme of ‘Hidden Histories’ by thinking about different historical sites across the country that either aren’t easily accessible or are not immediately visible, such as cave systems, underground passages, hidden rooms and cathedral ceilings. They also explored some mystery objects and investigated the changing past uses of the museum building itself. The club members also explored how exhibitions are made with the aim of co-creating their own exhibition at Weston Museum.

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What was the main output from the project?

Club members worked together to research, curate and mount their own exhibition, which opened to the public in February 2022. Each member chose their own bit of history to showcase and then wrote about why it was important to them.

We also wanted this text to be accessible to a wider audience so we had it translated. In Weston-super-Mare we have a large population of Polish speaking families and we wanted to encourage them to visit the exhibition too. We used part of our grant to have all the text in the exhibition translated in Polish and have this translation freely available in print form upon viewing the exhibition.

Take a look at the exhibition below: