Access All Areas

A “live and loud exploration of contemporary music”, the Access All Areas exhibition revealed the secrets of the music industry - with photographs of musical icons like Jimi Hendrix and Madonna as well as interactive exhibits such as a giant walk on piano and a dance floor. We saw this world-touring exhibition as an opportunity to show the young people of Plymouth that museums are “not just full of dusty old skeletons”.

We were involved from the moment the exhibition was confirmed. We contributed to the design of the publicity, got involved with the public relations and arranged a series of interactive and inspiring music workshops aimed at teenagers including Junk Funk, Samba Ramba and DJ for a Day.

We also organised the launch party, which was attended by around 300 young people. We had ultraviolet decorations in the galleries, a 20ft inflatable star in the main foyer of the Museum and live performances by four popular local bands - Soul M8’s, Towards Reason, Future Empires and Autophobe.

The Lord Mayor also came along to give the opening speech and present Duke of Edinburgh certificates to each of us.