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ClickNetherfield Blog - New Museum Unveiled in Sin City

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:19:13 GMT

Sin City has a colourful history, and the mafia was a big part of it. Now that's all being featured in the new Mob Museum, which opened on Tuesday 14th February in downtown Las Vegas. Designed by Gallagher & Associates, the museum showcases the barber chair Gambino boss Albert Anstasia was sitting in when he was shot in New York City, and also part of the wall where seven men were murdered in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago in 1929. Along with remembering the mob life, half the museum is dedicated to law enforcement and prosecuting the mob with many interviews with FBI agents who investigated mob syndicates across the country. Working alongside fit-out contractors Pacific Studios, we designed, manufactured and fitted 7 large Vista cases for the museum.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Reflections...

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:35:04 GMT

Take a look at these videos containing reflections from the myriad of creators that worked together to envision, build and realise the Natural History Museum of Utah:- http://vimeo.com/36126295 http://vimeo.com/36125263 http://vimeo.com/36124600 Inspirational stuff!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Museum in the Running to Win Coveted Award

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:14:37 GMT

The National Museum of Scotland, where we recently completed one of our largest and most prestigious projects ever, is on the longlist for the 2012 Art Fund Prize, also known as the museum of the year award.

The accolade is the biggest award for arts and cultural organisations in the UK. Ten museums in total across the country are in with a chance to win �100,000 and the prestigious award, which will be announced on June 19.

The National Museum reopened in July 2011 following a �47.4m redevelopment, and attracted over 100,000 visitors in its first six days of opening.

Dr Gordon Rintoul, Director, National Museums Scotland said: "This is clear recognition of the hard work undertaken by the project team and all of our staff to create an outstanding museum experience for local, national and international visitors.�We have been thrilled by the positive reception the museum has had from visitors from near and far."

ClickNetherfield supplied a total of 168 showcases over 15 new galleries for the museum.

The longlist was chosen by a panel of experts chaired by Lord Smith of Finsbury, former Labour MP and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and includes another of our projects � The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, where we supplied 36 large cases.

A shortlist of four museums will be announced on May 14.

Organisers have also launched a website inviting members of the public to say to say why their chosen museum should win the prize. Comments left on the site,�www.artfundprize.org.uk, will be considered by the judges as they decide the shortlist, and anyone who leaves comments will be entered into a prize draw.

The full longlist of nominated museums is:

Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, Bucks.: The Life and Works of Alan Turing
M Shed, Bristol: A New Museum for Bristol
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh: National Museum of Scotland Development
Riverside Museum, Scotland's Museum of Transport and Travel, Glasgow: Riverside Museum Project
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, Devon: RAMM Development Project
The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: The Hepworth Wakefield
The Holburne Museum, Bath, Somerset: The Holburne Museum Development Project
The National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh: Portrait of the Nation
Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent: Turner Contemporary
Watts Gallery, Guildford, Surrey: The Watts Gallery Hope Project

: The National Museum of Scotland

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Great Write-Up!!

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:43:17 GMT

It's always nice when you unexpectedly read something complimentary about your company that someone else has written! �We got a lovely surprise when we came across this article on The Malta Independent Online: http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=139139 "...The [ClickNetherfield] showcases follow the latest in design and conservation innovations..." "...[ClickNetherfield are] world leaders in the manufacture and supply of museum display solutions..." "...[ClickNetherfield are] regular suppliers to some of the world's top museums..." All statements are bang on, and it's great to hear them from someone else! Thanks to The Malta Independent Online :) We're currently undertaking a large installation at Malta at War Museum in Vittoriosa on behalf of Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna - The Malta Heritage Trust.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Plans Unveiled for World-Class Design Museum

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:36:07 GMT

We were excited to hear of The Design Museum's plans to create the world's leading museum of design and architecture at the former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington, London. Joining the V&A, Science Museum, Natural History Museum, Royal College of Art and Serpentine Gallery in Kensington's cultural quarter, the new Design Museum will become a world class centre for design, nurturing British talent and its international influence on design of all kinds. It is proposed that the new museum - which is an �80 million project - will open to the public in 2014, giving the Design Museum three times more space to showcase its unique collection. �The museum aims to double its visitor numbers to 500,000 a year, and will greatly expand its education and public events programme with state of the art facilities. You can read more about this story here. It's great to see investment like this in arts and culture, and even better that the opening date coincides with the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. �2014 looks set to be a great year for UK tourism, that's for sure! [caption id="attachment_449" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="An artist"s impression of London"s new Design Museum"][/caption]

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ClickNetherfield Blog - New Distributor Roundup

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:04:18 GMT

2011 was a great year for us in terms of forging some promising new business links. During the year we signed contracts with three new distributors, in Spain, Kuwait and Denmark. In Spain we are collaborating with Madrid-based firm Ypuntoending, Managing Director Mr Javier Delgado; in Denmark with Copenhagen-based firm Kvorning Design and Communication, Director Mr Arne Kvorning; and in Kuwait with City General Trading & Contracting Company, Managing Director Mr Fawzy Al Qattan. We are looking forward to a long and fruitful partnership with each of these companies, and hope to embark on our first project with them very soon.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Utah's Natural History Gets A New Habitat

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:12:13 GMT

At the end of last year the Natural History Museum of Utah unveiled its new home, the spectacular $102.5 million Rio Tinto Center in Salt Lake City. �Featuring 34,000 square feet of exhibition space and 10 permanent galleries focussing on the state�s ancient ecosystems, biogeography, native peoples and how climate change and population growth are expected to shape the state in the future; the new center makes the museum one of the most prominent natural history destinations in the American West. Designed by Ennead Architects, the museum�s architecture mimics the contours of the nearby sandstone and limestone mountains in shape and with its construction materials.� It is built into terraces in the foothills of the Wasatch Range, and views from the building�s huge windows include the Great Salt Lake, surrounding canyons, and three mountain ranges extending into the Great Basin desert. Ralph Appelbaum Associates were responsible for the stunning exhibition design, and Kubik Maltbie, Inc for the fit-out.� ClickNetherfield designed and manufactured the showcase requirements for the museum, including a vast bespoke 20-bay curved case. Most of the showcases we produced for this project were custom solutions.� Our Designers and Project Managers worked closely with the client team to ensure a solution was tailored to meet their exact requirements, and their vision brought to reality with style.

For more information and images from the museum, please see our case study on the project.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Another European Distributor On Board

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 11:35:10 GMT

ClickNetherfield are delighted to annouce the official appointment of our new Danish distributor, Kvorning Design & Communication. Kvorning's Director, Arne Kvorning and his�Communications Manager, Gitte Olsson visited us here at The Glassworks immediately following our conference in December to tour our facility and participate in a small signing ceremony. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with Kvorning, and hope embark on our first collaboration in the near future. Find out more about Kvorning by visiting their website at www.kvorning.com.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Merry Christmas!!

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:12:06 GMT

We'd like to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2012! Again this year as an alternative to sending Christmas cards to our clients and suppliers, we have opted to make a charitable donation of �250 to a charity very close to our hearts. We close for the festive period on Thursday 22nd December, reopening on Tuesday 3rd January for business as usual.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - 2011 Conference Best Yet

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:56:06 GMT

We held our annual conference at Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool in December.� As in previous years, the event was hugely popular with a great turnout on the day despite the dismal weather. The success of the day was no doubt helped by this year�s format which covered the major aspects of managing a museum project, such as design, site construction, and cost management. �The new Museum of Liverpool was used as a case study, and many of the speakers focussed on their involvement in the project; discussing both the successes and the challenges. We were also privileged enough to have presentations from Sharon Granville (Project Director, Museum of Liverpool) and David Fleming (Director, National Museums Liverpool) which in turn sparked some lively and interesting discussion among our delegates. The Museum of Liverpool project has been extremely successful overall, and comments from our delegates following the afternoon tours were all very positive. All in all, it was a really great day and we would like to thank everyone for coming. We can�t wait to do it all again later on this year, watch this space for information about our 2012 conference�! 2011 speaker presentations can be obtained from Lesley � l.weir@clicknetherfield.com [caption id="attachment_658" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="People were particularly keen to hear this section of Sharon"s presentation, however it was incredibly brief :) "][/caption]

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Scotland Welcomes Chinese Museum Directors

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:49:55 GMT

Last week, Scotland played host to a top-level delegation of Chinese curators. �Organised by British Council Scotland, the nine-strong group of Chinese museum directors learned about exhibition design during their five-day visit. The group toured the Riverside Museum of Transport and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, as well as the newly restored National Museum of Scotland and the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. Jane Weeks, the British Council's Museums and Heritage Advisor said: "The trip has been a chance for museum curators from Scotland and China to share professional expertise about exhibition design, both in iconic new buildings such as the Riverside Museum, as well as major restorations such as the NMS. �Both of these were very relevant to the Chinese delegation as they are currently redeveloping many of their top museums. "We are very hopeful that this will result in some major exhibitions between Scotland and China. Many people in Scotland are fascinated by the beautiful historic costumes, ceramics and archaeological materials that are found in abundance in China. �But equally, there's a great curiosity in China about life in the UK." ClickNetherfield were asked - along with Philip Long, Director of the new V&A Dundee - to present to the Chinese delegation at the Botanic Gardens. �Our Technical Director, Mike Chaplin presented on our behalf on the topic of museum showcase design / general trends in museum design. Our operation in China is now well under-way, and we are steadily winning more projects there. We are confident that this visit will help strengthen already existing links between Scotland and China, particularly within the museum and heritage community.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Historic Scotland Give-away

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:41:52 GMT

In honour of St. Andrew's Day, Historic Scotland is giving away free weekend passes valid this weekend only (26/27 November) for up to 2 adults and 3 children. �The pass entitles users to free entry to 42 Historic Scotland sites throughout the country. We have cases at several Historic Scotland sites, including Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle, Skara Brae Perhistoric Village, and Smailholm Tower. Get your pass now by visiting www.ticketgiveaway.co.uk

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Edinburgh Museum Scoops Best Building Award

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:52:12 GMT

The team behind the refurbishment of the National Museum of Scotland has won the country's top architecture prize. Gareth Hoskins Architects received the �25,000 Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) best building award. �They were chosen from 13 shortlisted projects. Judges were impressed by the opening up of the basement, with street-level galleries added and visitors encouraged to move up through the building. The architects received the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award at a ceremony at the Scottish Parliament. ClickNetherfield designed, manufactured and installed 168 showcases over 15 of the new galleries.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Sad News

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:54:23 GMT

It is with deep regret and sadness that we announce the death of our�former Chairman and dear friend, John French. �John fought illness for several months before passing away on 17th November. John played a fundamental role in positioning our company where it is today with his enthusiasm for international business development and relationship building. John had countless friends worldwide and will be dearly missed by all of them, and at ClickNetherfield we are proud to have known him and to have had the opportunity to work with him for so long. Our thoughts are with John�s wife Eileen and his sons Sean and Liam at this sad time.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Beware of Overzealous Cleaners!

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:10:43 GMT

I had a chuckle to myself when I read a story on BBC News about a museum cleaner in Germany who tried to scrub away a deliberate patina on an art installation, badly damaging the $1m work. �The patina was apparently meant to look like a puddle beneath a rubber trough placed under a stacked tower of wooden slats. The piece of art, called 'When It Starts Dripping From the Ceiling' and by Martin Kippenberger, remains on display in Dortmond's Ostwall Museum, where the damage occured. �The work is just on loan to the museum, but the private collector who owns the installation by Kippenbgerger - who died in 1997 - has agreed that it remain on display despite the incident. Needless to say - had the art been protected inside a showcase, the incident would never have occurred! Read the story in full here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15613227

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ClickNetherfield Blog - A Success for our Chinese Team

Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:01:58 GMT

Last week our Chinese team, led by David Nicholson, received some great news; they've won the museum display case contract for the Tianjin Chen Design Museum. A new building is currently being constructed beside the existing museum which will eventually house fine relics, ancient jade, paintings, calligraphy and ceramics. �Sichuan ClickNetherfield have been contracted to design and manufacture a total of 20 showcases for the fine relics area. We will complete our part of the project in January 2012, with the museum itself due to open in March 2012.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Oops!

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 15:11:14 GMT

We'd like to apologise to all those who received our most recent e-newsletter containing the technical glitch (peculiar symbols appearing sporadically throughout). This was down to an error made by the e-marketing company we work with, and was noticed around half way through sending. �The send was then ceased and the error rectified before resuming, but this still meant that unfortunately quite a lot of people would have received the erroneous original. Hopefully it didn't taint your enjoyment of our newsletter, and we'll ensure that it doesn't happen again.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Exploring what Russia Has to Offer

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:26:01 GMT

Our Commercial Manager, Grant Hawthorne, along with Business Development Manager Sebastien Faelens recently represented the company at Denkmal Moscow - international trade fair of heritage preservation, restoration and museum technology - in Russia. The event took place 29th September - 1st October, and was very successful. �Grant and Sebastien met some good contacts, and we look forward to undertaking our first museum project in Russia some time in the near future.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Introducing Inca 6

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:02:03 GMT

ClickNetherfield are pleased to announce the implementation of our newest member of the Inca family, Inca 6 as the default product from our Inca range. Previously this design has been offered as a premium product. Showcasing state-of-the-art surface-bonded technology, this case design is breathtakingly beautiful.� The Museum of Liverpool � completed in July - is the first major project we�ve undertaken using entirely Inca 6, and we are now proud to be able to offer this superior product to all of our clients as our default Inca design at no additional cost. We believe that our Inca 6 will bring about a fresh and contemporary edge to any exhibition, with its stunning all-glass fa�ade and fabulous design aesthetic. It really is a special product which no image can truly do justice, and we are looking forward to producing more of them and getting them out into the world�s museums and galleries. Please contact us for more information on Inca 6.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Annual Conference - Details Announced

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 12:58:48 GMT

Following on from the acclaimed opening of the Museum of Liverpool earlier on this year, we have decided to base this year�s conference around the processes involved in successfully planning and running a major museum project. �Attendance is a must for anyone planning a refurbishment or new-build project for their museum, no matter how small their project. This conference will offer sound advice and tips on what to do and also what not to do in order to ensure your project is a success. Entitled �Planning and Running a Successful Museum Project�, the event will take place on Wednesday 14^th December at Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool. We are delighted to have Sharon Granville, Project Director of the Museum of Liverpool, on board as keynote speaker; and David Fleming, Director of National Museums Liverpool, will be giving the welcome for the day. �Delegates will also be invited on an exclusive guided tour of the brand new Museum of Liverpool. Your hosts for this event will be ClickNetherfield, world leaders in showcase design and fabrication. Experts in their respective fields will support the event, with presentations on the key areas of planning and running a major museum project successfully.� These experts include Haley Sharpe Design, Patton Heritage, Turner & Townsend Cost Management, and of course ClickNetherfield. To book a place at our conference, please visit our events website or contact Lesley on l.weir@clicknetherfield.com. We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible, but book now as places are filling up fast!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - "If You've Got It, Flaunt It!"

