A narrative with common elements that is divided up into galleries tells the story of popular music in the UK. Together, the zones effectively provide a timeline of the history of British popular music from 1945 to the present. Instead of being divided into convenient decades, they represent the actual moments of change that took place so frequently over the course of our story's 70-year span. In those times of transition, genres change. There is an interactive timeline in each of the galleries. Each of these has a projected matrix of events with a foreground interface that provides access to in depth digital material. The user is able to scan and select across the whole timeline to select an event which reveals magazine style headlines, images and movies. Major interactive exhibits which can be found in the museum's galleries include: • Showcases and Timelines • Hey DJ! • Where It's At • Anatomy of a Pop Star • Gibson Interactive Studio • The Great Divide • Dance The Decades • Table Talk • Atlantic Crossing • Transmission • Playback Many of these interactive exhibits have been developed by specialist software suppliers
Clay Interactive Ltd,
iso design and
Studio Simple with consultation from a curatorial team including
Robert Santelli, who worked on other major music exhibits such as The
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio and The
Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. The initial BME curator
Paul Lilley, with Sarah Clarke and Laura Bailey, were responsible for the extensive number of artefacts and exhibits on view and the rest of the BME content team was made up of music consultants
Rob Dickins, David Roberts and
Mark Ellen. == Artefacts and Memorabilia ==