As someone who is actually ‘making a museum’ as we speak, The Tettenhall Transport Heritage Centre, this is all very interesting, even if some of the comments are contradictory. e.g. the preference for cluttered/uncluttered displays. We are constricted in many ways, not least the size of the building, and the fact that we have to restore it just as it used to be. In fact the building is an exhibit in itself. The toilets are all ready there, and very nice they are, and the cafe will be adjacent, but run by someone else. (I have tasted their cup cakes and they may be a good enough reason to visit by themselves)
We will have a core collection of artefacts of local reference, but will try to leave space for the odd interesting, borrowed, items. There was a survey done many years ago of the ten reasons visitors would return to a museum, and the exhibits on display were not in the top five. We intend that restoration will always be underway in full view of visitors so they can witness the process, we don’t want just a shed full of dusty objects, and we will be offering tours of the whole site, which includes local railway, canal and road transport history.
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