Ashes Exhibition 2006-2007, and Ashes Urn Conservation

Reference

MCC/AAL/2/TEMP745

Date:

2000-08-07 - 2007-04-10

Level of description

file

Extent

14 folders

Part of

department correspondence and papers (MCC/AAL/2)

Scope and Content

Assistant Curator's [Glenys Williams] correspondence, pamphlets, ticket stubs, CDs, flyers, photographs, negatives, captions, prints, memoranda relating to the conservation and repair of the Ashes Urn in 2003, and the Ashes Exhibition in 2006-2007. Subjects include tickets for the Ashes Tests in 2006-2007, maps of Brisbane, CDs showing the exhibition items and the Ashes Urn video shoot for use in the exhibition, copies of the captions used in the exhibition, copy of the music score for 'The Southern Cross Waltz' by the Countess of Darnley, report on the exhibition including a list of media requests, broadcast and newspaper coverage for the exhibition, copies of MCC's 'The Story of the Ashes' pamphlets, paper on why the Australian team could not take the Ashes Urn with them having won the series, list of media invited to launch events at each venue, list of items from the collection that were used in the exhibition, sponsorship proposals, article by Richard Cashman entitled 'Touring Australia in 1882-1883', copy of Williams' lecture to the Sheffield Cricket Lovers Society on the Ashes Exhibition, pamphlet on Rupertswood, designs for the book to accompany the exhibition, condition reports for the items used in the exhibition, copy of the Ashes Exhibition blog by Laura Garland, MCC Deputy Head of Communications, gallery of the Museum of Sydney, copy of condition report on the Ashes Urn by Plowden and Smith, decision by MCC to cancel a proposed exhibition including the Ashes Urn in 2002-2003, arrangements for the restoration of the Ashes Urn, newspaper articles on whether the Ashes Urn should reside in Australia, arrangements for Plowden and Smith to transfer the Ashes Urn to their premises for conservation, details of the work undertaken by Plowden and Smith to conserve the urn, copy of the investigation of filler and two overpaints for the Ashes Urn for Plowden and Smith by Brian Singer of Northumbria University, analysing substance used in previous restorations, copy of press release regarding the Urn's repair, copy of contract between MCC and the Museum of Sydney for their participation in the Ashes Exhibition, copy of press release regarding the exhibition and correspondence regarding the exclusion of Tasmania from the itinerary, correspondence between Adam Chadwick, MCC Curator, and Andy Pankhurst regarding the sale of Pankhurst's paintings during the exhibition, travel and hotel arrangements for the exhibition, applications to the Australian Customs Service for certificates of exemption from export control for the items in the exhibition, dimensions and contents of the cases used to transport the exhibition items, copy of post exhibition roundup sent to MCC by the South Australian Museum, signed menu cards of the Melbourne Cricket Club's Christmas Luncheon in 2006, photographs of Williams alongside David Studham and David Wells of Melbourne Cricket Club Library, shipping arrangements for the return of the exhibition to Lord's Cricket Ground, marketing summary for the exhibition, feedback on the exhibition from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, copy of the report on the exhibition by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.

Associations

Glenys Williams
Adam Chadwick
Florence Rose Bligh
Laura Garland
Sheffield Cricket Lovers Society
Plowden & Smith
Melbourne Cricket Club Library
Andy Pankhurst
Historic Houses Trust
South Australian Museum
Museum of Sydney

Subject

Ashes Exhibition, Ashes urn, conservation

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Closed

Language

English

Size

14 folders

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