Our Sporting Life, a project that aims to boost awareness and involvement in sporting heritage in the run-up to the Olympics, will be publicly launched this month.
Paul Mainds, chief executive of the River & Rowing Museum, in Henley-on-Thames, and one of the architects of the project, said he was keen to get momentum going.
"We want people to identify the national, well-known images and objects that have inspired them, and let us know their own memories," he said.
The first phase of the project involves a website and postcard survey asking the public to name sporting images and objects that have inspired them, and to share their own sporting memories.
The second phase, in 2010, will be a series of exhibitions across the UK concentrating on local stories of sporting prowess. Phase three will be an exhibition taking iconic objects from national sports museums to nine regional venues for six weeks at a time.
The final stage will be an exhibition at a major London venue in summer 2012. The project has been developed by the Sports Heritage Network, a group of museums with sporting heritage collections.
So far, it has been funded mainly by members of the network. But Mainds said £2m was needed to fund the touring exhibition and the final London show, and the organisation was in talks with the Heritage Lottery Fund and other potential sponsors.
Paul Mainds, chief executive of the River & Rowing Museum, in Henley-on-Thames, and one of the architects of the project, said he was keen to get momentum going.
"We want people to identify the national, well-known images and objects that have inspired them, and let us know their own memories," he said.
The first phase of the project involves a website and postcard survey asking the public to name sporting images and objects that have inspired them, and to share their own sporting memories.
The second phase, in 2010, will be a series of exhibitions across the UK concentrating on local stories of sporting prowess. Phase three will be an exhibition taking iconic objects from national sports museums to nine regional venues for six weeks at a time.
The final stage will be an exhibition at a major London venue in summer 2012. The project has been developed by the Sports Heritage Network, a group of museums with sporting heritage collections.
So far, it has been funded mainly by members of the network. But Mainds said £2m was needed to fund the touring exhibition and the final London show, and the organisation was in talks with the Heritage Lottery Fund and other potential sponsors.
Links
www.oursportinglife.co.uk
www.oursportinglife.co.uk