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:32:42 GMT

ClickNetherfield was recently approached to sponsor the CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) Rare Books & Special Collections Group Annual Conference recently, which was held at Durham University. �This year's theme was "If you've got it, flaunt it!", and looked at methods of exhibiting material. �The conference aimed to equip curators of historic materials with the inspiration, knowledge and skills to show off their collections with confidence - be it to the public, to senior managers, or to potential researchers. We sponsored the conference dinner, and were approached to do so following on from a couple of major projects we've completed at the University recently, including Palace Green Library and The Oriental Museum.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ClickNetherfield Sponsor Local Boys Club

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:07:32 GMT

Earlier this year�our office manager, Julie, appealed to the company Directors - who operate an Employee Benefit Trust - for funding for her son's football team, Livingston Star United FC 98s. The team were in desperate need of some new training gear, and the Trust duly awarded them a grant of �500 to kit themselves out. The team are pictured below in their new strips, with the ClickNetherfield logo proudly emblazoned across the front.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Protecting Valuable Exhibits is so Essential

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:17:38 GMT

I read on BBC news today that a necklace once belonging to a passenger on the Titanic has been stolen from an exhibition in Denmark.�The gold-plated necklace was part of a temporary display of artefacts from the ill-fated ocean liner at Copenhagen's Tivoli park. The story can be read here. This is such a good example of why it's vitally important to protect priceless exhibits with a high quality, museum-standard, alarmed glass showcase. �The consequences of not doing so can be unthinkable, as staff at Tivoli Park are finding out now. As well as our permanent range of showcases, ClickNetherfield has a subsidiary company called TESS Demountable who specialise in cases for touring and temporary exhibitions.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Tightening Up Business Performance

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:06:04 GMT

Our MD, Jim, recently participated in a very interesting round table debate event with 7 other high profile members of the Scottish SME business community. �The discussion, facilitated by Business Insider magazine and hosted at The Scotch Malt Whiskey Society, centred around strategies to strengthen business performance, and topics for consideration included: How can businesses keep in good shape through this year and beyond? What steps should SMEs be taking to ensure success? What are the realities of accessing business finance currently? How can companies get finance to grow? SMEs throughout the UK have endured a tough time over the past few years due to the nature of the economy, and Jim found the process of sharing experiences with other companies who are not too dissimilar to ourselves to be a valuable one. �The good news is that things are looking up, and everyone round the table seemed to be looking to the future with a renewed sense of positivity and enthusiasm. A transcript of the group's discussion appears in the current issue of Business Insider, you can read it�here.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ClickNetherfield Sign a New European Distributor

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:10:55 GMT

ClickNetherfield are delighted to announce the official appointment of our new Spanish distributor; Madrid-based firm, Ypuntoending. ��We look forward to a long and successful working relationship with them. Pictured below are Ypuntoending Managing Director, Javier Delgado, and ClickNetherfield Managing Director, Jim Stewart, signing the official documents. �Also present at the signing ceremony was ClickNetherfield's European Business Development Manager, Sebastien Faelens, and Ypuntoending's Rosa Olmedo.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Visitors from Malta

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:52:22 GMT

Here at The Glassworks, we played host to some Maltese visitors last week. �Mario Farrugia and his colleague Cleaven Desira from Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna - Malta Heritage Trust visited our head office in Livingston to sign off drawings and for a tour of our impressive manufacturing facility. We are currently working with Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna on a project comprising two separate sites; Malta at War Museum and Vittoriosa & Saluting Battery. �Whilst they were over in Scotland, Mario and Cleaven also took the opportunity to do some sightseeing, and they were particularly interested in experiencing the 1 o'clock gun at Edinburgh Castle because they have a twelve noon gun which is fired daily at their Saluting Battery site. Pictured below from left to right is ClickNetherfield Project Manager Brenda Bow, Executive Chairman of Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna Mario Farrugia, and ClickNetherfield Managing Director Jim Stewart.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ClickNetherfield at the MA Show in Brighton

Mon, 5 Sep 2011 16:48:06 GMT

Preparations are underway for the Museums Association Exhibition, which is taking place in a few weeks at The Brighton Centre, 3-4 October. Described as "the essential event in the museums and heritage calendar", it is a must for anyone working in museums. The show has always been busy in previous years, and this year promises to be no different. �We'll have our eVitrine demo unit with us again, though this time with a new presentation - it's looking good so make sure to come and have a look if you're planning on being at the show. �We're at stand 44 this year, don't be shy - come and say hello!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Tut Exhibition Shatters Visitor Records

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 11:08:53 GMT

World�renowned�touring exhibition, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs has broken visitor records at its current location at the Melbourne Museum in Australia. �The exhibition - which has already welcomed up to 500,000 since its opening at the museum in April - will now extend its stay by a month, until 4th December this year.

Our subsidiary company, TESS Demountable, supplied upwards of 80 exhibition cases in total for both this exhibition, and also for Tutankhamun: The Golden King and The Great Pharaohs, which opened at a similar time back in 2007.

Organised by Art & Exhibitions International, the exhibition has drawn in over 5 million visitors worldwide since it started off at the O2 arena in London 4 years ago.

We feel extremely�privileged�to have been involved with such a prestigious and successful project.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Heavy Investment in our Factory

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:20:25 GMT

We�ve recently installed a new state-of-the-art hydraulic punching press in our factory.� This installation represents close to a �100k investment in our manufacturing facility, and we are all very excited about the potential that the machine holds for increased precision and productivity. The punching press runs via an intuitive CNC programming interface, and three members of our manufacturing staff have recently completed an intensive 2 week course where they were trained in its effective operation. With multiple-tool style flexibility, the machine has been designed for accuracy and reliability, and we are confident of the benefits it will bring to our manufacturing processes going forward. Pictured below next to the machine in our factory is Hector, one of the newly trained operators.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Follow us on Facebook!

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:48:30 GMT

If you've not had a look on our Facebook page yet, then please do check it out: http://www.facebook.com/clicknetherfield/ It's updated regularly with all the latest goings on from the company, so please 'like' the page and ensure you get your regular fix of ClickNetherfield gossip!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - National Museum Unveils Dramatic Transformation

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:47:36 GMT

The National Museum of Scotland opened�its doors in July after undergoing a �47.4m makeover. Among more than 8,000 objects displayed for the first time across 16 new galleries are a life-size cast of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummies and an exotic bird stuffed by Charles Darwin himself. Architects, Gareth Hoskins, alongside exhibition designers, Ralph Appelbaum executed the ambitious three-year overhaul. ClickNetherfield was contracted by museum fit-out specialists, Beck Interiors to design, manufacture and install 168 showcases over 15 of the new galleries at the museum. A fascinating challenge for us on this project was the new bespoke hinged system we designed for Ralph Appelbaum. Ordinarily, you'd think that a hinge for a piece of glass would be simple, but when that hinge is fully visible, has to support a glass door weighing up to 200Kg, and be able to close with precise geometry that hermetically seals to an adjacent flush glass panel, it becomes quite a different challenge. �Our existing hinge system achieves this using a dual action opening mechanism with two arms mounted within the system channel or within a 150mm wide stainless steel or powdercoated aluminium block. The seemingly impossible challenge from Ralph Appelbaum was to achieve the same performance but from within a 50mm square hinge housing. �The use of laminated glass was a pre-requisite for the museum so solutions that may have been possible with toughened glass were not an option. �However, with some cunning lateral thinking, our clever design team at ClickNetherfield rose to the challenge and delivered this fully customised solution that has been used throughout the stunning new galleries. The project to completely revamp the museum on Chambers Street in Edinburgh's Old Town was jointly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Scottish government and private donors. Former storage spaces have been converted into grand public galleries. Exhibits stretch across two former museum buildings which have been joined up for the first time. The building of the former Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art will house objects obtained by Scotland's great explorers and scientists, while the neighbouring section will display items charting Scotland's own national heritage. In total 26,000 objects will be on show across 36 galleries, making the museum one of the UK's largest.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Our Fibre Optic Head Just Got Better

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:47:22 GMT

The ClickNetherfield fibre optic head was originally developed 17 years ago, specifically to meet the requirements of museum showcases. �In particular, it is one of the few heads that is adjustable and well-sealed enough to be used on cases requiring the tightest air exchange rates. Our in-house design engineers have recently redesigned the head, making it one of the most current and cutting edge fibre optic light heads designed for museum use on the market. �It now comes with a discrete 12mm lens with a snoot to reduce glare, whilst also still being available with a 25mm lens to match previous fittings. The fitting now also has a locking feature to eradicate movement, and whilst this new version has been designed to take a threaded ferule (which we recommend), it will still also accept a push fit ferrule, as did the original. �Also, the new improved head can be mounted in thicker panels rather than just a metal sheet. The head will generally be available in black, grey and white; however we are able to offer RAL colour matching on batches of 500 heads or more. Product data sheets for our full range of fibre optic, LED and other lighting solutions are now available. �To obtain these, please contact l.weir@clicknetherfield.com.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Egypt Update

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:10:18 GMT

Our installers have recently returned from the site of the brand new Children�s Museum in Cairo, Egypt, having installed a total of 21 showcases (6 Monos, 2 Prisms, and 13 Vistas). Whilst our part of the project is complete, the museum still has some other work to complete before it can officially open its doors to the public. The impressive 3-storey building was designed by UK-based Mallinson Architects, and comprises 13 permanent exhibits.� It is expected to be one of Cairo�s top cultural attractions. The museum will provide interactive learning around 4 themes:

Where am I from? (History)
Who am I? (Ethnography)
Where am I going? (Geography)
How can I make a difference? (Science)

Originally intended to be named The Suzanne Mubarak Children�s Museum, it is believed a new name will now be conveyed upon the museum following the people�s revolution in January this year. Sadly, Egypt�s economy is still suffering terribly due to the drop in tourism following the demonstrations.� We�ve been to Cairo several times now since the revolution without any sign of trouble or unrest and we sincerely hope that people will soon start returning to what is a beautiful and vibrant country, in order to help allow things to get back to normality for the Egyptian people.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - celebrity spotting at museum opening

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:20:19 GMT

Our company Managing Director, Jim, along with Senior Project Manager, Stuart, went down to Liverpool on Tuesday for the opening ceremony of the eagerly awaited Museum of Liverpool. �By all accounts, a great evening was had by all, and the museum is reportedly looking great - particularly the ClickNetherfield display cases! The ceremony was attended by some of Liverpool's most famous faces - including Ken Dodd, who is pictured below next to one of our cases. �The case contains one of his old outfits along with one of his infamous tickling sticks!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Museum of Liverpool Opens Doors

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:38:11 GMT

The eagerly awaited �72m Museum of Liverpool opened to the public last week. �The 8,000 square metre building is the largest purpose-built museum in Britain for more than a century, and expects to attract a whopping 750,000 visitors every year. �The museum aims to reflect the city's global significance through its unique geography, history and culture. �Visitors can explore how the port, its people, their creativity and sporting history have shaped the city. Among its 6,000 artefacts are Ken Dodd's tickling sticks and the skeleton of the 1900 Grand National winner. �Other exhibits include the school-hall stage on which John Lennon and Paul McCartney first played, the Brookside Close street sign from the television soap and items dating back to the ice age. Working alongside exhibition designers, Haley Sharpe and Redman Design, as well as fit-out contractors, Patton Heritage, and exhibition walling contractors, Protean,�ClickNetherfield have designed and manufactured a total of 114 cases for the initial 2 phases, with a further 59 cases underway for phase 3 which is set to open in November. The museum was officially opened by local school boy, Finn O'Hare, at 10am yesterday, and throughout the day was visited by a record-breaking 12,000 guests. �The evening ceremony was attended by some of Liverpool's most famous faces, including Yoko Ono, John Conteh, Claire Sweeney and Ken Dodd - who we managed to snap admiring one of our cases!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - fit for a queen

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:23:43 GMT

Following the recent unveiling of an ambitious �12 million project which turned the six apartments in Stirling Castle's Renaissance Palace into how they may have looked in the mid-16th century when they were the home of Mary, Queen of Scots, Her Majesty The Queen paid a visit to see the results for herself. During her visit to the castle on 6th July, The Queen reopened the newly refurbished James V Palace. �She then attended a lunch in the castle's Great Hall - which she officially opened in 1999 after restoration work. �Chris Watkins, head of major projects at Historic Scotland, said that the visit had been a royal seal of approval for the refurbishment work. ClickNetherfield provided display cases - 6 bespoke Vistas - for the Stirling Heads, housed in a special gallery created on the upper floor of the palace where they are on permanent public display. �The Stirling Heads are a precious national artistic treasure. �34 of these large oak medallions, which once decorated the ceilings of some of the royal apartments, have been handed down. �They are carved with the faces of Scottish Kings and Queens, European royalty, Roman emperors and Classical heroes.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - See us in the summer edition of M&H Magazine

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:22:05 GMT

Click here to read�our interesting�editorial in the latest edition of M&H magazine. The editorial focuses on the time and resource we invest in�research and development here at ClickNetherfield.� Innovation is incredibly important to us, and helps us remain at the forefront of museum showcase design.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - National Maritime Museum unveils new wing

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:10:25 GMT

The National Maritime Museum unveiled its brand new Sammy Ofer Wing yesterday, a massive �36.5 million project that aims to mark the beginning of a radical new era for the institution.� Made possible thanks to a whopping donation of �20 million from shipping magnate Sammy Ofer (who sadly died at the beginning of June) as well as �5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the new wing includes both�permanent and temporary exhibition galleries, a cafe, brasserie, library, lounge area and significantly increased space for the museum's vast archive.��It was officially opened�earlier this week�by the Duke of Edinburgh, a patron of the museum and a former trustee. ClickNetherfield provided display casing for the length of a 36m wall in the permanent Voyagers gallery, installing 2 bespoke integrated multi-bay Incas and 1 wall-mounted Prism. �We carefully tailored the design of our existing Inca system in order to make perfect use of the space available. �Dominated by a long, multi-faceted, wave-like structure in the centre, onto which bespoke video is projected, the Voyagers gallery�tells the story of Britain and the sea from the 16th to the 20th century through objects ranging from Nelson�s last letter to his daughter to a 200-year-old ship�s biscuit. The new wing, a major project which started four years ago, is the first step in the complete refurbishment of the museum as a whole, which will be done gradually over the coming years.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Design Award for the Arctic Studies Center

Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:40:29 GMT

Designer, Ralph Appelbaum Associates has won a Silver IDEA�in the category of 'Environments' in the�2011 International Design Excellence Awards for their design of the Smithsonian�Arctic Studies Center at Alaska's Anchorage Museum.� The accolade was awarded by the Industrial Designers Society of America, and is one of the most prestigious awards an exhibition can win. Here at ClickNetherfield, we are extremely proud to have been an integral part of this high profile project, providing a total of 8 very large cases, each with an automated opening system, and one of these being a staggering 15m long!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - The Bluebell Railway Museum Opens

Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:35:21 GMT

The Bluebell Railway Museum was officially opened at Sheffield Park station on Thursday last week.� Displays at the museum show the changes to the railway since its inception in 1959 up to recent years. The museum documents the earliest history of the railway, the building of the Lewes to East Grinstead line, to the nationalisation of railways and the decline of steam trains.� There are information panels, interactive parts and audio visual displays at the museum for all visitors, from families to schools. ClickNetherfield provided a total of 17 showcases for the museum, a mixture of Prisms, Monos, and Incas.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - 100th anniversary of titanic launch marked

Wed, 1 Jun 2011 11:53:38 GMT

ClickNetherfield recently supplied showcases for the Titanic Exhibition at the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, which is currently�running to mark the 100th anniversary of the launch of the ill-fated ship.� The exhibition opened yesterday and will run until 31st August. The�Titanic was launched at Belfast Lough on 31st May 1911 by Harland & Wolff, then the largest shipyard in the world.� The passenger liner later sank after hitting an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in April 2012. To commemorate the event in Belfast yesterday, a religious service was held at the docks and a flare set off at 12:13 BDT, the exact time of the launch a century on.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Happy International Museum Day!!

