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Isle of Wight Hidden Heroes - partnership in action

See what museums and arts partners can achieve when they get together.

Digital Creative Industries Networking project: Museums Hack Day and The Lightbox VR Project

A project bringing museums, digital and creative industries together to address common museum sector challenges.

Carisbrooke Castle Museum ‘Island Memories’ Oral History Project

Developing an archive of oral testimony of older people on the Isle of Wight

Petersfield Museum - Interpreting heritage through dance

Working in partnership with Dance Up, Petersfield Museum produced an innovative and unusual approach to heritage interpretation through dance, in addition to the more conventional exhibitions on offer at the museum

Carisbrooke Castle Museum - Developing an outreach service for elderly people in our community

Carisbrooke Castle Museum used museum resources (objects, pictures, and the skills and knowledge of staff) to enhance the quality of life of older people living in residential and nursing care

Petersfield Museum participation in GEM Conference 'People Power: Realising the potential of volunteers, communities and partners'

Back in 2013, Amanda Harwood of Peterfield Museum was awarded a Training Bursary to take part in Group for Education in Museums (GEM)  annual conference ‘People Power: Realising the potential of volunteers, communities and partners.’ Find out how this has delivered lasting benefits to the museum 18 months on, with better utilisation of volunteer support and increased partnership working with local schools and community groups.

‘Audience Development’ Peer Development Group

How five Hampshire Solent museums created a structured, supportive community of people with a common interest in Audience Development so that they can work together to learn more about it. The group learned about Audience Development through a series of study visits to members’ museums and a commissioned a successful training session ‘How to create an effective Audience Development Plan’.

A Review of REMLA's Interpretation

Staff and volunteers at the Royal Engineers Museum received a welcome visit and advice from interpretation consultant Kate Measures.  Find out how they got on here.

Re:Fresh Project Rye Castle Museum Case Study

Find out how the Re:Fresh Project run in the Surrey, East & West Sussex sub-region is improving the quality of design, interpretation & the visitor experience in 11 Museums.

Re:Fresh Project Museum of Farnham Case Study

Find out how the Re:Fresh Project run in the Surrey, East & West Sussex sub-region is improving the quality of design, interpretation & the visitor experience in 11 Museums.

Titanic Study Exchange

Study exchange between Titanic heritage venues focuses on commercial operations, including retail, catering, and visitor income.

Pendon Museum - Preparing for a mobile world

This micro-consultancy enabled Pendon Museum to install and trial digital interpretation methods in the museum.

 

Thanet Cultural sites learn British Sign Language to improve their offer to visitors

World Stories South East

Strategic Support Funding: To support up to 10 museums from across the South East to each develop a project that explored collaborative working with young people aged 14-25 years old to help them develop work-based skills.

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