The document discusses how the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, UK was used as an Indian hospital during World War 1 and efforts to share this "hidden history." It notes that stories can be as valuable as physical collections and buildings. It advocates taking a transmedia approach to heritage and moving from curation to circulating ideas, stories, and digital assets. Some challenges mentioned include determining which identities to focus on as a local government museum and whether to steer between competing narratives or allow multiple versions of events.
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Circulation not Curation: Remembering the Royal Pavilion's WW1 Indian hospital
15. • A story can be an asset as much as our
collections and buildings
• Transmedia approach to heritage
• Transition from ‘hidden history’ to competing
narratives
• ‘Curation’ increasingly irrelevant. Circulation
system of ideas, stories and digital assets
Observations
16. • Communities of identity – but what identities?
• Politics – as a local government museum do we
always have to steer between competing narratives?
• Does it matter if we do not have a single
authoritative version of the story?
Challenges
