Click below to explore the collections containing exhibits in the Backstage Heritage Collection.
ABTT Recordings
Adam Harrison Collection
Adrian Osborn Collection
Adrian Sant Collection
AED Collection
Large collection of lighting equipment
Alan Ashton Collection
Alan Luxford Collection
Photos and brochures of Strand equipment and installations
Arthur Lloyd website
A wonderful densely packed informative website about Music Halls and Theatre history.
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/
Autograph Sound
Backstage Heritage Collection
BBC Rewind
Bentham Collection
Bob Anderson Collection
Large collection of documents from this former BBC engineer.
Bob Hartley Collection
Photos of various Strand projects from the family of this former senior engineer.
British Library Theatre Archive Project
Cameron Mackintosh Ltd
Chris Hewitt Museum of Rock Sound Equipment
Huge collection of vintage PA equipment and live sound equipment.
Christie Lites Toronto Museum
Coutant Collection
David Bertenshaw Collection
David Cunningham Collection
David W. Kidd Collection
Lighting plans from the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
DHA Designs
Donald Allen Collection
Electrokinetica
ETC Museum Collection
ETNow
Frederick Brown Collection
Large collection of photos, manuals and brochures from the former head of the Strand Electric Service Department.
Gaiety Theatre Collection
Gerriets Spotlight Museum Collection
Getty Images
Harry Ransom Center Collection
Historic Stage Lighting Collection
Historic Theatre Photographs
Hugh Chinnick Collection
Ian Grey Collection
Jim Laws Collection
Huge collection of equipment and brochures, gathered over many years.
John Gray Photo Collection
Collection of photos from when John was an apprentice with Strand Electric.
John Wright Collection
Lighting & Sound International
Industry magazine, full of information and interviews. Classic Gear column by Rob Halliday.
Live Design
Maurice Marshal Collection
Collection of lighting plans from over 40 years of shows at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter.
Mervyn Gould Collection
Large collection of documents on a range of equipment from manufacturers including Furse and Strand.
Mike Hall Collection
Mike Murnane Collection
Mike Owen Collection
Museum of Modern Showlighting Collection
History of Clay Paky
Music Magazine Archive
Paul Pelletier Collection
Penn State Lighting Collection
Pink Floyd Archive
PLSN - Projection Lights Staging News
Production Park Collection
A collection of lighting desks at Production Park in Yorkshire, UK
Protocol
Richard Bunting Collection
Richard Pilbrow Collection
Rick Zimmerman Collection
Rob Halliday Collection
Roddy Buxton Collection
Roger Fox Collection
Roy Adcock Collection
Science Museum Collection
Skip Mort Collection
Sound on Sound
Strand Archive
Strand Slide Archive
The Lighting Archive
The NEET Collection
Large collection of equipment covering the history of lighting control.
The Pixel Hospital
Theatre Design & Technology
Theatres Trust Collection
Tim Light Collection
Total Production International
University of Bristol Theatre Collection
Victoria & Albert Museum