Wed, 18 May 2011 09:20:30 GMT

Today is International Museum Day!� Every year since 1977, International Museum Day is held worldwide sometime around 18th May.� From America and Oceania to Europe, Asia and Africa, International Museum Day aims to increase public awareness of the role of museums in developing society. The theme for International Museum Day 2011 is 'Museum and Memory'.� Museums preserve memories and tell stories.� They have in their collections numerous objects that are fundamental to the memory of the communities we live in.� These objects are the expression of our natural and cultural heritage.� Many of them are fragile, some endangered, and they all need special care and conservation.� International Museum Day 2011 promises to be an opportunity to discover and rediscover your individual and collective memory.� To read more on International Museum Day 2011, visit ICOM's dedicated website at http://network.icom.museum/imd2011.html

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ClickNetherfield Blog - AAM Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo 2011

Mon, 16 May 2011 13:29:44 GMT

ClickNetherfield will be exhibiting at next week's AAM Annual Meeting and Museum Expo.� This year's show is being held in Houston, Texas, and promises to provide a forum for museum professionals from around the world to learn, share, connect with colleagues and have fun. As in previous years, this year we're�at booth 1621 - so if you're planning on visiting the show, please do come and say hello!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ClickNetherfield showcases protect ancient and mediaeval artefacts

Fri, 13 May 2011 14:41:07 GMT

ClickNetherfield have recently completed design and installation of thirteen high quality showcases at the Galway City Museum.� The cases will be used to display valuable and delicate artefacts relating to prehistoric and medieval Galway, which are coming on loan from the National Museum of Ireland. Among the objects earmarked for these showcases are prehistoric flint, axeheads, and swords excavated from the River Corrib in the early 1980s, and mediaeval wine bottles, glass, and other objects excavated in the city centre in the 1980s and 1990s. The showcases conform to stringent standards for the storage and presentation of artefacts. They are securely alarmed and the climate within the case can be controlled to suit the object being stored. �The cases were purchased with the help of a grant received from the Department of Arts. City Manager, Joe O�Neill has welcomed the arrival of the cases as �yet another major step in the museum�s redevelopment programme�. Read the story in full by visiting the Galway Advertiser.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Showcasing the Future

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:38:54 GMT

ClickNetherfield�is busy preparing to exhibit at the Museums�& Heritage Show 2011,�which is taking place on 11th and 12th May at Earl�s Court in London. As the UK�s leading industry event, The Museums & Heritage Show brings together the latest products and services available, all under one roof at one time and is a �must do� for anyone working in museums, galleries, heritage or other cultural visitor attractions. Some of you may have seen the eVitrine concept on our stand�at the exhibition last year.��We will be demonstrating the latest version of the product on the stand�again this year. �The eVitrine is an exciting new method of providing an integrated lighting, labelling and AV experience within a museum display case.� It revolutionises the way objects are lit and displayed, with the ability to create lighting profiles and content which is then projected into the case and over artefacts. The software allows easy updating of content to accommodate changing displays or different exhibit content to suit audience interest, educational level or language. The eVitrine is really worth a look so please come and see�it and us on our stand, K1!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Doing Our Bit for the Planet

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:16:06 GMT

In a bid to reduce our overall energy consumption, ClickNetherfield have recently employed the use of specialised new energy monitoring software. METERology (www.meterology.co.uk)� is an engineered solution for monitoring all your energy meters through a simple to use web application which can be accessed from anywhere within your organisation. Here at ClickNetherfield, we wanted to reduce our energy consumption for several reasons.� Being sustainable and energy efficient gives us a competitive edge with our customers who are increasingly focussed on these issues as part of their supplier assessments.� Aiming to reduce our energy consumption goes hand in hand with making processes more efficient, therefore saving us money.� And finally, as a company we quite simply care about the impact of what we do on the environment. METERology allows us to see exactly what energy we are using and when we are using it.� The displays are clear and easy to understand, the response of the system is fast and having the data available in real time means that we can easily relate our energy consumption to what is happening in the factory. Taking advantage of this revolutionary software has been a cost effective solution that has been well worth the investment.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ClickNetherfield case housing priceless 1611 bible

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:33:56 GMT

Bradford Cathedral is currently hosting an exhibition of historic English Bibles.� The exhibition of Bibles published in 1605, 1611 and 1616 is accompanied by illustrated posters from Sheffield University explaining the history of Bible publication in English. The most important and valuable of the three books is the 1611 Bible. It was borrowed from Lichfield Cathedral and is a first printing of the first edition of the King James I Bible. Its insurance value alone is �150,000, although the volume is described as priceless. ClickNetherfield designed and manufactured a bespoke Prism case in which to preserve this precious artefact, which is�open at the Old Testament prophet Isaiah, chapter 21. To read more on this story, visit Bradford Telegraph and Argus.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - clicknetherfield exhibiting at the museums and heritage show

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:31:46 GMT

ClickNetherfield�is busy preparing to exhibit at the Museums�& Heritage Show 2011,�which is taking place on 11th and 12th May at Earl's Court in London. As the UK's leading industry event, The Museums & Heritage Show brings together the latest products and services available, all under one roof at one time and is a 'must do' for anyone working in museums, galleries, heritage or other cultural visitor attractions. It has always been a great couple of days in previous years, and we're really looking forward to being there again this year. Please come and see us on our stand, K1!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - New Mappa Mundi display opens at Hereford Cathedral

Tue, 5 Apr 2011 12:58:08 GMT

The medieval Mappa Mundi is on show�once more�at Hereford Cathedral, as of Monday 4th April 2011.� The map was drawn up in about 1300 and is thought to be among the oldest maps of the world still in existence. The new and improved�display was designed by Haley Sharpe Design, Leicester.��It�features an audio visual presentation and allows people to get closer to the map, which is also now better lit.� The exhibition also features a "turning the pages" interactive screen for people to explore some of the cathedral's ancient books. ClickNetherfield engineered and manufactured�the glass display case housing the Mappa Mundi. Please visit the BBC News website to read more about the Mappa Mundi exhibition.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Worth the wait: Museum opens after 25 years of campaigning

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:20:28 GMT

After trying to open a museum to showcase their town's rich history for a quarter of a century, Musselburgh residents have finally got their way. The brand new Musselburgh Museum was unveiled on Wednesday 30th March,�with the public able to see the result of 25 years of campaigning and organisation.� ClickNetherfield are proud to have�supplied the display cases for the museum. Visitors will be able to learn about the Roman camps around the area and the industries that have kept the town going over the years. The Musselburgh Museum Committee were given a grant of �250,000 by East Lothian Council for the refurbishment of the building. It was initially hoped that the attraction would open its doors last year, but work took longer than planned. The museum will be run by 30 volunteers and will only be open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Visit STV News for the feature in full, and to get a good look at ClickNetherfield display cases in action.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Picture a Museum Day

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:58:17 GMT

Today is Picture a Museum Day, a one day global event�aiming to give behind-the-scenes access to the world's museums. Museums all round the world�have been adding�photos to the #MuseumPics Flickr group,�in order to�share their collections and provide�those interested with some insight into the inner workings of a museum.� The number of pictures on the site�is increasing by the minute, and many of them are definitely worth a look.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Edinburgh landmark museum to re-open after �46m refit

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:31:41 GMT

You may have seen on the news lately that the newly-refurbished Victorian part of the National Museum of Scotland is to re-open in July after a �46.4m refit. The three-year programme has seen the original interior restored and storage areas turned into public space, making it one of the UK's largest museums. With 20,000 objects across 36 galleries, museum bosses have said there will be something for everyone.� Exhibits range from a T. rex skeleton to specimens collected by Charles Darwin and 3,000-year-old mummies. ClickNetherfield were honoured to be asked to supply around 170 showcases for the project.� The majority of the cases specified by the client were fairly large in size, and we prototyped the hinge-door Vista case especially for this project, supplying 70 of them to the museum in total. ClickNetherfield Project Manager, Robert Swan, said "it's very exciting to be a part of the National Museum of Scotland project.� The opening date being announced has brought home to me how vital it is that ClickNetherfield complete and hand over on schedule - and we are�on track to do so.� It will be great to walk around the museum when it opens to the public, as I have many fond memories of the old building from my childhood." Our installation team are currently on site, due to complete in May. The project has been jointly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Scottish government and private donations. �

The museum's entrance hall and grand gallery

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Google Art Project

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:30:54 GMT

On 1st February 2011, Google launched Google Art Project. Using Street View technology, Google Art Project allows users to wander around 17 of the world's top galleries and museums and view 1,061 artworks. Over the past 18 months, a Google team has been zipping around the likes of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Palace of Versailles in France�using trolley mounted cameras to photograph corridors and galleries.� Users can explore each gallery from room to room, or create their own collections of masterpieces.� Google Art Project promises to bring museums and art galleries to your desktop, and its creators have said that they plan to add more museums to the original line-up going forward. So - from a museum or gallery's�point of view, is Google Art Project a good thing or a bad thing? There's no doubt that it will allow people who wouldn't otherwise have the chance to visit the museum or gallery (due to location or other factors) the chance to experience it.� Increasing access to beautiful art has to be considered a great thing. It could also help to raise the profile of the museums and art galleries which feature in the project, inspiring people to go and visit them for real. However, a question that some museums and galleries who are perhaps considering participating in the project�may ask themselves; if someone views the museum or gallery on Google Art Project, does this mean that they are less likely to go and see the real thing?� If they ever happened upon the opportunity, would they pass it up because they have already seen it, albeit on a computer screen?� There is a risk that the emergence of Google Art Project will reduce the desire to visit it in person. We are constantly being presented with new ways to live our lives virtually.� So much can be done now simply by sitting behind a computer�and logging on to the internet.� But is Google Art Project taking virtual reality one step too far? As someone who has been privileged enough to have experienced some of the world's most amazing museums and art galleries, I can categorically say that there is definitely no substitute for the real thing.� Some things just have to be seen (in real life!) to be believed. Check it out yourself and make up your own mind.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Egypt

Wed, 9 Feb 2011 15:15:59 GMT

I'm sure you'll all be aware of the demonstrations�that have ensued in Egypt's capital city�recently.� For�the past�couple of�weeks, Cairo has been the subject of much media focus on the situation in and around Egypt. ClickNetherfield�is currently manufacturing and shipping product for a project in Cairo for a new Children's Museum.� Although we obviously cannot control any events in Cairo, we�ve decided to continue to meet our obligations to complete the manufacture and shipping of the product in order that we can still meet our project commitments when the current situation is resolved. Our Managing Director, Jim Stewart, was in Cairo just a week before the�problems began, our business has many friends and contacts in Egypt and our many visits over the years has endeared the country and it�s culture to our business. Jim�is astounded at how rapidly the situation has escalated, and was particularly�distressed to read about some quite considerable damage�to�the Egyptian Museum caused by looters. You can see some�pictures of the damage here. Here at ClickNetherfield, we cannot stress enough the importance of investing in good quality showcases which offer optimum security to precious artefacts.� The situation in Egypt is thankfully�quite rare, but it should serve as a reminder to museums worldwide that they must always be prepared for the unexpected, and unfortunately the unsavoury.� To read more about ClickNetherfield�s cutting edge�security systems, please click here.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ClickNetherfield Display Cases Receive High Praise

Tue, 8 Feb 2011 12:34:31 GMT

At ClickNetherfield, we�were delighted recently to happen upon an article in authoritative weekly international politics and business news�publication,�The Economist, praising our showcases. The�piece focuses on Qatar, and how it is�fast becoming the cultural hub�of the Middle East.� When describing the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, which had its grand opening in 2008, the author describes the ClickNetherfield�display cases as 'magnificent', and states that the Museum is now among one of the greatest in the world.� ClickNetherfield provided in excess of 220 showcases for the Museum of Islamic Art, and our case study on the project can be viewed here. The author then goes on to discuss Mathaf, the Arab Museum of Modern Art, also in Doha.� Mathaf opened its doors to the public on 30th December 2010,�with ClickNetherfield again providing�all of the�showcases.� Mathaf is based on a collection mostly of paintings dating�back to the 1840s.� A case study of this project�will follow shortly, so watch this space.� The�story�in�The Economist�can be read in full here.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ClickNetherfield On Top Of The World

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:15:35 GMT

Eight months after the grand opening of the Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum in Alaska, USA, we�re proud to present to you some stunning new images showcasing our work on this project. In a unique arrangement between two prestigious institutions, the Smithsonian Institution loaned large numbers of indigenous Alaskan artefacts to the Anchorage Museum, and its opening marked the conclusion of one of ClickNetherfield�s longest running projects.� ClickNetherfield�s North American distributor, Maltbie, was first approached about providing showcases for the project back in spring 2005, and work to the museum was finally completed in spring 2010. The new building that houses the Arctic Studies Center was designed by Sir David Chipperfield, an award-winning architect from London famed for his modernist style. The design is intended to encourage an appreciation of the museum�s extraordinary natural surroundings. In a world increasingly obsessed with climate change the building has been design to comply with the very latest Environmental Standards. The exhibition space itself, which contains 8 large bespoke showcases that stretch from floor to ceiling, some 3.6m high with lengths of up to 15 metres, was designed by the renowned Ralph Appelbaum Associates from New York. ClickNetherfield have worked on numerous occasions alongside RAA, and this marks another successful partnership with stunning visual results.

