Leicester Museum & Art Gallery is inviting visitors to share their comments on a selection of artworks and artefacts, which will be displayed on new digital labels alongside each object.
Funded by Arts Council England, the project will showcase the public’s voices at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, offering an alternative interpretation of the institution’s collections.
The initiative was launched in October last year, with digital labels used in the temporary Painting Freedom exhibition to reveal the local Gujarati community’s reactions to Indian artwork.
Have your say
Now, Leicester Museum & Art Gallery is using the digital labels in its permanent collections. It has selected 10 objects, which can be viewed here or at the museum. They are as follows:
Wild Space Gallery
- Dodo model
Victorian Gallery
- St Paul’s, London, Henry Dawson (1811-1878), oil on canvas, c1860
- Mrs Matthew Mitchell and her children Matthew and Anne, Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), oil on canvas, painted around 1756-1758
- Danseuse en Arabesque (Dancer in Arabesque), Edgar Degas (1834-1917), bronze, cast in 1919-1921 from wax original
- The Battle of Bosworth Field, William Bass (1785-1864), oil on canvas, 1839
German Expressionism Gallery
- Messiah, Ernst Neuschul (1895-1968), oil painting, 1919
- Black Mother, Ernst Neuschul (1895-1968), oil on canvas, 1931
Life and Death in Ancient Egypt Gallery
- Coffin of Pa-nesit-tawy, 600BC, probably Thebes, Egypt, wood, paint
- Mummy of an unnamed woman, date and excavation unknown, human remains, linen, resin
- Bakery Model, 11th-12th Dynasty, Beni Hassan, Middle Egypt, Tomb 1 of Antef, wood, gesso, paint
- Selection of Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, including Faience beaded broad collar necklace
“You can write about just one object or more, and it can include anything about your opinions, reactions, feelings or memories about each of the works,” Leicester Museum & Art Gallery said.
“What is the object saying and what does it mean to you? How does it make you feel? Does it remind you of anything?”
Images: Leicester Museums & Galleries
