Football in Museums - Leeds Utd.

The Leeds United Collection

Marching On Together

The Club’s History

The Collection

•Wide variety of items

•Current condition of the objects

Managing the Club’s Heritage

• Curator employed by the club in September 2011

• Collections Database

Documentation

•Beginning at the very beginning

•Registered Prefix

•Basic cataloguing

•Simple collections care methods

•Research

Some of the existing displays in the

hospitality suites

The current Stadium Tour

Previous exhibitions using items from the Club’s collection

East Stand Re-development

•New Reception area

•Executive boxes and hospitality suites

•Store area for the collection

•Area for a permanent exhibition

The Club intend to have a permanent exhibition which documents the history and heritage of the club.

Why?• The Board are passionate

about heritage• Engaging fans and local

residents• Inspiring the next

generation of supporters• Public demand• Making the stadium a

year-round visitor attraction

• Safeguarding the club’s heritage for future generations

Aims

•To create a heritage exhibition, working with fans and local residents

•To develop a learning programme for schools and community groups

•To conserve objects at risk

•To increase tourism in Leeds

The club is working in

partnership with the Leeds

United Foundation

Liverpool FC Museum

Arsenal Museum

Chelsea Museum

Manchester United Museum

Scottish Football Museum

National Football Museum

Consultation with fans and local people

•‘You can't know where your going until you know where you've been’

•‘Leeds United is one of the most important things in my life, I belong to the Leeds United family, so it'shistory is very important to me’

Consultation on the Heritage Project

•‘It would make the club more reachable to maybe people who can't afford season tickets etc. Make the club more reachable and open to public’

• ‘It would garner more support from the general public rather than just LUFC supporters.’

• ‘Education, Education, Education! Help restore pride in the club & city, help restore respect for all the great work done in the past, especially Don Revie era. Help rebuild a spirit of family in the club and help towards preserving the heritage of one of the world's best clubs.’

Moving Forward

•Seeking future funding and partnership opportunities•Documentation•Consultation with fans•Public appeal for items to be loaned and donated to the collection•Research

Helen Castle

Curator

Leeds United Football Club

Elland Road

Leeds

LS11 0ES

Tel:0113 367 6320

[email protected]