Chas Walton

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The best exhibition copy is simple yet exuberant; it’s as sparky, engaging, and relevant as the teacher who inspired you most when you were a kid. My job is to bring that personality to life.

Writing, editing, and interpretation work to date includes:
National Space Centre, Leicester, UK (multi award-winning visitor attraction: copy editor for 50,000 words of exhibition and interactives text as well as script editor for films shown in the Space Centre’s immersive cinema)
The Science of Spying (writing and scripting for a touring exhibit that began at The Science Museum in London and went on to Indianapolis, Valencia, Abu Dhabi and (April 2009) Toronto
Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, UAE (copy editor for various science galleries, plus author of all text used in the Islamic Faith Gallery)
National Trust Museum of Childhood, Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire, UK (content writer for all exhibition and interactives copy)
Crawfordsburn Country Park, Northern Ireland (developer and writer of the visitor centre’s 70-panel, 7-zone exhibition)
Church’s English Shoes, Northampton, UK (content writer for temporary exhibit in Northampton Museum and Art Gallery)
National Maritime Museum: Prime Sky, London (content writer and style-guide author for the NMM’s online guide to the night skies)
Cywain Centre, Bala, Wales (copy editor for rural visitor centre)
The Parliament House, Machynlleth, Wales (editor of an exhibition about Owain Glyndwr and the Welsh uprising)
Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland, California (script editing for Maya Skies, an immersive planetarium film)
The Workhouse, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (author of a short visitor guide to this National Trust property)
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire (editor of the wildlife exhibition copy in the visitor centre for a 3,800-acre park)