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Team Focus: Adam Knowles

Tell us about yourself and your role at Core?

Hi I'm Adam, married with three grown up kids / young adults. We all live in Huddersfield, where I've lived since I was 10. My role at Core is to search out a project’s best stories and think about how to tell these in ways that can capture the interest of a variety of visitors.


How did you first get involved in the industry and what led you to Core?

I’ve had lot of different jobs, from window cleaner to web designer, but I think the combination of 10 years as a freelance graphic designer and then five years as a primary school teacher are the skills that led me to the job I do now. The visual communication of graphics and working out how to get a class of 30 kids to take an interest in the finer points of grammar have left me with a useful skillset that is a real benefit in my role.


What would you say you most enjoy about working at Core?

Variety. One day it could be a site visit to a forgotten mine shaft or a stunning cathedral, the next I can be co-producing content for a new exhibition space or discussing the best way to engage children with a new interactive display.


Highlights or favourite projects from your time at Core?

Some of the best times are towards the end of the first few weeks of a new project, when the ice is broken and you begin to share in the incredible knowledge and passion people have about the collections or landscapes which they are entrusting us with. Sometimes a little daunting, but ultimately rewarding.


What does a typical day’s work look like for you?

Out of the office it can be site visits, getting to know the collections or the areas where we’re working, sometimes hosting workshops with groups of people who are passionate and knowledgeable about their collections and history. When I'm in the office, lots of planning meetings and research, writing and developing plans for the best way to tell all these stories. Actually, I don't really have a typical day!


What do you like to do in your spare time?

I love walking, when I get the chance, out somewhere green and beautiful if possible. I also have a small workshop where I’m beginning to develop some woodworking skills. I also watch loads of YouTube videos to find out how to do the woodworking – you can find just about anything.


What would be your ultimate historical time travel destination and why?

I'm a bit obsessed by chair design, but I don't really know much more than what I think looks nice, so a trip to see Thomas Chippendale’s factory in the mid-18th Century would be a great start to my education.


What projects are you working on at the moment?

At the minute my head is full of facts about the great and the good memorialised in Newcastle Cathedral, trails around the stunning Skell Valley in North Yorkshire, Derby's amazing Museum of Making and Elsecar's newly revealed industrial heritage. Plenty to be going on with.

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Adam Knowles

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Funding Success for Newton’s Place

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Lottery gives green light for transformation of Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum

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Tower Bridge Exhibition Opening Soon

20.06.18

Team Building Challenge 2018!

18.06.18

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14.05.18

Sharing our journey at the V&A

30.04.18

2017 Highlights - our review of an incredible 12 months!

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3 takeaways from the Museums Association Conference & Exhibition

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New heritage interpretation to reveal industrial mining past of North York Moors

23.11.17

Work Experience @ The Creative Core

06.09.17

New Project at Tower Bridge

28.07.17

Co-producing Birmingham Museum’s Story Lab

21.07.17

Wonder Woman in Derby: The Talents of Artist Liam Sharp

05.07.17

Museum Next Europe, Rotterdam

03.07.17

Nick Sharratt Exhibition at Manchester Central Library

22.06.17

The Creative Core help conquer new Vikings exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum

13.06.17

Interpreting the Shropshire Hills

11.06.17

‘Viking’ Installation

16.05.17

New designs for Bolton Egyptology gallery

10.03.17

A Day Out at Scarborough Seaside!

10.03.17

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07.02.17

Doncaster Careers Workshop

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Accessible Exhibition Design

24.01.17

Five Favourites

12.01.17

Vikings!...with York Museums Trust and the British Museum

11.01.17

First glimpse at new Bolton Egyptology gallery

05.01.17

A night at the pen museum

16.11.16

Museums Association Conference 2016

11.11.16

Interpretation For The Churches Conservation Trust Reaches Halfway Point!

04.11.16

The Enlightenment Ball

19.10.16

Charging Ahead for Hadrian’s Cavalry

14.10.16

idea generation at the science museum

10.10.16

Joining In at Figment Derby

22.08.16

The Art of Artefacts

21.08.16

Curating Collections at Derby Silk Mill

29.07.16

Interpretive Graphics at St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich

25.07.16

Exploring artefacts and stories at Thackray Medical Museum

25.07.16

Finishing Touches at The Pen Museum

22.07.16

Cusworth Hall Installation

18.07.16

Hever Castle

07.06.16

The Derby Blog

27.05.16

A Week in Dartmouth

24.05.16

New Town Heritage Project for Diss!

18.05.16

Churches Conservation Trust Installation Day

27.04.16

Bronte Display at National Media Museum

22.04.16

Designing a Flourishing Museum

14.04.16

A Winning Pitch at Thackray Medical Museum

12.04.16

Longstone Lighthouse Exhibition Opens

11.04.16

Spare Pants & Wellyphants

07.04.16

Creative Days in Derby and Kent

07.04.16

Objectively Speaking

05.04.16

A new exhibition for Hever Castle!

30.03.16

Celebrating 125 years!

24.03.16

Day 3 - Pittsburgh

24.03.16

Day 2 - Cleveland Art Gallery

23.03.16

Day 1 of the American road trip!

22.03.16

USA Research Road Trip with Derby Silk Mill

16.03.16

Getting Started at Derby Silk Mill!

14.03.16

Busy week for the Studio team!

14.03.16

Exciting project ahead with The Pen Museum!

23.02.16

New Project at Derby Silk Mill - Museum of Making

23.02.16

Our Company History

16.02.16

New experiences at Dudley Zoological Gardens!

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From blizzards to ‘legging’ for the Inspire team!

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The Birth of The Creative Core

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