Constructed as a pleasure craft during the 1930s, Skylark IX was part of the world-famous armada of British ‘little ships’ used to bring back allied service people during the battle of Dunkirk in 1940. The Skylark IX Recovery Trust was formed in 2013 to rescue and restore Skylark IX and now works with a range ... Read more

Sailortown Regeneration is a people-led redevelopment organisation based in the Belfast Docks.  In this case study Dr Ellie Pridgeon explains how Sailtortown successfully delivered a remote and popular St Patrick’s Day Live event in March 2021, despite Covid-19. The event was streamed around the world and provided Sailortown with the opportunity to develop its inhouse ... Read more

Established over 25 years ago, the Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust (PRCLT) care for some of the most prized cultural assets of the glory days of steam rail travel as operators of West Shed Museum in Swanwick, Derbyshire. PRCLT have been mentored by Oliver Edwards as part of The Lab strand of the Digital Heritage ... Read more

The Richard Jefferies Museum is a small, community-run museum in Swindon, set in the old farmhouse where Victorian nature writer Richard Jefferies was born. As part of The Lab strand of the Digital Heritage Lab, the museum has been mentored by Zahida Din to help the organisation develop its digital skills and capabilities. In this ... Read more

A good understanding of how to build a WordPress website will help you decide how much of your organisation’s website you can build yourself and at what point you might need additional support from a web developer. In this Digital Heritage Lab online masterclass recording, Paul Blundell shows you how to set up a WordPress website from scratch ... Read more

Gathering and analysing data can sometimes feel like an intimidating and time-consuming task. It is, however, a crucial part of creating a successful fundraising strategy. In this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording, Pumulo Banda and Róisín McGovern from Lightful provide an understanding of what data-informed fundraising is ― what data you should be collecting and how ... Read more

Hannah Mason, Head of Social Entrepreneur Support, Creative United talks to Julianne McGraw, Communications Manger, Dig It! Scotland about taking Scotland’s digs digital and how they adapted their campaign strategy, including the web pages marketing, budget and social media activity to support archaeology groups across the country during lockdown.

In this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording, Paul Blundell explains the role and function of a content management system (CMS). He outlines the pros and cons of Squarespace, Wix and WordPress to help you make an informed decision as to the type of CMS that will help you build a website to meet your organisation’s ... Read more

With the internet becoming an ever more visual medium, heritage organisations have the opportunity to bring their subject matter to life with audio, video, and images. What’s more, the tools for creating this content are cheaper and more accessible than they ever have been. In this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording, Katie Connolly explains the ... Read more

People come to our websites looking to complete a task — whether that’s to plan a visit or to learn something. In many cases it’s the first experience someone will have of our organisation. In this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording, Nicky Hand covers important principles and practical tips for managing a website and creating ... Read more

Storytelling is an essential part of all fundraising.  You need to tell people why your cause is important, what differentiates it from others and what you need funding for.  Language, tone, audience and many other factors can affect the impact your story tells. In this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording, Helen Jenkins explains the structure for ... Read more

In this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording, Trish Thomas explains how to use the data from free analytics tools for your website and social media channels to help you understand the demographics, behaviours and motivations of your digital audiences. Trish will help you decide which metrics to focus on in Google Analytics and in the ... Read more

In this fourth and final Digital Heritage Lab online workshop on digitising collections, Kevin Gosling from the Collections Trust explores how to create your online content as efficiently as possible, not least so that it can be re-used for other projects in the future. Kevin looks at Spectrum guidance on using collections and thinking about ... Read more

Engagement with heritage can have a hugely positive impact on our physical, social and mental wellbeing. Based on their learning and experience during their successful project ‘Lost and Found’,  Wessex Archaeology have created a guide to help you prepare and deliver a digital heritage wellbeing project.

CRM — customer relationship management — is not just about using a CRM system it’s about building and creating meaningful relationships with your visitors and audiences. In this online masterclass Helen Dunnett and Edward Appleyard provide practical insight into how a CRM strategy can work for a small to medium sized heritage organisation and the ... Read more

Just as a physical exhibition might involve many different interpretive techniques, in this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording, Kevin Gosling from the Collections Trust looks at the many different ways you might present your stories online to help you decide which approaches would be best for your project. He provides ideas on the various formats ... Read more

The key to digital storytelling is to forget the word ‘digital’. In this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording Kevin Gosling from the Collections Trust helps you think about the stories you might tell with your collections, and how to select, test and refine them so they really engage your target audiences. Kevin provides ideas on ... Read more

Digitised collections have many of the same management issues as physical collections, and need careful planning and rigorous documentation if you want to avoid getting in a muddle and have the information you need to create online content at your fingertips. In this Digital Heritage Lab webinar recording Kevin Gosling from the Collections Trust looks ... Read more

In March 2020 Hereford Cathedral had just embarked upon the public engagement phase of their Eastern Cloisters Project (ECP) when the impact of COVID-19 meant that all their planned work had to be cancelled. In this case study,  Abby Jones explains how the cathedral adopted a new digital approach to their audience engagement activities including ... Read more

Your website is the shop window to your organisation and its accessibility and usability is critical to the offering of inclusive content. Accessible websites are a critical tool in attracting and retaining visitors and audiences. They are an essential part of building an inclusive reputation and a valuable addition in supporting the profile of your ... Read more