Golden Hinde Trust August/September
2011 Sands of Time Consultancy is employed to identify the policy documents
required by the Golden Hinde Trust to take them from being a premiere London tourist attraction into being one of Britains
leading Sir Francis Drake and Elizabethan seafaring research centre with a small museum in a planned extension
alongside the Golden Hinde replica. Once the policies have been identified Sands of Time Consultancy will prepare the draft
policy documents for approval.
Cayman Islands National Museum May 2011 Sands
of Time Consultancy was hired to assess the present staff structure and organisational chart and to make recommendations on
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Sands Of Time Consultancy Private
Projects - 2007 to 2011 Researching the slave trade and slave ships
for potential publications. This led to the Shire publication 'The Slave Trade' Creation of the exhibition 'Chained Bodies, Free Minds' for hire or purchase. In support of this Sands of Time Consultancy has also produced its own educational resource. Development of an Image Archive. o
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Museums Association of the
Caribbean (MAC) Jan 2011 - March 2011 Sands of Time Consultancy was employed to carry out an extensive survey on the museums in the Caribbean. Nigel Sadler
and Sonja Arias developed the questionnaire, identified 1101 museums in the survey area and located email addresses for over
half of these museums, and received 110 responses from museums and heritage organisations. The final report submitted to MAC
included recommendations about how MAC can support museums in the region through their own identified training needs, and
also recommended some of the museums that should be invited to attend a possible MAC/ICOM Emergency Training Course.
Museum Of London Docklands 18 January – 30 June 2010 Post Abolition: Commemorative Stamps From Around the World. This was a display
looking at how the abolition of slavery has been commemorated through the everyday postage stamp.
Sands of Time Consultancy supplied all the stamps and First Day covers used in the exhibition, provided research material,
Nigel Sadler led two gallery tours during the exhibition and gave two lectures on the representation of slavery in stamps
and First Day covers. Sands of Time Consultancy is now looking at how to make research undertaken in preperation for this
exhibition available long term.
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Museums, Archives and Libraries (MLA) London
September 2008 - March 2009 Nigel Sadler was hired
as a full-time freelance Museum Development Officer for Central London. The work centred on advising museums in the 7 central
London Boroughs especially those being invited to apply for Accreditation. This work required a detailed knowledge of the
Accreditation process, Renaissance funding, MLA programmes and the ability to work with a variety of museums and collections.
Cayman Islands National Museum 2007 - 2008 In January 2007 Sands of Time
Consultancy was hired to assess the Cayman Islands National Museum service and to give advice in getting the museum reopened
after the Hurricane in 2004. Following on from this work Sands of Time Consultancy
was commisioned to review the practicality of setting up an archaeology unit within the Museum Service. This report has lead
to the hiring of Sands of Time Consultancy in April 2008 to review legislation and to provide recommendations on the process
forward. Press coverage of the visit in April 2008 can be found at: Cayman Net News CayCompass |
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Vestry House Museum
October
2007 (Black History Month) Sands of Time Consultancy lent Vestry House Museum a range of items
to help illustrate their exhibition on slavery. Due to past connections and the present difficulties the museum is undergoing
this service was provided as a donation. March 23rd - End of May 2007 Sands of Time Consultancy lent Vestry House Museum a range of items to help illustrate their exhibition on slavery.
Due to past connections and the present difficulties the museum is undergoing this service was provided as a donation. 
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Enfield Museum Service Enfield and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2006 - September
2007 Sands of Time Consultancy was hired to assist the creation of the exhibition which ran from August 23rd until October 28th 2007 and then travelled until April 2008 . The work was
started in 2006 with preliminary research and completed in September 2007. The work included: Carrying out the preliminary research for the 12 panels on the transatlantic slave trade Sourcing images for the 12 panels Lending objects for the exhibition Reviewing and assisting in the final panel design Setting up
the gallery
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum 'Breaking The Chains' Feb 2nd - April 23rd 2007 Sands of Time Consultancy was hired to assist the project team in the final stages of the production
of the 'Breaking The Chains' exhibition. The work included: Assisting with the production
of the Education Pack Overseeing the delivery of loan items Confirming insurance for loan items Reviewing text captions Reviewing objects selected for the Caribbean Gallery Assistting with Installing
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