SAILING TO BRITAIN has been a very important project for the museum both in terms of the significance of the maritime historical content, the approach to working with this material and the audience involved. It has been a fantastic experience working with the project team at TARA, their enthusiasm for this history and its importance has inspired and helped us in our own work. The young people involved in the week long project exploring the role of archives and archive material at the museum were amazing. There is so much potential for future partnerhsip work with the museum both through archives, exhibitions and learning - it is hard to know where to begin. It has given real impetus to the will to bring this hidden history into a wider public understanding, to explore our collections further and to demonstrate to the wider Museum that there is public thirst to know more.
We look forward to continuing our partnership on the Sailing to Britain project and collaborating on future off-shoots of this important project.
Andrea Cunningham
Head of Informal Learning and Access
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich, London SE10 9NF
We are grateful to London Council, the Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England & Wandsworth Council for their sustained support of the project.
