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‘What would you make?’ – how can we help adults engage with exhibitions?
A good exhibition inspires a creative response. When adults take time to leave creative responses to an exhibit, that is worth celebrating. Here are two examples from The Lighthouse in Glasgow, Scotla… more →
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'What would you make?' - how can we help adults engage with exhibitions?
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wrote 3 months ago: A good exhibition inspires a creative response. When adults take time to leave creative responses to … more →
How can heritage attractions become 'places where people talk ...' a CitizenM masterclass
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wrote 3 months ago: If museums want to become social spaces, they need to look about them. Just now I am looking at the … more →
‘Well, it’s cold up there in Buxton’. First impressions - what do we want to tell foreign visitors about us?.
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wrote 3 months ago: TellTale is hosting Slovenian interpreter, Janja Sivec. Here, as our guest blogger, she writes about … more →
Beyond words: OUT OF THE MARVELLOUS exhibition, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
wrote 4 months ago: Some of my very best moments are when the words stop. Large inverted Ovoid, Sonja Landweer, OUT OF T … more →
The road to Santa Cruz and Museum 2.0. Step 1
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wrote 4 months ago: For some time I have watched and read about Nina Simon and her work on The Participatory Museum, Mus … more →
Harry Potter and the Art of Interpretelling
wrote 5 months ago: Obviously film makers know about storytelling. Their job is to make stories that grip us, absorb us … more →
My Favorite Place to Visit
wrote 5 months ago: Pretty creative title, huh? Hi- I have to write on my favorite place to visit. So I choose… … more →
Visitor experience is the heart of great interpretation: The Kilkenny Way
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wrote 6 months ago: We know that ideally our visitors should experience and discover heritage not just be shown or told … more →
A simple, successful approach to visitor segmentation at heritage attractions
wrote 6 months ago: Happy visitors, preferably lots of them, are essential to success at almost all heritage attractions … more →
Chatsworth: a 'good day out' at a great heritage attraction.
wrote 6 months ago: We hadn’t seen each other for some time, so all we wanted was a nice day out together. Hannah … more →
How I visit an art gallery
wrote 7 months ago: I love visiting art galleries. I have no formal training in art. I suspect I know a lot less about … more →
A simple idea, made beautifully
wrote 8 months ago: When we really believe the things we have share are beautiful and valuable it makes a difference to … more →
Interpretation I like very much - Brigit’s Garden, Co. Galway, Ireland
wrote 8 months ago: The best interpretation is often, when we come down to it, about love, inspiration and sustained har … more →
Putting heritage to work for communities - Kilkenny
wrote 9 months ago: We were back in Kilkenny last week, looking at more communities who we might work with on the Kilken … more →
6 heritage attractions that taught me the Irish history I needed to know
wrote 10 months ago: Heritage sites can be good, powerful and human places to encounter and understand the important peop … more →
8 ways to enjoy a heritage attraction
wrote 10 months ago: There are lots of ways to have a great visit to a heritage site. There are many types of good times … more →
The value of community heritage: Kilkenny
wrote 10 months ago: After 25 years in the business, I am still regularly inspired and delighted by the people and places … more →
Two women in an exhibition - why we need to plan for diverse experiences at cultural attractions
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wrote 11 months ago: “I don’t get it, what does it mean?’ Anthony Gormley, San Giminiano, May 2012 That … more →
How to revive a heritage attraction - five steps to success
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wrote 11 months ago: Great visitor experiences at heritage attractions do not happen by accident. The Irish National Heri … more →