Interesting Fact: ClickNetherfield were involved as an advisor before construction started on the building to ensure that the design loads were adequate for such large cases.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ClickNetherfield Unveil New Technical Partner

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:02:19 GMT

ClickNetherfield are pleased to announce a new technical partnership with Ecogen, Italy.� Ecogen is a subdivision of Isolcell, who have been developing atmosphere control systems for over 50 years. Ecogen create customised environmental control solutions for museum showcase environments.� Using modular elements, they can control humidity and temperature within showcases, as well as providing air filtration to remove pollutant particulates, UV sterilisation to remove bacteria, and low oxygen environments through the introduction of Nitrogen.�� Ecogen have the ability to create the perfect inert environment for the world�s most critically sensitive exhibits. This collaboration will ultimately allow us to provide our clients with cutting edge, integrated environmental control systems, and will further enhance the preservation qualities offered by our showcases.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:48:16 GMT

ClickNetherfield were recently appointed to work with At Large Museum & Exhibition Designers to provide showcases for the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. The Museum is currently undergoing a modernisation exercise, which will see the displays on two of its three floors being completely redesigned. The Museum needs a suite of minimal, modern, steel and glass showcases to create a visual counterpoint to the existing Edwardian architecture, and it is expected that the showcases will appear as simple glass boxes, unencumbered by structural frameworks or lightboxes. A mixture of both permanent and temporary showcases have been specified, which will ultimately allow the Museum greater flexibility in how it varies its displays and exhibitions in years to come.� TESS Demountable, a division of ClickNetherfield, will collaborate with ClickNetherfield on this project to provide the temporary solutions required. Susan Fairley has been assigned as Project Manager, and she will see the project through to completion in April 2011.

to work with At Large

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Annual Conference Goes Down A Storm

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:05:16 GMT

On Thursday 9th December 2010, ClickNetherfield in conjunction with technical partner SCHOTT held its annual conference, entitled �The Exhibition Space of the Future� in the Hochhauser Auditorium at the V&A Museum in London. The conference was dedicated to the changing face of exhibition at the beginning of this decade, and aimed to explore new designs and techniques which are currently being used across the world. A range of interesting presentations were heard by around 70 delegates representing various aspects of the museum industry worldwide. The presentations (listed below) from the day are now available, and can be obtained by contacting Lesley at marketing@clicknetherfield.com. �Rebuilding the Israel Museum� � James Snyder, Director, The Israel Museum �LEDs - the future?� � Jonathan Howard, DHA Design �Innovations in Display� � Michael Chaplin, Technical Director, ClickNetherfield �Security Risks in the 21st Century Gallery� � Rob Green, ISIS Security �New Media in the Future Museum� � Dave Patten, The Science Museum, London �Innovation in Glass and Lighting� � Matthias Anton, SCHOTT AG (Mainz) Feedback from the event has indicated that it was a worthwhile and enjoyable day, and we plan to provide something similar in 2011.

From Left to Right: Jonathan Howard - DHA lighting,� James Snyder � The Israel Museum, Dave Patten - The Science Museum,� Matthias Anton - Schott AG (Mainz), Mike Chaplin � ClickNetherfield A selection of delegate feedback: �Overall I thought it was a very worthwhile day and I look forward to next year�s session.� �Very good conference and venue� �The talk on the Israel Museum was truly inspirational. I enjoyed it immensely.� �I thoroughly enjoyed the day and would recommend this conference to my colleagues.� �Excellent� �A really excellent day, very interesting speakers, in particular the head of new media from the Science museum, and the Director of the Israel Museum�

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ICOM 2010

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:48:14 GMT

ClickNetherfield�s Technical Director, Mike Chaplin, recently represented the company at the 22nd general conference of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).� China hosted the event, which was held at the World Expo site in Shanghai from 7th � 12th November 2010.� The conference is held once every three years.

ICOM 2010 brought together over 1,500 international participants, and throughout the 6 days the theme �Museums for Social Harmony� was explored and debated by museum and heritage professionals from over 115 countries.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Museums Australia National Conference 2010

Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:54:15 GMT

Having just come across the photos from the event, we thought we'd share with you that we recently attended the 14th annual Museums Australia National Conference.� The event took place in Melbourne�from 28th September - 2nd October 2010, and carried the theme, 'Interesting Times: New Roles for Collections'.

Our Technical Director, Mike, represented us on this occasion, along with Phil Quartly�from Designcraft, our Australian distributor based�near Canberra.� See�both Mike and Phil below,�pictured�at�our�busy�exhibition stand.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Merry Christmas!

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:12:31 GMT

We close today for the holidays, with business resuming as normal on 4^th January 2011. So from all of us here at ClickNetherfield - Merry Christmas, and wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year. All the best!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ClickNetherfield Christmas Party

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:33:49 GMT

We all�donned�our glad rags and dancing shoes�recently for�our annual Christmas shindig, which was on Friday 17^th December. We headed to Livingston�s Howden Park Centre � West Lothian's recently revamped cultural centre�- for a fun�evening of food, drink, and dancing.� Live music was provided by superb local band Funktion Sweet, and a brilliant time was had by all.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Annual Charitable Donation

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:28:36 GMT

In line with recent years, as an alternative to sending Christmas cards to our clients,�we have again�opted�to make a�charitable donation to the value of �250.00. It was decided that this year�s donation�should go to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust - a cause we believe to be very worthwhile.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Company Dinner and Dance

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:59:01 GMT

[caption id="attachment_215" align="alignleft" width="560" caption="Mr and Mrs J French"] [/caption] We had the annual dinner and dance in Bathgate, a good night, my highlight was the dancing the Gay Gordons with Lorna Stewart, I have only one picture from the evening, I'm not the good looking one in the picture. A good night was had by all that attended, with a few sore heads in the morning just as it should be! John

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Prototype - Prototype - Prototype

Fri, 5 Nov 2010 10:44:26 GMT

How does one of the world�s leading showcase manufacturers make sure that when they build a bespoke showcase that everything works as well as if it was a tried and tested system showcase? We build a prototype, test it, assess it with the client team and if necessary, we do it all again. This ensures that the final cases are as well sealed and as secure as anything previously built. We�ve recently built and tested 4 important prototypes for 4 very important projects that we are currently working on. For The Museum of Liverpool, we built 2 prototypes of a brand new reconfigurable permanent case system and a client team visited The Glassworks to view, dismantle and reassemble the cases. A few little tweaks were introduced for the final design and the bulk manufacture is now underway. For The Royal Museum of Scotland, We have again built a working prototype, this time for a newly designed double action hinge system that�s designed to work specifically with glass topped cases with hinged doors. After 6 different tweaks and reworks (we never stop until we�re fully happy with it) the cases and hinges are now in bulk manufacture for this major revamp at The Royal Museum of Scotland. For the Utah Museum of Natural History, This project again calls for completely bespoke display cases, this time all in steel, all with specialised steel interiors and all to a bespoke design for Ralph Appelbaum (New York). Over a period of weeks, we designed, procured and built a full size working prototype case in our factory in Livingston. Once we were fully happy with the results, we shipped the entire case to the workshops of our North American distributor Maltbie and re built the case in their factory for the client team to inspect. The prototype was well received and all final details are now approved with the cases scheduled for bulk manufacture early in 2011.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ClickNetherfield at the V&A

Fri, 5 Nov 2010 09:46:08 GMT

We have been involved in several projects for the V&A: The Ceramics Gallery This gallery opened in December 2008, and was designed to split into display and work areas for the new pottery and ceramics workshop. There are a variety of cases and case-fronts as well as large-scale glass installations and door systems. The project was challenging not only due to the design but also the location of the gallery. We had to crane in the glass up and over the top of the building, which left a lot of people holding their breath!

The final gallery works well within the space and the desired overall effect was achieved, as well as giving the V&A a new pottery and ceramics working and teaching space.

Theatre & Performance

The Theatre & Performance cases house large-scale replicas of theatres and other associated theatrical items. The Vista design works well to allow all aspects of the objects inside to be viewed.

Buddhist Sculpture Gallery

The Buddhist Sculpture Gallery houses intricate objects. The cases are designed to give the maximum viewing area to the public but also incorporate bespoke design features. Incorporating the use of Corian to the bases and internal panels, as well as stainless steel bespoke fittings, the cases are in keeping with the open feeling of the gallery. The gallery contains a mixture of small cases housing statues or smaller objects, Corian plinths which showcase the stone sculptures and one large case which has a prayer shrine displayed inside; this case was the most challenging due to the extremely large glass panels used.

Sackler Centre

These two cases are located at the reception / canteen area at the Sackler Centre within the V&A. The large Vista cases, with their internal shelving and plinths, allow a variety of display options.� The cases are currently displaying silverware.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Lecture at Savoy Place Sir Martin Sorrell CEO WPP

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:47:21 GMT

I was invited by Jane Bevan of Firebird PR to the annual lecture of The Windsor Leadership Trust at Savoy Place in London.� The annual lecture was given by Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP who in 25 years has built from nothing, the world�s largest communications services group.� The lecture was interesting giving the themes that this vast company (over 130,000 staff) are focusing on at present. In terms of geography they are looking at South America, China and India, as the new First Division with the USA and Germany in the 2^nd Division, the UK and the rest of Europe is considered to be in the 3^rd division.� The lecture focused on things that Sir Martin thought were important (apart from geography) I was interested to hear that he shares my view that 3 important things are vision, a strategy and the implementation in that order. He expressed his admiration for the way McKinsey and Goldman Sachs spend so much on their staff from the first day and throughout their careers, it is no wonder in his view that they are so successful. Interesting to hear of the work of the Windsor Leadership Trust and I will certainly try to involve myself with their work in the future. Many thanks to Jane, for the invitation. John http://www.windsorleadershiptrust.org.uk/ http://www.firebirdpr.co.uk

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ClickNetherfield Blog - New Product for ClickNetherfield

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:03:47 GMT

Welcome to the E Vitrine

A new integrated concept in display, lighting, graphic and content management in one package

New United Kingdom Patent Application No 1000447.1 is a method of providing an integrated lighting, labelling and AV experience within a display case. Content is created in a software package such as powerpoint� which is then projected into the case using an LCD projector. The projection can take visitors through a predetermined story sequence highlighting individual objects or parts of an exhibit relevant to the text or audio narration, alternatively the display can be made interactive by linking to push buttons or touch screens to provide levels of information to suit the visitor. The method allows easy updating of content to allow for changing displays or different programme content to suit audience interest, educational level or language. The system is an ideal solution from a conservation point of view as lighting can be controlled in terms of shape, colour temperature and intensity, exposure levels can also be reduced by activating the lighting only when a visitor is present. For further details contact Michael Chaplin on +44 (0) 1506 835200

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ClickNetherfield Blog - The Exhibition Space of the Future

Fri, 8 Oct 2010 17:31:44 GMT

The conference, �The Exhibition Space of the Future�, will be held on the 9th December 2010 at the Hochhauser Auditorium, V&A Museum, in London. The conference is dedicated to the changing face of exhibition galleries at the beginning of this century. The conference aims to look forward at new designs and techniques, which are currently being used across the world through a number of interesting presentations. The Exhibition Space of the Future, addresses a number of topics to providing a comprehensive study for those involved in the design and management of the museum gallery specification process. Museum gallery specifications pose significant questions in terms of exhibit conservation, aesthetics and security whilst maximising display visibility within environmental constraints. At the same time, advances in technology and design can now offer solutions to meet a wide range of client demands. Your hosts for the event will be ClickNetherfield, world leaders in showcase design and fabrication, in conjunction with SCHOTT, international specialists in glass and lighting. Experts in their respective fields will support the event with presentations on the key areas of material selection, design, security, lighting and conservation. Conference Overview The Conference will provide:

An insight by the Director of the Israel Museum into their 5 year re-building project, this opened in August 2010
An innovative approach to showcase design and specification
A look at how �social media� is making an impact on the future of galleries, and museums in general
A look at lighting design with the large scale use of LEDs

Click here for more information Click here to book your place at the conference

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Clicknetherfield conference - 'The Exhibition Space of the Future'

Fri, 8 Oct 2010 09:18:47 GMT

We are delighted to be co-hosting this conference in conjunction with Schott AG on 9th December at the V&A in London.� We have a very interesting line-up of speakers and it�promises to�be a very good event. Of particular note is James Snyder, Director of the Israel Museum, who recently presided over their 5 year re-build.� He will, I am sure, have some useful insights into this project. John French

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Presidential Visit to French Pavilion Shanghai

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:07:19 GMT

I am sure the public were delighted to see The President of the French Republic at the opening of the French Pavilion also the acclaimed actor Alain Delon who spent some time in the exhibition looking at the best of French culture. 'Photo:� Jean-Paul Planchon'

I: President Sarkozy, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Alain Delon the French Actor at the French Pavilion Shanghai

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ClickNetherfield Blog - The Israel Museum Reopens

Fri, 6 Aug 2010 16:07:13 GMT

The long anticipated opening of the completely revamped Israel Museum took place on a warm evening in Jerusalem on Sunday 25^th July. Museum Director James Snyder hosted the dedication ceremony attended by President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and four hundred other distinguished guests. [caption id="attachment_139" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The Israel Museum "][/caption] The $100 million revamp which doubled the exhibition space is the largest single philanthropic effort ever undertaken by a single museum in Israel with Mr Snyder going on to explain that this will be �many museums under a single roof�. The Jewish Art and Life Wing, a cultural focal point of the museum, was design by Chanan de Lange and called for over 200 custom designed showcases to be developed, prototyped, manufactured and installed within a very tight timeframe. ClickNetherfield are proud to have been chosen to provide some delightful new pieces of glass showcase engineering throughout the 8 galleries we worked in, along with innovative LED lighting solutions The entrance gallery for Jewish Art & Life features fantastic cultural displays with cases rising some 4 metres high with �windows� formed in the imposing monolithic curving glass structures. One of the highlights of the Jewish Art & Life Wing is the display of some 77 wall cases displaying a fantastic collection of Jewish Silver candelabra. The configuration, lighting and display of this part of the collection have to be seen up close to be appreciated, no photograph can surely do it justice. ClickNetherfield became an integral and critical part of the client team delivering this highly challenging and transformational project on time and to the highest international standards. The opening was attended by Managing Director Jim Stewart and Technical Director Mike Chaplin, both of whom were joined by ClickNetherfield�s Site Manager Bob Hunter who had pledged to remain on site right up until the opening tapes were cut and the firework party had been seen by all. Director James Snyder acknowledged the commitment and professionalism of the ClickNetherfield team and in particular the site installation team led by Bob Hunter were praised for their performance.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - China Update

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:26:24 GMT

I am now in Qatar on the way back from China� where I visited Beijing, Changsha, Hong Kong, Chengdu and Xian in a 10 day trip.� The regional differences in China - from accents to food - always amaze me. In Xian we visited the China Garden complex an amazing complex of ornamental garden containing ancient mill stones and hundreds of Bonsai trees, ponds and water falls, a huge varity of Koi carp in large ponds a great experience after the smog of Beijing. I met Bryan Wang in Xian who helped with our Chinese companies brochure whilst he was studying in the UK earlier this year. The GM of Zhongxin our production partners in China, brought his son, He Heaven to share dinner with us Chengdu. We have a number of new staff in our expanding company there, Peter Taylorson, Jean Chang, who have joined in the last two months. A good if exhausting trip in which we have won [caption id="attachment_181" align="alignleft" width="768" caption="Young Man looking mean with a smile in Chengdu"][/caption] new projects in Beijing (2no), Xingjang and Nanjing, thanks to the hard work of Jenny Ciu, Ma Yi and Mr He Yanfang the Manager of Chengdu Click as well as the whole team in China. John French

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ClickNetherfield Blog - New Exclusive Partnership in Australia

Wed, 7 Jul 2010 05:42:40 GMT

I am pleased to advise that as of the 1^st July 2010 Designcraft based in Canberra ACT are the exclusive manufacturing partners for ClickNetherfield products and solution in Australia, they will have access to the complete of range of systems as well as our unrivaled expertise in custom solutions. Michael Chaplin, Technical Director, will be attending the Museums conference in Melbourne from 28^th September to 2 October 2010 with our partners. Please contact Phillip Quartly� on 02 6290 4989 http://www.designcraft.net.au/ http://www.ma2010.com.au/

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Invisible object mounts

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:20:39 GMT

Click Netherfield are always looking for new and better ways to display exhibits. In pursuit of this, we talk to our suppliers and technology partners to find genuine innovations in glass and metal. Our Chairman John French was in Budapest recently to look at a new innovation in display.

