Audio visual producer procurement

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The existing Churchill Museum displays are arranged in a cyclical formation, starting and ending in 1940.

This means that visitors leaving the tour of the site's historic rooms, which are laid out as they were in October 1940, encounter the section covering 1940-1945 (entitled 'War Leader') first. These displays look at Churchill's time as Prime Minister during the Second World War, when he spent time in the Cabinet War Rooms.

Visitors can then explore his career after the war, school life, and early political career in the following four chapters:

 Cold War Statesman 1945-1965

 Young Churchill 1874-1900

 Maverick Politician 1900-1929

 Wilderness Years 1929-1940

Unlike the rest of the museum, Churchill and the Middle East will cover a broader time period than the other chapters, but with particular emphasis on those periods when he held a position of significant political power or influence - as Secretary of State for the Colonies in the early 1920s, and as Prime Minister during the Second World War.

The use of an immersive audio visual display will ensure that complex stories can be told more effectively.

This will allow us to examine the geographic region over time, compare personal and official documents, and combine traditional static displays with digital content. We particularly wish to highlight the people, places, and ideas which can be traced throughout the story, and how Churchill's ideas and influence may, or may not, have changed during that time. Alongside this we would also like to animate some of the more unusual personal anecdotes and stories which add colour to this central narrative.

As the new section will cover many decades of Churchill's career, rather one specific period, Churchill and the Middle East is intended to be seen alongside the existing chapters in the gallery, rather than an addition to them. The content will reference themes and events highlighted in the existing five chapters.

Additional information: The document containing the Appendices is too large to attach. Please contact Chris Cast (ccast@iwm.org.uk) and these document will be emailed to you via a zipfile