World Football Exhibitions Score in Hong Kong
Mark Bushell has just returned from launching a stunning exhibition in
Hong Kong to mark the 2006 World Cup.
His work, on behalf of the National Football Museum (NFM) in England, saw him
team up with the Hong Kong Museum of History to produce the NFM's first major oversees exhibition. The display, split into several themes, includes zones on the
early development of the game, European and British football, the Women's Game
and the World Cup.
Mark Bushell said: "Although the Museum had loaned objects to exhibitions in
Japan, Brazil, Germany and Portugal in the past, this is the first time that it has created
a complete exhibition for an overseas project. I had the pleasure of writing the narrative content, sourcing all the film archive and stills photographs, selecting the objects,
writing the script for the audio guides, writing the object captions and even delivering
the content graphics for the film footage. It's been an incredible experience and I'm delighted with the outcome."
The 1,000 square metre exhibition displays over 150 objects from the Museum's collections including works of art, a World Cup winner's medal, an FA Cup winner's medal from 1889, a Manchester United European Cup winner's medal from 1968 and
a selection of match worn shirts including those belonging to Peter Schmeichel, Alan Hansen and Alfredo Di Stefano.
Dr Ting, Senior Curator from the Hong Kong Museum of History, said:
"We are delighted to be working with such a prestigious Museum as the National Football Museum. Mark Bushell, has opened up a variety of collections for us and created a superb installation. This exhibition will be hugely popular as the Hong Kong people are passionate about the game of football."
The exhibition was officially opened on Tuesday 21st June in front of a vast array of media from radio, television and the written press.
Previous temporary exhibitions at the Hong Kong Museum of History have included
the Terracotta Warriors, which attracted over 250,000 visitors. It is hoped that the 'Football' exhibition will match these numbers.
Bushell said: "This is a major exhibition that all the partners can be
justifiably proud of."