The University of Oxford’s Centre for the History of Childhood has published a toolkit about how museums and other heritage sites can best interpret childhood. Children were around in history just as much as adults (obviously!) but their stories are not told so often. Read more about the toolkit here.
Carlisle Cathedral: relax under the starry ceiling and listen to the intriguing soundscape created by Prism - talented artists with autism and learning disabilities - and sit on one of their specially-designed comfy chairs. Watch ITV Border's report. Following last year's success, Rest Under the Stars has returned again this year.
"You are our project counsellor!" "It's like a therapy session!" Recent comments from clients, as we have discussed the progress of their projects as part of the evaluation process.
I'm very proud to have achieved the Foundation Certificate in Easy Read - how to make information accessible for people with learning disabilities.
- New Heritage Schools case studies
- What do teachers want from museums?
- The revolutionary Fergie tractor
- Rest under the stars
- The Fergie Tractor
- An A to Z of 25 years, part 2
- An A to Z of 25 years
- New Evaluation Principles from the Centre for Cultural Value
- Railway Resources
- Good News for Heritage
- New Questions for New Times
- Canny Chanters Chopwell Arts
- Heritage Schools evaluation report 2018/19 launched
- Kings Seat hill fort
- Heritage Centre Bellingham
- Who are our visitors?
- Places of Worship for Community Wellbeing
- Snapping the Stiletto
- Dementia Friendly Heritage
- Martin Luther King in Newcastle
- Art up your tab
- Museums Change Lives
- Charred timber cladding for the Kielder wildlife hide
- New wildlife hide for Kielder
- Martin Luther King - Freedom City Launch
- On tenterhooks
- Heritage Schools wins Europa Nostra award
- Glass Beats
- Leeches and Stories of Glass
- Selma - the right to vote
- Kinder Transport Memorial, Liverpool Street Station
- Goulash Cannon and Tin Helmet
- Remembrance
- Making glass at the National Glass Centre
- The Canary Girls
- Recycling from the First World War
- The Talented and Colossal Mademoiselle D'Jeck
- Visitor Studies in Split, Croatia
- On the border of Slovenia and Hungary
- Culture Matters
- Slovenia
- Repositories of technology
- A piece of Hungarian social history
- Museum + Heritage Show; Arts Professional
- Evaluation training in Slovenia and Croatia
- Iron Applause in Central Europe
- Escaped Circus Elephant!
- Gold from Afghanistan and Foundling fabrics
- The Old Herring Factory, Djúpavík
- Contemporary art from North Korea
- Nicola appointed to Board: Kuratórium
- Workshop in Hungary
- Evaluation Training in Hungary