Digital Heritage Hub Search

When making a decision about which platform(s) will best suit your organisation, you should consider two main factors: the different social media platforms available and your audiences. This guide will outline some considerations regarding the skills and capacity of your organisation, and the needs of your audience.

Social media enables heritage institutions and practitioners to participate, preserve and interpret heritage content and practice. It can also support your heritage organisation to market itself and raise awareness of its practice to local, national and international audiences. This guide will provide a brief overview of social media platforms, tips for using them effectively to encourage participation and how they can be used to improve marketing and fundraising in your organisation.

In this case study,  Abby Jones explains how Hereford Cathedral adopted a new digital approach to their audience engagement activities including developing a Virtual Work Experience programme, sharing video recordings of talks and lectures on YouTube and producing online content to complement in-person events.