This patented invention by Andr�s G�tzy of Instore Media creates the effect of suspending an object in mid air in the display case or box.

Sample for Swarovski � showing the shelf case appearing to float

Sample for Nike - the boots are floating and even revolving,

The results are absolutely stunning. The effect is achieved through a very clever use of technology and no trick photography!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - New Exhibition opens in Anchorage Alaska 22 May 2010

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:38:00 GMT

The newly opened Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum plays host to rare native heritage objects that are being returned to be displayed in their home.� In a unique arrangement between these two prestigious institutions, the Smithsonian Institution is loaning large numbers of indigenous Alaskan artefacts to the Museum. The opening of the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center marked the conclusion of one of the longest running projects in the history of ClickNetherfield. Initial enquiries were made in Spring 2005 and it is only now in Spring 2010 that the works are finally complete. The new building that houses the Center was designed by Sir David Chipperfield, an award-winning architect from London famed for his modernist style. The design is intended to encourage an appreciation of the museum�s extraordinary natural surroundings. In a world increasingly obsessed with climate change the building has been design to comply with the very latest Environmental Standards. The exhibition space itself, which contains 8 large bespoke showcases that stretch from floor to ceiling at lengths of up to 15 metres, was designed by the renowned Ralph Appelbaum Associates from New York. ClickNetherfield have worked on numerous occasions alongside RAA and this marks another successful partnership with stunning visual results. The Arctic Studies Centre is now open to the general public. Links www.anchoragemuseum.org www.raany.com

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ClickNetherfield Blog - interesting items from the web

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:54:28 GMT

I read a large number of publications and subscribe to various RSS feeds as well as being a very active 'Silver Surfer'.��Two articles have recently caught my attention, the first one concerns lighting by Jack V. Miller and Ruth Ellen Miller: http://www.nouvir.com/pdfs/06MuseumLightingPDF.pdf The second one is by Ellen Carlee a Curator at Alaska State Museum:- http://ellencarrlee.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/dust-in-museum-exhibits/ The one looks at dust in Museum Exhibits. John

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Invisible object mounts

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:24:19 GMT

I went to Budapest in Hungary yesterday to look at a new innovation in display.� This patented invention by Andr�s G�tzy of Instore Media creates the effect of suspending the object in mid air in the display case or box, and the pictures show a sample case created for Swarovski. In this case the shelf appears to float. Please see you tube link for an additional case created for NIKE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQMzMQ068Q I think this is a very good idea, there is no trick photography here I have seen the product! John French [gallery link="file"]

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Royal Warrant Unveiled in Livingston

Tue, 25 May 2010 09:18:23 GMT

We were delighted to welcome Fiona Hyslop MSP Culture Minister for Scotland to our factory in Livingston to unveil the recently awarded Royal Warrant at our Headquarters in Livingston; we were very pleased that our local MSP Angela Constance was also able to attend. It was an, unusually, bright sunny day and both our guests were given a tour of the office and factory by Jim and Mike, speaking to a number of members of staff, the formal unveiling took place outside with all the Livingston team present. Our honoured guests were impressed with the breadth and the quality of the work we are doing as well as the global nature of our business and said so in their short speech to our team. John French [caption id="attachment_127" align="alignleft" width="555" caption="Fiona Hyslop Minister of Culture for Scotland unveils Royal Warrant at HQ"][/caption]

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ClickNetherfield Blog - A Celebrity Showcase Debuts in Shanghai

Sat, 15 May 2010 06:00:43 GMT

A Celebrity Showcase Debuts in Shanghai I have travelled the world and visited more than 500 museums but have never witnessed one of our cases being mobbed in quite the way I did yesterday. The picture shows a 36 Metre Long 3.9metre high case in the French Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo in China. On Loan from the Orsay Museum, seven masterpieces of French art are displayed in the case: the Angelus by Millet, the Balcon by Manet, La sale de danse � Arles by Van Gogh, la Femme � la cafeti�re by C�zanne, la Loge de Bonnard, Said Le Repas by Gauguin and the Age of Bronze by Rodin. It is the first time that these masterpieces have been loaned to China and the first time they have been displayed together outside France. John French [gallery link="file" columns="8"]

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Company Golf Day 2010

Mon, 10 May 2010 22:56:43 GMT

After the hailstones of 2009 it was some relief that on arrival at Pumpherston (nr Livingston) the weather was bright and sunny. The Picture was taken just prior to tee off. It was a good day enjoyed by all, the result was a win for Alan Purvis, Mike Chaplin and Robert Swan, with this team also picking up two of the three individual prizes as well, only a tremendous drive by Grant Hawthorne prevented a clean sweep by "team Purvis". A good day with representatives from all areas of the companytaking part. John French

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ClickNetherfield Sponsor Narrative Space @ Leicester University

Wed, 5 May 2010 16:20:53 GMT

Leicester University held their Narrative Space Conference between the 19th and 22nd of April with some of the great and good of the academic and non academic world coming together in this fascinating conference. Regrettably, the Icelandic volcano eruption meant that not just as many of the international speakers were able to make it to the conference as had been planned, but a flurry of last minute reorganisation by Suzanne Macleod and her team of magic makers ensured that as many as possible of those who couldn�t be there had the opportunity to deliver their seminars through the wonders of live technology. However, notwithstanding the travel difficulties and the obvious disruption that caused, Suzanne was delighted to be able to introduce Lee Skolnick with the legendary introduction of �Live From New York� which lightened the mood considerably. Peter Greenaway, the conference keynote speaker was one of those denied participation by the lack of flights to UK air space and great credit goes to Peter Higgins of Land Design for standing in at the last moment with an interesting talk and presentation. The Museum Studies Department at Leicester University recently opened their brand new purpose finished building and ClickNetherfield�s involvement in providing custom made display cases to be used by the students during their studies led to us supporting the Narrative Space conference as joint sponsors with Haley Sharpe Design. ClickNetherfield�s Technical Director Mike Chaplin presented a fascinating session exploring �Narrative Cases� and offered new opportunities for our case products to be considered as a narrative space with which to further engage the museum visitor rather than a glass barrier between the visitor and the displays. Expanding on his theme, Mike gave details of our new e vitrine concept due to be unveiled at The Museum & Heritage Show in May 2010. Clive McCready of our TESS Demountable division participated in a chaired panel discussion on sustainability, this being a subject that is particularly close to Clive�s heart and reflects the direction in which he is moving TESS. All in all, this was an extremely successful conference despite the best efforts of Mother Nature and ClickNetherfield were delighted to be able to support the event. Jim Stewart Museum Studies Department, Leicester University http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/

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ClickNetherfield Blog - New Royal Warrant at Thame Office

Wed, 5 May 2010 06:21:26 GMT

[caption id="attachment_99" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="New Warrant in Place"][/caption] I am pleased to advise that we now have our Warrant displayed in Thame and it will soon be on our Livingston HQ. All the Warrants are hand painted. John French

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Wanderers Return - It's all over

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:08:03 GMT

It�s all over, Manon and Clive made it back on Monday in the early hours after a trip consisting of car journeys, taxis, and trains meeting lots of nice people on the way. Thanks to all that helped them out. Robert Swan finally got his flight and arrived back to the UK last night, big thanks to Virgin Atlantic for looking after him in Shanghai for 6 days, if you are in trouble it does pay to be with a quality Airline! John French

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Staff Stranded - Update

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:44:51 GMT

I am pleased to advise that Manon and Clive made it home after a 48 hour journey from Gdansk to London and on to Oxford and Rushden respectively, a good effort with a lot of drama on the way. I regret that the story from Robert Swan is not so positive still in the airport hotel in Shanghai, with no flight time yet! Please log on for further updates in due course. John French

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Volcano disrupts Business- staff stranded

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:01:16 GMT

[gallery columns="4"] Since the beginning of the financial crisis, I haven�t given much thought to Iceland, �all Polar bears and Ice! Or so I thought.� On arriving back from Egypt on 11.30am Thursday the pilot announced that in 30 minutes all UK airspace would be closed!� Volcanic eruption in Iceland, my first thought was oh that was lucky just in by 30 minutes! I then thought about one of our project mangers Robert Swan who was due back to Heathrow from Shanghai, after the completion of three projects at the Shanghai Expo if he had landed in London he would be stuck. I rang HQ and Julie; Office Manager advised that Robert had not left Shanghai. Then I started to look at the internet and realised that we had Clive McCready and Manon Delaury in Poland they were hosting seminars in Warsaw and Gdansk, an SMS from Manon confirmed the problem no flights from Gdansk to the UK on Thursday! The UK authorities have advised today (Saturday) that no flights will be possible until this evening, I just got am SMS from Clive to say that they have a seat (2) on Eurostar from Lille on Monday now it is just the logistics of the 1000 miles to Lille from Gdansk! Last post from Shanghai Robert is in an airport hotel waiting for Virgin Atlantic to fly, but he went there on Thursday. Keep watching for updates of our team across the world. John French

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ClickNetherfield Blog - The heat is on!

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:45:35 GMT

Project Manager David Nicholson and myself visited our ongoing installation at Museum of Israel in Jerusalem in early April to check on progress and meet with the client to resolve some last minute design details on the final batch of cases currently being manufactured. ClickNetherfield are providing all of the display cases for the Jewish Art & Life Galleries in this multi million dollar refurbishment of the museum with our contract value around $2.3m for 200+ display cases. This has been a fast track project for such a big size, with detail design and prototyping taking place from August 09 to December 09 with manufacture, shipping and install all to be completed by 31^st May 2010. Our site team of Bob Hunter, Michael Macintosh, Jimmy Sinclair, Ritchie Grant and Andy Russell are all flat out busy to ensure we remain on target for the completion date. Overall, it�s a hugely busy construction site with over 400 workers beavering away to try and meet the opening date targeted for July 2010. The curators for Jewish Art & Life, Daisy and Tania have been actively involved in every step of the detailed design process along with local designer Chanan and it�s easy to see the pride and enthusiasm they have for their project. Museum Director James Snyder and Deputy Director Dor Lin were quick to compliment us on the efforts of the ClickNetherfield site team, whilst equally quick at reinforcing the need for meeting the deadline for an up coming sponsors walk around on May 7^th. BA flight schedules to Tel Aviv border on torturous! With the flight out being overnight arriving at 5.15am and the flight back departing at 8.00am, David and I� had a 3.45am departure from their hotel before being taking on a mini guided tour of Israel by a taxi driver who actually didn�t know the way to the airport and if truth be told, wouldn�t have looked out of place in a nursing home for the elderly and infirm. Oh the glamour! Jim Stewart

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Irish Drama

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:01:29 GMT

The reopening of the Ulster Museum in October 2009, after a 3 year refurbishment project, marked its first major redevelopment in nearly 40 years. Funding totalling almost �18m was provided by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, the Heritage Lottery Fund and a number of private benefactors.� The project included a complete renewal of the Art, History and Natural Sciences galleries and provided an opportunity to redisplay and reinterpret objects from these collections. This initiative, described as one of the most important cultural projects in Northern Ireland, has resulted in a dramatic but sensitive transformation of both the interior and exterior of the building. The visitor experience begins outside the museum in the picturesque setting of Belfast�s Botanic Gardens. The project architects have redefined the museum�s relationship with the gardens by removing a barrier of dense planting such that, from the newly created entrance to the building, visitors can now view many of the wonderful aspects of the gardens. On entering the building, visitors begin their journey through an impressive light-filled atrium, some 23 metres high, which leads to the Art, History and Natural Sciences �zones�. The previously cluttered, oppressive, dark spaces, created in the early 1970s suffered from a lack of daylight. This has now been addressed in dramatic fashion, with daylight streaming into the building to give a sense of openness and vibrancy. Polished steel and glass walkways now connect the galleries providing enticing views and opening up the building to an unprecedented extent. These galleries, designed by Haley Sharpe Design of Leicester, working closely with ClickNetherfield, provide seamless displays through the five levels of the museum.� Almost 200 new showcases have been designed with careful attention to detail regarding their object content, the display and preservation needs of the objects and the aesthetics of display. The detailing and finish of all cases in the entire museum are to the same exacting standard. As well as cases used for general displays, considerable effort has been directed towards constructing bespoke cases for particular collections� highlights. For example, one of the museum�s most famous exhibits, Takabuti, an Egyptian mummy, rests in a case almost 2.5 metres square allowing visitors to view her closely from every aspect and marvel at her preservation. Similarly, visitors to the George and Angela Moore Gallery of Applied Art which houses the museum�s collection of glass, ceramics and jewellery are treated to a stunning display of specimens in lofty �sky scraper� cases almost 4 metres high.� Most dramatically, a 12 metre high display tower �Window on our World� scales four floors and features iconic objects from around the world, many of which are too large to display in the surrounding galleries. Skilfully integrated into the structure are two 8 metre long cases, one on the ground floor the other on the top level, which introduce flexibility and allow the museum to display many more of its exciting treasures. This project has been an example of excellent team work involving staff from all levels across the organisation cooperating with national and international experts across various disciplines. Roy Service, Project Sponsor (Ulster Museum Redevelopment), National Museums of Northern Ireland Links www.nmni.com www.haleysharpe.com Editors note The Ulster is Short listed for the Art Fund prize you can vote for it at�� http://www.artfundprize.org.uk in the first month after re-opening 100,000 visitors came through he doors. http://www.hamiltonarchitects.co.uk Other awards for Ulster Museum RICS AWARDS THE ULSTER MUSEUM FOR IT'S SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY The Ulster Museum�s design team led by Hamilton Architects picked up a prestigious RICS Award this week. The Ulster Museum was awarded the RICS Community Benefit award at an award ceremony in the Great Hall at Queens University Belfast. ULSTER MUSEUM AWARDED AT THE OSCARS OF THE MUSEUMS WORLD The Ulster Museum was awarded at the Museums & Heritage Awards for Excellence ceremony on 12 May in London

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Royal Warrant Awarded to ClickNetherfield

