Voyagers at the National Maritime Museum

8 February 2011
What does the sea mean to you?
I like the sound of this. If you go down to the National Maritime Museum on the 25th of February you can be part of the new Sammy Ofer wing which is opening this summer. The Museum are making a collection of 20-30 second videos about what people feel about the sea which will become part of the Voyagers gallery in the new wing. And you could be in one!

You can talk about anything you like - it doesn't have to be Moby Dick or a swashbuckling story of shipwrecks and giant squid, although it'd be brilliant if it were -  but it should be about what the sea means to you. "Perhaps it's your earliest beach holiday memory," the Museum say, "your famous sailing relative, or a voyage you've made. Or perhaps it's just the feeling you have when you look out to the horizon."

There's also the opportunity to make a longer audio version if you really are an old seadog with a tale to tell, but for most of us the finished videos will be short snippets which will form part of the final exhibition. So you'll still be a star but only for twenty seconds. Voyagers will also have more than 200 objects on display and a specially designed audio-visual installation. 

So, do you fancy being part of the brightest and most exciting museum galleries in London this summer? If you do you can book a slot right now or have a look at the Museum's website for more details and an example of how your video might look.

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