Powerpoint slide show of the museum development and planning at Leeds Utd FC.

1. Marching On Together
The Leeds United Collection

2. The Club’s History

3. The Collection
•Wide variety of
items
•Current condition
of the objects

4. Managing the Club’s Heritage
• Curator employed by the club in
September 2011
• Collections Database

5. Documentation
•Beginning at the
very beginning
•Registered Prefix
•Basic cataloguing
•Simple collections
care methods
•Research

6. Some of the existing
displays in the
hospitality suites

7. The current Stadium
Tour

8. Previous exhibitions
using items from the
Club’s collection

9. East Stand
Re-development
•New Reception area
•Executive boxes and
hospitality suites
•Store area for the
collection
•Area for a permanent
exhibition

10. The Club intend to have
a permanent exhibition
which documents the
history and heritage of
the club.

11. Why?
• The Board are passionate
about heritage
• Engaging fans and local
residents
• Inspiring the next
generation of supporters
• Public demand
• Making the stadium a
year-round visitor
attraction
• Safeguarding the club’s
heritage for future
generations

12. Aims
•To create a heritage
exhibition, working with
fans and local residents
•To develop a learning
programme for schools and
community groups
•To conserve objects at risk
•To increase tourism in
Leeds

13. The club is
working in
partnership with
the Leeds
United
Foundation

14. Liverpool FC Museum Chelsea Museum
Scottish Football Museum
National
Football
Manchester United Museum Museum
Arsenal Museum

15. Consultation with fans
and local people
•‘You can't know where
your going until you
know where you've been’
•‘Leeds United is one of
the most important
things in my life, I belong
to the Leeds United
family, so it's
history is very important
to me’

16. Consultation on the Heritage Project
•‘It would make the club more reachable
to maybe people who can't afford
season tickets etc. Make the club more
reachable and open to public’
• ‘It would garner more support from the
general public rather than just LUFC
supporters.’
• ‘Education, Education, Education! Help
restore pride in the club & city, help
restore respect for all the great work
done in the past, especially Don Revie
era. Help rebuild a spirit of family in the
club and help towards preserving the
heritage of one of the world's best
clubs.’

17. Moving Forward
•Seeking future funding
and partnership
opportunities
•Documentation
•Consultation with fans
•Public appeal for items to
be loaned and donated to
the collection
•Research

18. Helen Castle
Curator
Leeds United Football Club
Elland Road
Leeds
LS11 0ES
Tel:0113 367 6320
helen.castle@leedsunited.com