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:00:45 GMT

We were very honoured to be granted a Royal Warrant as Display Case Suppliers to Her Majesty the Queen from 1st January 2010. The first Royal Warrant was granted by Henry II to the Weavers� Company in 1155. The vetting procedure has become more stringent over the years and we are delighted to join respected companies such as Waitrose, JCB and Land Rover as holders of the Warrant. Royal Warrants are a mark of recognition to individuals or companies who have supplied goods or services for at least five years to HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh or HRH The Prince of Wales. Warrants have always been regarded as demonstrating excellence and quality. There are over 800 this represents a wide selection of different companies. They range from very small to multinational firms. The Royal Warrant holders have companies that are leaders in their fields as well as local small crafts businesses serving the Royal Household locally. A unique aspect of the Royal Warrant is that it is granted to a named individual � Grantees � who must personally ensure the Warrant is used correctly. Warrant Holders may display the relevant Royal Arms and the legend �By Appointment� on their products, premises, stationery, and� vehicles. Whatever their type of company the holder is they are joined by their commitment to the highest standards of service and excellence in their field. Links http://www.royalwarrant.org

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ClickNetherfield Blog - New Roles at ClickNetherfield

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 10:54:19 GMT

In any good business central to all of its operations are its client followed by the staff, we have as two of our core values:- 1- To provide stability and the opportunity to develop for all our employees, across all locations within the group 2- To invest in our people, our buildings and our machinery to provide a �class leading� environment to produce our products With the above in mind we are delighted to announce the following promotions from within our company Alan Purvis: Operations Manager (previously Production Manager) Alan will be taking up a more central role in the business and effective immediately, will now assume overall managerial responsibility for the following areas; Manufacture, Installations, Procurement, Stores, Quality Control, Facilities Management and Health & Safety. Manon Delaury Business Development Manager Europe As well as her role as marketing manger Manon will look to develop the key European market for our products, this promotion comes on the back of business wins in France and Shanghai. Grant Hawthorne: Commercial Manager As well as his continuing project management responsibilities, Grant will be taking on responsibility for our estimating and tendering departments. Simon Spence: Design Manager We are pleased to confirm Simon in his new role as Design Manager. Simon will report to Mike Chaplin (Technical Director) and assume overall responsibility for managing our design team (Projects) Andrew Brown: Quality & Procurement Manager Andrew will be streamlining his Quality role to allow him to utilise other areas of his expertise within the Procurement Department. We wish all the above well in their new responsibilities and look forward to developing all of our staff in line with our core values�.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - HRH Prince Michael of Kent opens Fit For a King at The Tower of London

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:58:10 GMT

I was pleased to be invited to the opening of Fit for a King and the Treasure of the Royal Armouries, which is the latest exhibition at The Tower of London. The project is the latest in a long running, and judging by attendees� very successful partnership between The Royal Armouries and Historic Royal Palaces. The Exhibition was designed by Studio MB from Edinburgh www.studiomb.co.uk, working in�conjunction with the Armouries team and other members of the team were Paragon Creative, The History Chanel and Verve display who were responsible for the graphic production. We made some very large Inca cases; the project was managed by Allan Mitchell, which puts very modern display cases with the latest in LED lighting in the White Tower which is the oldest Medieval Building in the UK.� The exhibition is a good example of teamwork all the team are part of the Royal Armouries long term "framework" agreements which nurtures close working relationships within the whole team. HRH mentioned in the opening address that this and the refurbishment of the exterior of the White Tower are another step toward the long term goal of fully refurbished visitors facilities on this site and thanked their key sponsors for this assistance on this and other projects. I very much look forward to the next stage. John French

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ClickNetherfield Blog - The Pearl Exhibition in The Museum of Islamic Art Qatar

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:56:01 GMT

: Photo by Christian Creutz, Strasbourg

The Curator had a very nice idea to display a number of exhibits in "old fashioned safes" with purpose made glass doors which contrasts with the modern MIA showcase in other parts of the exhibition.

I think the exhibition is on for two months or so

John

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ClickNetherfield Blog - SITEM

Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:25:21 GMT

[caption id="attachment_49" align="alignnone" width="553" caption="Happy Team in Paris"][/caption] We returned to Sitem in Paris for our 6th year, we caught up with a number of clients and potential clients during the 3 day show. The attendance seemed to be down but the quality was high with a number of new projects being "uncovered" during the exhibition. Manon Delaury and Paul Liquorish did 3 long days on the stand not always easy in the quiet times, with glamorous assistance from Anika Struef from Schott in Paris, a good stand.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Palace Museum in the Forbidden City Beijing

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:09:38 GMT

I had the pleasure of visiting the new galleries created at the Palace Museum Beijing in a Garden at the Back of the main area of the Forbidden City, it has been re-created using authentic ancient methods: that is no modern contraction methods plant or machinery. In the two galleries we worked on Danyuanlou Tangka Display Cases and the new sculpture gallery. The results are stunning with the Low Reflective Glass in the Tangka Gallery being particularly effective, this was a great example of the UK and China working together with the frame works being produced in the UK, the glass coming from Schott in Shanghai and all the other parts being made in Chengdu. The work was Project Managed by David Nicholson and supervised on site by Dom Foley. It was a pleasure to work with the local Architect Gerald Szeto of MotatelierSzeto and the Client Happy Harun of the China Heritage Fund and her able assistant Chang Li.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Busman's holiday

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:52:41 GMT

What do you do in the long winter break, if you are working in Museums all year, probably stay away. That is unless your wife suggests a day at the V&A �just the two of us� It is the 30th December and I find myself in a tour of the V&A keen to visit the galleries we have recently worked on but just as keen to see what everyone else has been doing. My first impressions were if you want a quiet contemplation of a great collection, either go elsewhere, or most likely go outside the holiday period, the reception area was busy with a long line for a map! Past the efficient cloakroom, the galleries await, I have to say the scope of the �future plan� in extraordinary in its vision, I had not, until today, realised just how much has changed and is being changed. The new jewellery galleries were very nice (too hot) and the ceramics gallery was an oasis of peace and quiet (partly due to the confusing layout) other highlights were the sacred silver and stained glass and the exquisite silver gallery. A great place, to keep out of the London winter.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Travel Woes (highs and lows)

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:21:36 GMT

Imagine that you get a taxi for�a 20 minute trip to the airport, it takes 40, you check in ask if the plane is on time, receive a yes. You go through the security, sit in the lounge for 2 hours, the first announcement is then made, not ready for boarding not last call but flight cancelled! "if you are going to London please go to gate A55" 40 minutes and 2 security checkpoints away. You arrive at A55 and wait until 75 minutes after departure time get on a 30 minutes bus ride, then get to the plane, the fork lift had broken meaning they can't load the bags, then they have to de-ice the wing, then wait for a taxi slot to the runway. I don't need to imagine�it all happened yesterday from door to door in 10 hours. The high finally getting home!

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Royal Warrant Granted to ClickNetherfield

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:12:23 GMT

We were notified today that the Royal Warrant Office on behalf of her Majesty the Queen has granted us a warrant as Display Case Suppliers to her for a period of 5 years. This is recognition of our service to the Royal Household over a period of time. The award is a credit to all of our staff.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Royal Pump House

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:37:45 GMT

The People's History Museum, based at the Pump House on Bridge Street in Manchester, will unveil early 2010 its brand new galleries. The new museum will take its visitors through a journey through time and places, and enable them to experience the history of working people in Britain in new exciting ways. For this challenging project, we have completed 50 bespoke display cases, in close cooperation with Headland Design, the museum designers. The People's History Museum is the national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in Britain. The museum was known as both the National Museum of Labour History and the Pump House People's History Museum. It became the People's History Museum in 2001. Closed since 2007 years for a complete redevelopment, the Museum will open its brand new galleries at the beginning of 2010, exploring the world changing events led by the working people of Britain in new exciting ways. Housed in the heart of Manchester, the new Museum will be the first public building in Britain to be built with an extraordinary Corten metal shell and the only national museum in the city. In its 1384 squares metres of exhibitions space, it will display a large collection of almost 1500 historic objects, including banners, 18th and 19th century political cartoons, political posters and political tokens and medals. The collection is housed in bespoke ClickNetherfield cases, completed by our teams in close cooperation with the museum and the exhibition designers. A dedicated community gallery will be open to individuals and groups to mount their own exhibitions, and the visitors will have the unique opportunity to discover the preservation of banners in the museum's new Conservation Studio.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - New Brochure Showcasing Your Vision

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:17:24 GMT

The new brochure was published this month and incorporates a number of our project solutions, The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Leeds City museum as well as a host of other projects both in the the UK and across the world. The brochure incorporates our bespoke solutions as well as our showcase design guide, which we modestly hope will prove a good reference tool for all of our clients. I have delivered a number personally on client visits and they have been very well received to date. We are currently working on a total redesign of our web site www.clicknetherfield.com and hope to re-launch this early in 2010.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:41:01 GMT

The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery has started a��15million redevelopment project, which will raise the museum�s profile and improve the visitors� experience. This ambitious project will see the development of a purpose-built�off-site collections store and�a complete redisplay of the collections. ClickNetherfield are pleased to announce that we will be part of the team for this new development and happy to work again with Benbow Interiors.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Museum of Liverpool

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:39:45 GMT

Liverpool��Museums landmark project, the new Museum of Liverpool, is coming to life on the Mann Island site, at the core of the World Heritage site on the city�s famous waterfront.��Contracted to provide the showcases�and the flexible exhibition systems�for this project, we are very pleased to be part of the team for this challenging project. The new Museum of Liverpool is the latest project developed by the�National Museums of Liverpool in the city, which was appointed Capital of Culture�in 2008. The new Museum is aiming�to become one of the world�s leading city history museums and at giving the social history museum discipline an international profile. ? Opening in 2011, it will be housed in a new landmark building at the Pier�Head of the city, and will be the largest newly built national museum in the UK for over a hundred years. In its 8000 square metres of public space, the �72m Museum will display more than 6000 objects, many of which have never been on display before. It will tell the Liverpool story through archaeological material, social and urban history objects, oral testimonies, entomology collections, botanic collections, photographic archives, costume and decorative art collections.? ? ClickNetherfield are proud to be chosen for their development expertise and look forward to working closely with the client design team of Haley Sharpe and Redman Design.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Trip to Qatar

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:24:18 GMT

I was very pleased to be back in Qatar last week, to visit with friends in that country built up over our association with the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha (opened November 2008). It was a real pleasure to deliver our new brochure "Showcasing your Vision" to our clients there. The reaction was very enthusiastic one quote was "The showcase design guide section will prove a reference for our staff, for years to come" Whilst in Qatar I took the opportunity to visit a number of clients and potential client in this thriving state in this developing region. A large number of new hotels have recently opened there including a new W hotel (flagship of the Starwood brand). I dined in the JW Marriot Steakhouse which was excellent, not sure about the plates with a cast bulls head at each end, but the service was very good. I flew in and out with Qatar Air and experienced first hand, the 5 Star service, for which they are renowned.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - New Brochure - Showcase Design Guide

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:43:02 GMT

A big week for us and we hope our clients, the first of our new brochures were printed, it is a 50+ page guide to showcase design featuring as well as design advice, interesting reviews of good practise in Conservation, Lighting, security including glass and shelving. It included our top tips and we hope it will be used as a reference for a long time to come.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - About

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:34:04 GMT

This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many pages like this one or sub-pages as you like and manage all of your content inside of WordPress.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - ICON visit The Glassworks

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:41:39 GMT

ClickNetherfield hosted a meeting of 28 conservators form ICON Scotland in two separate visits in October 2009. Initiated by Helen Creasy from The Scottish Conservation Studio, the visits were organised to demonstrate how a modern museum showcase is made and to illustrate the breadth and depth of testing and research that a modern manufacturer puts into a high quality museum solution.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - The Ulster Museum

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:52:14 GMT

As a regular visitor to the Ulster Museum over the last 10 years and knowing of their redevelopment plans for quite some time, I was expectantly excited to get a sneak preview of the museum during the final stages of the redevelopment project. And I wasn�t to be disappointed; right from the entrance the museum gives an impression of lightness and space that simply didn't exist in the old building. Gone is the brutalist 1970s entrance area with it�s low slung grey concrete that was oppressively dark and cloying, in it�s place, a bright, airy and welcoming space and regular visitors to the museum will surely be delighted with the transformation. The creation of a feature central atrium to a height of 23 metres transforms the museum entrance and helps move it firmly in to the 21st century. Innovative glass and steel walkways at varying heights in the new atrium completely open up access to the museum�s galleries on different levels and will transform the visitor flow through the History, Art and Science galleries, it even extends out from the newly created restaurant to the beautiful Botanic Gardens that surround the Ulster Museum. As an avid fan of the museum�s Armada collection, I�m delighted to see the exhibition presented to the visitor in a manner that finally does justice to this superb collection of gold and precious artefacts that was recovered from the wreck of The Girona which sank off the coast of Northern Ireland in 1588 following the defeat of The Spanish Armada. Another particular favourite of mine (and many local residents) is the museums famous old lady, Takabuti. This fascinating Egyptian Mummy who dates from the 7th century is in fabulous shape and has enthralled visitors to the museum over the years. The poor girl has spent the last two and a half years in solitary confinement in specially conditioned storage and she has now resumed her place as the star of the show in the museums History galleries. Abundant new information will help the visitor explore life and death amongst ancient Egypt as well as learning more about the mummification process. Four new learning zones have been incorporated within the redevelopment along with a new Art Discovery Gallery and all should be well received when the museum finally reopens. Taking half an hour out of my flying visit, I tracked down Roy Service, the NMNI�s Project Sponsor to get his take on the project as it nears completion. Suffice to say, he�s a very happy man and as many a weary museum professional who immerse themselves in major redevelopments in their museum will sympathise with, he�s looking forward to the end of it all and a well-earned rest. Given that the fit out and case dressing was still in it�s final stages, I didn�t manage to access all areas, but when it opens, I strongly recommend you make the effort yourself. Jim Stewart Managing Director ClickNetherfield.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - An Iconic Design Masterpiece - the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha opens to Worldwide Acclaim

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:01:01 GMT

With award-winning I. M. Pei as the architect, galleries designed by internationally renowned Jean-Michel Wilmotte, and world leading UK based ClickNetherfield responsible for the showcasing, the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar stands as a formidable and magnificent edifice housing a dazzling collection of Islamic art. Opened on 1st December by His Highness the Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in a storm of blue and gold fireworks, the museum takes the visitor on a magical journey across cultures and through time with over 800 exhibits spanning 3 continents and 1300 years. �This was one of the most difficult jobs I ever undertook� said Pei, who describes the essence of Islamic architecture as �where sun brings to life powerful volumes and geometry plays a central role.� Breath-taking in its austere simplicity this imposing white building, constructed on a stand-alone island, is a unique expression of Pei's vision of Islamic design. "We are proud to open the doors of this magnificent Pei masterpiece and to share with the world the exceptional depth and vitality of Islamic art" said Abdullah Al Najjar, CEO of Qatar Museums Authority, �and each artefact was chosen for the story they tell.� These remarkable stories are wide ranging and imposing from room size silk tapestries and carpets to an exquisite Indian Jade pendant (1631) belonging to Shah Jahan (who created the Taj Mahal as a tribute to his wife) and worn to cure a broken heart. Fragile manuscripts on display include one of the rarest and earliest versions of the Qu'ran to survive possibly written within decades of the death of the Prophet Muhammed, and a page from a colossal Central Asian Qu'ran c.1400 created for the emperor Timur. Notoriously difficult to read the clarity achieved in this exhibition is astonishing. Described by Mike Chaplin, Technical Director at ClickNetherfield, as �the largest project we have ever undertaken with some of the largest cases ever constructed� he went on to explain that �the complex designs required to ensure the illusion of transparency was achieved even in cases up to almost 5 metres in height.� The results are stunning with each of the diverse and exquisite Islamic treasures clearly able to tell its own story. The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha is the latest in a series of ambitious projects that ClickNetherfield has completed in the Middle East. International award-winners, ClickNetherfield specialise in conservation, security challenges, and unique, high quality, innovative showcase design and construction. Their focus is to provide a complete solution for the client, offering an experienced 'in-house' team of professional staff and operatives on site and worldwide to ensure a seamless service from concept to handover.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - International Partnership Creates Spectacular Environments at the Art Gallery of Ontario

