North Lincolnshire Museums have announced details of the exciting exhibitions coming to Normanby Hall this season.

 

Innovate! The Domestic Industrial Revolution

Location: Normanby Hall

4 March – 5 November 2023

Discover the technology and inventions of the Georgian period in a domestic setting.

During the ‘Industrial Revolution’ in Europe and North America, technology enabled industrial growth. Businesses and industries grew due to new inventions such as steam power and innovations in production methods. The industrialisation of the economy touched every part of life.

Explore stories of technological invention and innovation through the objects highlighted throughout the ground floor of Normanby Hall.

 

That’s Not My Name, Tracy Satchwill Artist in Residence

Location: First Floor Gallery, Normanby Hall

4 March 2023 – 7 January 2024

(The exhibition will be closed from the 18th May until 25th May in preparation for updates to the display)

Drawing on Normanby Hall’s Regency objects, furniture and interior, artist-in-residence Tracy Satchwill brings together a selection of films, large scale collages and AR experiences in her first major solo exhibition, ‘That’s Not My Name’.

Working primarily in collage, Satchwill reflects on the role, status, and identity of female domestic servants, in which maids intermingle with high-status objects and elaborate patterns. Satchwill says, “In That’s Not My Name, I wanted to explore the contrast between beauty and splendour and the female domestic servant, bringing them to the forefront and communicating their visibility and significance.”

This exhibitions is situated on the first floor of Normanby Hall, which is accessible by stairs only, however they will be added to the touchscreens in the Entrance Hall.

 

Regency Revolution

Location: First Floor, Costume Gallery, Normanby Hall

4 March 2023 – 7 January 2024

Normanby Hall was built between 1825 and 1830. Although this was during the broad Georgian era of 1714-1837, we know the Hall as a ‘Regency’ house because it was built in a sub-period known as the Regency era.

This exhibition looks at fashion from the 1790s to the 1830s, giving an idea of the style of clothing the residents of Normanby Hall may have been wearing during its early years. From the French Revolution to the influences of Greece, discover what caused such huge changes in fashion in such a short period of time.

The costume gallery is situated on the first floor of Normanby Hall, which is accessible by stairs only, however they will be added to the touchscreens in the Entrance Hall.

 

Muscle Mass by Laura Ellen Bacon

Location: Rural Life Museum

1 April – 1 October 2023

Laura Ellen Bacon creates large-scale work using natural materials in landscape, interior and gallery settings which have included Saatchi Gallery, Chatsworth and Somerset House.

Bacon was commissioned to make a piece for the Rural Life Museum. Inspired by historic photographs of North Lincolnshire and by horse collars from the Museum’s collection, she has created a unique art piece. It reflects the power of a working horse. Bacon used local material, such as reeds hand harvested at Alkborough Flats.

 

Aerial Photography by Jason Butler

Location: Rural Life Museum

1 April – 1 October 2023

Jason Butler uses drones to photograph the local area. This season we have a selection of his work on display at the Rural Life Museum.

Butler’s photographs show agricultural activity in the area around Normanby and Burton-upon-Stather. The enormous scale of modern agriculture is shown in the size of the fields and the machinery. It is of great interest to see how far agriculture has come, comparing modern day to the historic tools and machinery on display in the Museum.