Kelham Island

The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection
design on a shoe string
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
Mission Statement:
The Hawley Collection will celebrate and nurture
enquiring minds. It will encourage audiences to
appreciate that life is for learning and to ask
questions, work out the answers and pass it on.
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
Project Objectives:
Strengthen links with industrial collections
championed by Kelham Island Museum
Redevelop a former industrial building
Realise one man’s vision he carried for over 50 years
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
Main Interpretive Message:
Sheffield’s role in the development of hand tools
was a key component of the rise of Sheffield’s
industrial, technological and social change
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
Sub Messages:
This collection of tools was saved for Sheffield by the vision of Sheffielder, Ken
Hawley, who has been involved with the Sheffield tools industry for over 50 years
The Hawley Collection contains the finest collection of Sheffield-made tools in the
world
Tools continue to be vital to our day-to-day life
The Sheffield labour force were incredibly skilled in highly specialised light metal
trades such as producing tools
Sheffield was the most important producer of hand tools, especially edge tools
(‘tools for cutting’), in the world
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
Strengths:
• Established mature collection
• Inspiring knowledgeable collector
• Clear messages
• Trust, passion and drive of project team
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
Weaknesses:
• Budget
• Timescale (completed within 9 months)
• Small display area and building restrictions
• Limited staff resources
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
Opportunities:
• Scale of collection
• Broad range of themes and topics available
• Audience development due to local interest
• Volunteers and enthusiasts
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
Threats:
• Strong personalities
• High expectations (locally)
• Gallery in converted saw mill
• Approvals from Trusts
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
What is the collection?
What is a tool?
• Reflects the craftsman
• Represents Sheffield
• Showcases old and new technology
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
Future Planning
• Flexible display system
• Generic areas
• Updatable, interchangeable displays
• Templates provided for in-house development
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
“This wonderful addition to the Kelham
Island Museum is now ready to welcome a
whole new generation of users and visitors”
Fiona Spiers
Head of HLF Yorkshire and Humber region
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
“Brilliantly conceived and forward thinking”
Roy Clare
Head of MLA
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB
The Hawley Collection
design on a shoe string
The Hawley Collection: The Ken Hawley Trust Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust PLB