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:00:16 GMT

ClickNetherfield, international museum showcase designers and manufacturers, and kubik-Maltbie, leading museum specialists, teamed up as part of an innovative and exciting project with the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Together they have created a range of beautiful displays, environments and unique showcases to house the remarkable Thomson Collections of Ship Models and European Art, on view to the public for the first time from November 14th 2008. "We are honoured and thrilled to be part of the Transformation of AGO, and to work with outstanding partners like Gehry International and kubik-Maltbie" said Mike Chaplin, Technical Director, of UK based ClickNetherfield "we believe the result is one of the most dramatic museum showcase projects in the world." The Thomson Collection of Ship Models is one of the largest ever assembled, with examples from the Napoleonic era through to the 20th century, and ranging from an inch to nearly 9 foot long. The models are housed in a series of spectacular Gehry designed curved glass showcases described by Ryan Skorch, Projects and Development Director, kubik-Maltbie, as "an exquisite and incredibly complex design." The curved glass case geometry required for this ground-breaking concept demanded rigorous test design, and pushed the latest computer aided design technology to the absolute limits. The resulting amazing wave-profile glass showcases demonstrate the ability of ClickNetherfield to turn vision into reality. The Thomson Collection of European Art features over 900 Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque works of art, the highlight of which is the recently rediscovered 17th century masterpiece by Peter Paul Rubens, The Massacre of the Innocents. Two Gehry International designed 'roomettes' one in black slate, the other in copper tiles create intimate spaces to view various exquisite works. "The range of materials used in the cases and displays throughout, gold leaf, galvanized metal, polished copper, huge sheets of mitred glass, were all selected and used to complement the rooms, the gallery and the collection," said Skorch "we believe these displays set a new standard for museums and galleries." "The ClickNetherfield kubik-Maltbie team was the ideal partner for this project" said Linda Milrod, Program Director, Transformation AGO Project. "They are an amazing team that was consistently able to pull off what often seemed impossible." kubik-Maltbie is one of the world's most recognised museum specialists, designing and creating industry-leading�museum exhibitions and memorable visitor experiences. ClickNetherfield specialises in design, manufacture and installation of the highest quality display cases, equipped with a diverse range of lighting and environmental control systems, for museums and galleries throughout the world.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Queen's award winners

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:00:14 GMT

What do Bill Clinton, Princess Diana, Jack the Ripper, Winston Churchill & Tutankhamen have in common? They all have an exhibition with showcases designed and built by the latest Queen�s Award winner for International Trade, The British Showcase Group t/a ClickNetherfield. The award recognises the achievement of ClickNetherfield in growing their export market by 140% (336% in 4 years) in the last three years. ClickNetherfield have been designing, manufacturing and installing showcases since the 1970s and was previously a winner of a British Design award. In 2004, the company won The Edinburgh Evening News Lothian Business Excellence Award for International Business and now The Queen�s Award recognises their impressive achievement of having installed their cases in over 40 countries across the world. This medium size company, with Headquarters in Livingston and offices in Thame, manufactures�the majority of its products in Britain. They have offices in Beijing, Chengdu and Shenzhen as well as distributors in a number of countries including the USA, Australia and its latest in Istanbul, Turkey. Their clients include all the UK�s major museums and overseas they have cases in The Louvre, The Smithsonian Institute (NASM & Natural History) and the latest project, the company�s largest to date, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. A very diverse business, you can see their cases in all walks of life from your local heritage centre to the Palaces of Royal Families including, Her Majesty the Queen and The King of Saudi Arabia. Comments John French Group Chairman �This award recognises the successful realisation of a carefully considered strategy to enter markets overseas, in which we face both global and local competition. Our focus on a �one stop strategy� where we have all the key elements of Design, manufacture and installation in house has really paid off in all areas of our business: but in particular our international business.�

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ClickNetherfield Blog - International Slavery Museum in Liverpool

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 12:00:39 GMT

For the opening of the new International Slavery Museum in Liverpool in August 2007, ClickNetherfield completed a technically demanding five-month project involving the development of a variety of case models. Located in Liverpool�s Albert Dock, at the centre of a World Heritage site, close to the dry Docks where 18th century slave trading ships were repaired, the new International Slavery Museum pays tribute to the millions of Africans who were forced into slavery and highlights both the historical and contemporary aspects of this deplorable human phenomenon. The refurbishment of the museum, which opened on the date of the bicentenary of the abolition of the British slave trade, ClickNetherfield has created and installed Inca, Prism, Mono and Access showcases within the galleries of the museum. This project incorporates the successful development of custom built, shaped cases, with an important focus on conservation and protection of the precious artefacts. Concealed within the cases, active climate control and integrated passive humidity control systems have been carefully installed to ensure the integrity of the display chamber. Attention has been paid to the visibility of the artefacts, by the use of Amiran^® low reflective glass: for an optimal collection display. This project was particularly challenging for our team, which utilised its expertise to develop custom cases and design and install hundreds of fibre optic tails. The work, achieved in close cooperation with Redman Design Associates and the contractors, has resulted in a remarkable Gallery, where objects are featured in very diverse types of cases, a number of which stand out with their LCD screens designed and built into the case structure.

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ClickNetherfield Blog - Art Gallery of Ontario

Mon, 14 May 2007 12:00:44 GMT

ClickNetherfield have been appointed to work with Gehry Partners of Los Angeles, architects for the redevelopment of the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. This project sets new standards in showcase design, engineering and geometrical complexity � cases for the Thomson Ship Models Collection Gallery are a free form curving design in plan view with a wave profile to the top. The Thomson Collection of European Art Galleries integrate minimal case design with maximum functionality, and a delightful range of material finishes from white marble to Douglas Fir to copper plate and even cast bronze.

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ClickNetherfield Newsletter - ClickNetherfield Newsletter Issue 7

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:59:35 GMT

Utah"s Natural History Gets Stunning New Habitat At the end of last year the Natural History Museum of Utah unveiled its new home, the spectacular $102.5 million Rio Tinto Center in Salt Lake City. Featuring 34,000 square feet of exhibition space and 10 permanent galleries focussing on the state"s ancient ecosystems, biogeography, native peoples and how climate change and population growth are expected to shape the state in the future; the new center makes the museum one of the most prominent natural history destinations in the American West. Read more 2011 CONFERENCE BEST YET We held our annual conference at Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool in December. As in previous years, the event was hugely popular with a great turnout on the day even despite the dismal weather. The success of the day was no doubt helped by this year"s format which covered the major aspects of managing a museum project, such as design, site construction, and cost management. The new Museum of Liverpool was used as a case study, and many of the speakers focussed on their involvement in the project; discussing both the successes and challenges. We were also privileged enough to have presentations from Sharon Granville (Project Director, Museum of Liverpool) and David Fleming (Director, National Museums Liverpool) which in turn sparked some lively and interesting discussion among our delegates. Read More PROUDLY ANNOUNCING EXCITING NEW PARTNERSHIPS 2011 was a great year for us in terms of forging some promising new business links. During the year we signed contracts with three new distributors, in Spain, Kuwait and Denmark. In Spain we are collaborating with Madrid-based firm Ypuntoending, Managing Director Mr Javier Delgado; in Denmark with Copenhagen-based firm Kvorning Design and Communication, Director Mr Arne Kvorning; and in Kuwait with City General Trading & Contracting Company, Managing Director Mr Fawzy Al Qattan. Read more COMING IN OUR NEXT E-NEWSLETTER... Our R&D engineers have been working hard recently and we have some exciting new product development news!

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ClickNetherfield Newsletter - ClickNetherfield Newsletter Issue 6

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:42:27 GMT

Annual Conference - Details Announced Following on from the acclaimed opening of the Museum of Liverpool earlier on this year, we have decided to base this year"s conference around the processes involved in successfully planning and running a major museum project. Attendance is a must for anyone planning a refurbishment or new-build project for their museum, no matter how small their project. This conference will offer sound advice and tips on what to do and also what not to do in order to ensure your project is a success. Entitled "Planning and Running a Successful Museum Project", the event will take place on Wednesday 14th December at Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool. Read more National Museum Unveils Dramatic Transformation The National Museum of Scotland opened its doors in July after undergoing a £47.4m makeover. Among more than 8,000 objects displayed for the first time across 16 new galleries are a life-size cast of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummies and an exotic bird stuffed by Charles Darwin himself. Architects, Gareth Hoskins, alongside exhibition designers, Ralph Appelbaum executed the ambitious three-year overhaul. ClickNetherfield was contracted by museum fit-out specialists, Beck Interiors to design, manufacture and install 168 showcases over 15 of the new galleries at the museum. Read More Introducing Inca 6 ClickNetherfield are pleased to announce the implementation of our newest member of the Inca family, Inca 6 as the default product from our Inca range. Previously this design has been offered as a premium product. Showcasing state-of-the-art surface-bonded technology, this case design is breathtakingly beautiful. The Museum of Liverpool - completed in July - is the first major project we"ve undertaken using entirely Inca 6, and we are now proud to be able to offer this superior product to all of our clients as our default Inca design at no additional cost. Read more

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ClickNetherfield Newsletter - ClickNetherfield Newsletter Issue 5

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:24:59 GMT

Museum of Liverpool Opens Doors The eagerly awaited £72m Museum of Liverpool opened to the public last week. The 8,000 square metre building is the largest purpose-built museum in Britain for more than a century, and expects to attract a whopping 750,000 visitors every year. The museum aims to reflect the city"s global significance through its unique geography, history and culture. Visitors can explore how the port, its people, their creativity and sporting history have shaped the city. Read More Egypt Update Our installers have recently returned from the site of the brand new Children"s Museum in Cairo, Egypt, having installed a total of 21 showcases (6 Monos, 2 Prisms, and 13 Vistas). Whilst our part of the project is complete, the museum still has some other work to complete before it can officially open its doors to the public. The impressive 3-storey building was designed by UK-based Mallinson Architects, and comprises 13 permanent exhibits. It is expected to be one of Cairo"s top cultural attractions. Read more The ClickNetherfield Fibre Optic Head Just Got Better The ClickNetherfield fibre optic head was originally developed 17 years ago, specifically to meet the requirements of museum showcases. In particular, it is one of the few heads that is adjustable and well-sealed enough to be used on cases requiring the tightest air exchange rates. Our in-house design engineers have recently redesigned the head, making it one of the most current and cutting edge fibre optic light heads designed for museum use on the market. Read more

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ClickNetherfield Newsletter - ClickNetherfield Newsletter Issue 4

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:26:09 GMT

MODERN ARAB ART GETS A LUXURIOUS NEW HOME The world"s first museum devoted entirely to modern Arab art and creativity opened its doors in Qatar recently. Located in the outskirts of Doha in Education City, the building was previously a school but was impressively redesigned for the museum by French architect Jean-Francois Bodin. Modern construction on the facade is contrasting with the rest of the original building, but they are still in harmony. Read More. SHOWCASING THE FUTURE ClickNetherfield is busy preparing to exhibit at the Museums & Heritage Show 2011, which is taking place on 11th and 12th May at Earl"s Court in London. Some of you may have seen the eVitrine concept on our stand at the exhibition last year. We will be demonstrating the latest version of the product on the stand again this year. Read more. DOING OUR BIT FOR THE PLANET In a bid to reduce our overall energy consumption, ClickNetherfield have recently employed the use of specialised new energy monitoring software. METERology is an engineered solution for monitoring all your energy meters through a simple to use web application which can be accessed from anywhere within your organisation. Read more.

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ClickNetherfield Newsletter - Facebook and Twitter Pages

Mon, 7 Mar 2011 16:56:12 GMT

Facebook and Twitter Pages We are very excited about our new Facebook and Twitter pages and would love you to join us to share in the latest news, products and projects from around the world. On our pages you will be able to keep up-to-date with news, join in discussions, find our more about us and much more…. Please feel free to browse each page for further information or better still, sign up now and LIKE us on Facebook or FOLLOW us on Twitter. We welcome your feedback, comments and invite you to join in our discussions. Best wishes, Lesley Weir

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ClickNetherfield Newsletter - ClickNetherfield Newsletter Issue 3

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:28:50 GMT

CLICKNETHERFIELD ON TOP OF THE WORLD Eight months after the grand opening of the Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum in Alaska, USA, we"re proud to present to you some stunning new images showcasing our work on this project. In a unique arrangement between two prestigious institutions, the Smithsonian Institution loaned large numbers of indigenous Alaskan artefacts to the Anchorage Museum, and its opening marked the conclusion of one of ClickNetherfield"s longest running projects.� Read more ANNUAL CONFERENCE GOES DOWN A STORM � On Thursday 9th December 2010, ClickNetherfield in conjunction with technical partner SCHOTT held its annual conference, entitled "The Exhibition Space of the Future", in the Hochhauser Auditorium at the V&A Museum in London. The conference was dedicated to the changing face of exhibition at the beginning of this decade, and aimed to explore new designs and techniques which are currently being used across the world. A range of interesting presentations were heard by around 70 delegates representing various aspects of the museum industry worldwide.� Read More CLICKNETHERFIELD UNVEIL NEW TECHNICAL PARTNER � ClickNetherfield are pleased to announce a new technical partnership with Ecogen, Italy. Ecogen is a subdivision of Isolcell, who have been developing atmosphere control systems for over 50 years. Ecogen create customised environmental control solutions for museum showcase environments.� Using modular elements, they can control humidity and temperature within showcases, as well as providing air filtration to remove pollutant particulates, UV sterilisation to remove bacteria, and low oxygen environments through the introduction of Nitrogen. Read more

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ClickNetherfield Newsletter - ClickNetherfield Conference at The V & A - Limited spaces remaining

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:58:47 GMT

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ClickNetherfield Newsletter - ClickNetherfield Newsletter Issue 2

