TECHNOPOLIS
Technopolis is the permanent exhibition at
Motherwell Heritage Centre and takes the visitor on a journey through
time, telling the history of the area and the people who lived there
using a series of multi-media environments in which people from the
past and present discuss their dreams, fears and ambitions.
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The first gallery the visitor enters
introduces four characters from Motherwell's past, from
Roman times to the 19th Century. These characters give a
short talk on their lives and times before the visitor moves
on to the Industrial Gallery.
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The Industrial Gallery tells the story of
the arrival of heavy industry in the Motherwell area,
emphasising the impact of the coal and iron industries and
how it affected the lives of the people who worked in them.
Touch-screen information points allow the visitor to obtain
more information and video screens show working life in some
of the works and factories.
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The tour continues through a Victorian street
and into the 1920's and 1930's via the First World War. A trip to the
cinema shows a newsreel of Motherwell in the late 1930's. From here
the journey continues through the Second World War and into the
1950's. A trip to the swimming pool is followed by a visit to a
1960's high flat. The story of Ravenscraig, the once-proud steelworks
now demolished, is next and then the Dream Machine, where visitors
can interact with characters from Motherwell's past to find out about
their lives, their hopes and their ambitions.
The Technopolis tour brings the history of
Motherwell vividly to life and allows visitors to explore at their
leisure many of the events and colourful characters that have helped
to shape the Motherwell of today.
For a 'panoramic virtual tour' of some of the
Technopolis galleries click
here.
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