Experience

The Museum Workshop Ltd is a new company, formed in March 2005, by Roy Mandeville, who brings to the business a wealth of experience.

Roy Mandeville initially worked and trained for five years under Peter Smith at the Plowden and Smith Ltd. Wandsworth workshops, and was involved in several of the blockbuster exhibitions that were produced during the late eighties, the personal highlight of which was "The Age of Chivalry" at the Royal Academy of Arts.

In 1991 Roy moved to the Royal Armouries as a display technician working in the conservation department based at the Tower of London . Here, along with Bob and Chris Smith, he formed and led a team of technicians in the development and manufacture of the displays for the New Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.

In 1995 Roy started work on a freelance basis providing a display service to museums, working in the UK and abroad. Highlights of this period were the display of manuscripts in the permanent Treasures Gallery at the British Library, permanent Galleries at the National Army Museum , temporary exhibitions in Oxford at the Bodleian Library and object mounting at The Hong Kong Jockey Club in Happy Valley .

In 1998 Roy was invited back to Plowden and Smith Ltd, becoming an Associate Director responsible for the development and management of the exhibitions department. This period led to involvement in major new build museum projects such as the New Museum of Scotland, Think Tank in Birmingham and the new Chester Beatty Library in Dublin Castle.

The latest venture, The Museum Workshop Ltd has been driven by a desire to remain hands on in the workshop and on-site, and fully involved with every project.

Roy tutors the "Mounting Museum Objects Course" organised by Jim Black at International Academic Projects. He has a Bachelors degree in Creative Arts and a Post Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies from Leicester University .