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:14:55 GMT

THE ISRAEL MUSEUM REOPENS The long anticipated opening of the completely revamped Israel Museum took place on a warm evening in Jerusalem on Sunday 25th July. Museum Director James Snyder hosted the dedication ceremony attended by President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and four hundred other distinguished guests. The $100 million revamp which doubled the exhibition space is the largest single philanthropic effort ever undertaken by a single museum in Israel with Mr Snyder going on to explain that this will be "many museums under a single roof". Read More WELCOME TO THE E-VITRINE A new integrated concept in display, lighting, graphic and content management in one package New United Kingdom Patent Application No 1000447.1 is a method of providing an integrated lighting, labelling and AV experience within a display case. Content is created in a software package such as PowerPoint, which is then projected into the case using an LCD projector. Read more THE EXHIBITION SPACE OF THE FUTURE The conference, "The Exhibition Space of the Future", will be held on the 9th December 2010 at the Hochhauser Auditorium, V&A Museum, in London. The conference is dedicated to the changing face of exhibition galleries at the beginning of this century. The conference aims to look forward at new designs and techniques, which are currently being used across the world through a number of interesting presentations. Read more

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ClickNetherfield Newsletter - Director of The Israel Museum Headlines at Conference at The V & A

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:54:39 GMT

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ClickNetherfield Newsletter - ClickNetherfield Newsletter UK2

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:28:21 GMT

INVISIBLE OBJECT MOUNTS Click Netherfield are always looking for new and better ways to display exhibits. In pursuit of this, we talk to our suppliers and technology partners to find genuine innovations in glass and metal. Our Chairman John French was in Budapest recently to look at a new innovation in display. This patented invention by András Gótzy of Instore Media creates the effect of suspending an object in mid air in the display case or box. Read More. CLICKNETHERFIELD SPONSOR NARRATIVE SPACE @ LEICESTER UNIVERSITY Leicester University held their Narrative Space Conference between the 19th and 22nd of April with some of the great and good of the academic and non academic world coming together in this fascinating conference. Regrettably, the Icelandic volcano eruption meant that not just as many of the international speakers were able to make it to the conference as had been planned, but a flurry of last minute reorganisation by Suzanne Macleod and her team of magic makers ensured that as many as possible of those who couldn"t be there had the opportunity to deliver their seminars through the wonders of live technology. Read more. IRISH DRAMA The reopening of the Ulster Museum in October 2009, after a 3 year refurbishment project, marked its first major redevelopment in nearly 40 years. Funding totalling almost £18m was provided by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, the Heritage Lottery Fund and a number of private benefactors. The project included a complete renewal of the Art, History and Natural Sciences galleries and provided an opportunity to redisplay and reinterpret objects from these collections. This initiative, described as one of the most important cultural projects in Northern Ireland, has resulted in a dramatic but sensitive transformation of both the interior and exterior of the building. Read more.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Dramatic Transformation Unveiled

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:14:26 GMT

Architects, Gareth Hoskins, alongside exhibition designers, Ralph Appelbaum executed the ambitious three-year overhaul. ClickNetherfield was contracted by museum fit-out specialists, Beck Interiors to design, manufacture and install 168 showcases over 15 of the new galleries at the museum. In total 26,000 objects are now on show across 36 galleries, making the museum one of the UK's largest. A fascinating challenge for us on this project was the new bespoke hinged system we designed for Ralph Appelbaum. Ordinarily, you'd think that a hinge for a piece of glass would be simple, but when that hinge is fully visible, has to support a glass door weighing up to 200Kg, and be able to close with precise geometry that hermetically seals to an adjacent flush glass panel, it becomes quite a different challenge. Our existing hinge system achieves this using a dual action opening mechanism with two arms mounted within the system channel or within a 150mm wide stainless steel or powdercoated aluminium block. The seemingly impossible challenge from Ralph Appelbaum was to achieve the same performance but from within a 50mm square hinge housing. The use of laminated glass was a pre-requisite for the museum so solutions that may have been possible with toughened glass were not an option. However, with some cunning lateral thinking, our clever design team at ClickNetherfield rose to the challenge and delivered this fully customised solution that has been used throughout the stunning new galleries.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Stirling Heads Resurrected

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 15:00:35 GMT

ClickNetherfield provided display cases 6 bespoke Vistas for the Stirling Heads, housed in a special gallery created on the upper floor of the palace where they are on permanent public display. The Stirling Heads are a precious national artistic treasure. 34 of these large oak medallions, which once decorated the ceilings of some of the royal apartments, have been handed down. They are carved with the faces of Scottish Kings and Queens, European royalty, Roman emperors and Classical heroes.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Preserving Roman Remains

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:41:40 GMT

It is noted for the Vindolanda Tablets, which are among the most important finds of military and private correspondence found anywhere in the Roman Empire. The Vindolanda Trust was founded in 1970 to excavate and preserve the Roman remains associated with the land owned by the trust. The Trust was keen for the return of the ancient Roman Writing Tablets which were excavated at the site many years ago but then taken to the British Museum for safe-keeping. The British Museum's conservation standards are very high, in terms of both security and environmental controls, and so in order to get them to agree to the loan, the ClickNetherfield display case had to undergo an environmental monitoring period of six months. This was to ensure that the temperature and humidity control element was just right to house the precious artefacts. There is a fine margin between acceptable levels, and ensuring that the case had the ability to maintain optimum levels was absolutely essential. Following a successful monitoring period, the Trust was finally granted loan of the tablets and they are on display now.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Well Read

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:18:14 GMT

With the planned relocation of the law and music collections to the Main Library in 2013, the opportunity existed for the library to look holistically at the building and to determine how best to protect its past; adapting it for present and future use, while ensuring its centrality as a research hub and exhibition centre, not only for the University, but the wider community. It is part of the Durham World Heritage Site and as such will welcome many more visitors in the future. Having recently embarked upon this ambitious renovation programme, the library called in ClickNetherfield to provide the showcases for the Wolfson Gallery, designed by Inscape Design.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Vision Restored

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:55:08 GMT

No. 5 recently underwent a major restoration project, restoring the building to its former glory and creating a place to display items from the Library's collection, previously stored out of public view due to space restrictions. Given the sheer size of the collections, important consideration was given to how best to interest visitors without overwhelming them. Access drawer units are a good solution to a showcasing a very large collection of small items, such as coins, allowing for optimum display of numerous items together.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Growth of an Era

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:44:43 GMT

In 1994, having outgrown the Princess Street site, the museum's main galleries moved to the Pump House, an Edwardian former hydraulic power station. By 2000 the quantity and scope of the museum collections had outgrown the Pump House galleries and the decision was made to expand. In 2010, new main galleries opened in a purpose-built building as part of a £12.5 million redevelopment of the whole museum. The museum's designated collections were at the centre of the redevelopment, so the display cases were naturally a very important element of the project. We provided close to 50 showcases of all shapes and styles, ranging from small recessed Monos to extremely large cases to showcase rare trade union banners.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Spirit in the North

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:37:55 GMT

Art on Tyneside was installed in the early 1990s so it was looking a bit tired and out of date. It was also quite claustrophobic, and not good for large groups. So they decided that it was time to modernise the space, with the refreshed gallery being renamed Northern Spirit. Designed by Haley Sharpe, the new improved gallery is made up of three sections: Artists' Stories; River and City; and Artists and Communities. The end results have been fantastic, with the gallery having been opened up in terms of space, and greater emphasis having been placed on the objects themselves.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Utah's Nature Showcased

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:18:46 GMT

The building is immediately recognizable due to the 42,000 square feet of standing seam copper that wraps the exterior of the building. The copper, mined from Kennecott Utah Copper's Bingham Canyon Mine located across the Salt Lake Valley from the new Museum site, is installed in horizontal bands of various heights to represent the layered rock formations seen throughout Utah. ClickNetherfield designed and manufactured a total of 20 cases for the museum. 17 of these were completely bespoke and engineered to suit the specification of the client's concept. Because the museum is situated in a seismic zone and a fault line runs underneath, it was essential that the case structures were made of heavy gauge steel and clad in bonded glass. We went through a full structural engineering process and produced a prototype which we set up in New Jersey for the client to review and approve. Following this stage of the process, some minor changes to the design were applied before full production began.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Liverpool's History Revealed

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:00:05 GMT

Among its 6,000 artefacts are Ken Dodd's tickling sticks and the skeleton of the 1900 Grand National winner. Other exhibits include the school-hall stage on which John Lennon and Paul McCartney first played, the Brookside Close street sign from the television soap and items dating back to the ice age. Working alongside exhibition designers, Haley Sharpe and Redman Design, as well as fit-out contractors, Patton Heritage, and exhibition walling contractors, Protean, ClickNetherfield designed and manufactured a total of 173 cases for the museum. These were done over three phases, the final of which opened to the public at the end of November 2011. The museum was officially opened by a local school boy, and throughout the day was visited by a record-breaking 12,000 guests. The evening ceremony was attended by some of Liverpool's most famous faces, including Yoko Ono, John Conteh, Claire Sweeney and Ken Dodd who we managed to snap admiring one of our cases!

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Jewish Art & Life

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:44:47 GMT

This represented the most comprehensive renovation and expansion in its forty-five year history, as well as the largest capital undertaking for a cultural institution in Israel's history. The Museum's new Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Wing for Jewish Art and Life is a focal point within the vast cultural landscape presented in the new galleries. Situated between the archaeology of the ancient Land of Israel and the fine arts of the Western and non-Western worlds, this wing places Jewish culture centrally within a world context, merging sacred and secular practices and Western and non-Western traditions. Designed by Israeli exhibition designer Chanan de Lange, the project called for simple detailing to showcase objects of ritual and daily use that exemplified the most beautiful and meaningful of their kind. The Museum called upon ClickNetherfield to realise de Lange's design, calling for over 250 custom designed showcases to be developed, presented in prototype, manufactured and installed within the project's notably tight time-frame. The end result is a display system that subordinates to the priority of the objects themselves, while also creating a setting of simple beauty; filling a sequence of new galleries with design, fabrication, and lighting solutions that could not complement the works on display with greater elegance or grace.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Fit For a King

Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Following the very successful Henry VIII - Dressed to Kill exhibition of 2009, this new exhibition opened in April 2010. Displayed throughout three storeys of the White Tower, the collection exhibits a range of armour and weapons used by English Kings over a 500 year period.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Where the Race Lives On

Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Included in the expansive exhibition space are the central exhibits including ClickNetherfield cases: Hall of Honor, Race Week and Heritage Speedway. In addition to preserving the more than 60 years of historical artifacts of the NASCAR collection throughout the Hall of Fame, each year new Inductees will have dedicated displays on exhibit in the Hall of Honor. Protected by all-glass, bespoke, trapezoidal showcases mounted alongside adjustable platforms for the displaying of actual race cars, the annual Inductees' personal memorabilia and historical artifacts will be preserved & protected by ClickNetherfield cases.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - The Anchorage Museum

Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Arctic Study Center in the Anchorage Museum lets us explore the history of Alaska.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Arab Museum of Modern Art

Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Located in the outskirts of Doha in Education City, the building was previously a school but was impressively redesigned for the museum by French architect Jean-Francois Bodin. Modern construction on the facade is contrasting with the rest of the original building, but they are still in harmony. The exterior of the building and everything (rooms, furniture) within is linked by the colour white. ClickNetherfield were delighted to be called upon to supply Mathaf with showcases, providing a total of 20 bespoke solutions for the project. The opening of Mathaf in late 2010 follows the opening of the Museum of Islamic Art in 2008, and sees Qatar fast turning into the cultural hub of the Middle East.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - A Life's Work

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Equal Studio was appointed by the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust to redesign the present museum, opening in March 2009.|Andrew Carnegie was in his time the richest man in the world and with the fortune he made from business in America, he turned to philanthropy and interests in education and the arts.|The Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum is an impressive double-height building commissioned by his wife as a memorial after his death, that adjoins the small cottage where he was born.|For the last 25 years the main gallery has been without any natural light. One of Equal's first aims was to get daylight back into the building as its architect James Shearer originally intended in 1925. To ensure achieving the required lux levels for the objects, a 'stained glass' graphic application depicting high points in Andrew Carnegie's life has been used to balance light entering the building and being backlit, can be viewed from the outside at night.|A more involving approach has been implemented to tell the story of Andrew Carnegie's life and the role of philanthropy today through integrating new interactive communication media (appealing to a more varied audience) with the eclectic objects that form the museum collection. |Having reviewed the museum's objects and their existing showcases, ClickNetherfield were appointed to design and install a suite of new cases to house this valuable collection under appropriate environmental conditions.|One particularly complex challenge that arose during the design development stage was to seamlessly incorporate a touch-screen interactive unit inside a showcase ensuring that all heat generated from the equipment was removed. The showcase was also designed to allow the future removal of the unit should it no longer be required. The collaboration between 3D designer, AV hardware supplier and showcase manufacturer, was successfully managed by Grant Hawthorne, Senior Project Manager at ClickNetherfield.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - Science meets art

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

It explored Darwin's links with artistic traditions and his impact on the visual arts in Europe and America in the nineteenth century.|The exhibition juxtaposed art works with scientific material of all sorts, from geological maps and botanical teaching diagrams to fossils, minerals, and ornithological specimens. This fascinating collection revealed the many interactions between natural science and art during this period.|TESS Demountable supplied the showcases for the exhibition, and these same cases will be used for years to come to support the museum's ongoing temporary exhibition programme. The interdisciplinary nature of Endless Forms meant that the cases would be used to display not only drawings and manuscripts but also specimens, including a number of fossils lent by the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences and a display of birds of paradise from the Museum of Zoology, both part of the University of Cambridge. The birds of paradise were housed in a case from the TESS 'Evolution' range - very appropriate given the theme of the exhibition! As they are intended for long-term use within the museum for its permanent collection as well as temporary exhibitions, the cases clearly needed to conform to the highest display standards, leading us to specify anti-bandit laminate glass, high security locks and humidity control.|The project timeline was exceptionally tight. The museum team, consisting of the exhibition curator, conservator, researchers, technicians and security manager, held two meetings with Clive McCready, one on site at the Fitzwilliam and another at the TESS southern office in Thame. A productive dialogue continued between the museum and TESS as the display requirements were honed down and the order was finally placed in March for delivery in May. Installation ran smoothly, thanks to this extensive planning and preparation. The team had previously ensured that the largest of the cases would fit into the museum's service lift and delivery and installation were completed within two days by the cheerful TESS team.|The scale of the exhibition (the most ambitious that the Fitzwilliam has ever organised), the complexities of the display and the need to adhere to strict museum standards meant that we needed a reliable company to work with. TESS did not let us down and their knowledgeable team were able to offer advice throughout the process.

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ClickNetherfield Case Studies - History and heritage

Thu, 1 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Other galleries explore different aspects of life in Wiltshire in more modern times, and the geology and wildlife of the county, including the famous chalk downland.|The art gallery has a programme of exhibitions drawn from this collection or the works of contemporary artists, while a temporary exhibitions area has a constantly changing series of displays housed in TESS Demountable Mono-3D and PrismHD cases which allow the quick and easy rotation of displays and the ability to move the cases to other areas (including upper galleries) of the museum if required.|The museum is also planning to create a new prehistory gallery, which will feature Britain's richest Bronze Age burial, found at Bush Barrow, near Stonehenge. When the gallery is completed the amazing finds will be on permanent display in Wiltshire for the first time in generations. The new gallery will be developed in collaboration with the planned new Stonehenge Visitor Centre.

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