The British Museum ‘International Curatorial Training Program’ Student Day

On Friday 23rd July 2010 Constantine hosted students from the British Museums ‘International Curatorial Training Program’ (ICTP) for a day of insight into how an Art Logistics company contributes to the world of museums and galleries. The day incorporated a trip to Heathrow Airport to experience our airport operation, a tour of our state of the art facilities, a presentation on packing by Mark and Ben Sparkes and perhaps most impressively a beautifully presented lunch laid on by our Constantine catering branch (aka Lyn, Emily and co).

The British Museum arrange the ICTP on an annual basis, and they invite curators and directors from around the world, from countries such as Egypt, Turkey, Nigeria, China and Iraq. The British Museum says the ICTP ‘seeks to expose curators, exhibitions designers, archaeologists and education specialists to various aspects of museum work, develop skills and to create a global network of colleagues around the world’. The students spend up to 6 weeks in Britain experiencing every angle of museum life. It truly is a great opportunity for them, and one that Constantine are very happy to be part of.

Throughout the day, the students interacted and showed genuine interest in our operations (even with our very uninteresting airport reps). At Virgin Atlantic Cargo, Heathrow, our ICTP guests were able to experience what it would be like to courier their works of art through a cargo warehouse. We staged a ‘mock’ palletisation with two empty crates and demonstrated what would happen at every stage of its journey. We also explained the role of a courier. After lunch, the group were shown around the warehouse and then given a very interesting presentation on packing and case making. They would all like to thank everyone who was involved at our end, please see attached link about how this years ICTP participants have enjoyed the training programme… http://bmtrainingprog.wordpress.com/