Exhibitions to bring carpet museum displays to life (From Kidderminster Shuttle)

Exhibitions to bring carpet museum displays to life

7:50am Thursday 18th October 2012 in News By William Tomaney

EXHIBITIONS at Kidderminster’s carpet museum will be “vibrant” and “colourful” to bring displays to life according to their designer.

Rosemary Allen, a museum designer and director for Headland Design, has been working on the project for a number of years and says a lot of development work has gone into the museum.

She said: “There was a lot of development work and plans produced then we went on to work out all the details so we have been working for a long time.

“We always thought the colours would be very important, bright jewell colours to show how beautiful and rich carpets can be. The colour and finish have all been a big part of creating the exhibitions so we can really show off the machines.

“We have incorporated a lot of films to show the industry, people’s stories, the life of weavers and how carpets are produced.”

Museum manager Paula Kovacs added: “We wanted the exhibitions to be vibrant. It is not just the machinery with the wow factor it is also the stories behind them.”