“More than a book in a box in Durham”: Lindisfarne Gospels Durham, a case study in cross-sector curation. Dr Sarah Price
Jul 14, 2015
“More than a book in a box in Durham”: Lindisfarne Gospels Durham, a case study in cross-sector curation.
Dr Sarah Price
Telling the story
• Place in history of the book
• Artistic and cultural context
• Connection to Cuthbert
• Physical journey
Lessons learned
• That collections should be at the heart of our cultural offer
• That we need to actively engage with research
• That we need to work in partnership with our users and other cultural institutions
• That we need to develop a wide-ranging engagement programme
• That we have skills and knowledge that can and should be shared
Developing new ways of working
• Embedding partnership
• Cultural enterprise
• Developing a cultural strategy