Reporting your digital stats in a consistent way can be challenging as digital platforms use so many different metrics and analytics tools. In this session recorded at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, Trish Thomas demonstrates the best ways to structure regular reports using stats and narrative collated across your website and social media channels. The session … Read more
In this plenary session recorded at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, Edward Appleyard from Harewood House brings together all the key elements that you need to consider as you plan and develop your organisation’s digital engagement strategy. Edward explains what a digital engagement strategy is, why it is important and how it can help your … Read more
Established in 1992, the award-winning Tower Museum is located within the historic city walls of Derry~Londonderry, with panoramic views of the city centre and the River Foyle. In this Digital Heritage Lab case study, Dr Ellie Pridgeon explains how the Tower Museum successfully delivered remote engagement during lockdown, developed a digital strategy, and successfully attracted … Read more
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
Dan Vo is the founder of the award-winning LGBTQ+ volunteer-led tours at the V&A. Dan discusses the history of these tours, the tour-guide training, the audiences, and the V&A academy course he currently leads. One of a series of podcasts with museum people by For Arts Sake.
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
Abby Bird, Audiences and Communications Manager, Black County Living Museum (BCLM) and creator of BCLM’s viral TikTok account talks about social media success, challenges, vision for the future and more. One of a series of podcasts with museum people by For Arts Sake.
Dhikshana Turakhia Pering, Head of Engagement and Skills at Somerset House, Trustee Museums Association, Member of Museum Detox talks about engagement over learning, working together, and juggling family and professional life. One of a series of podcasts with museum people by For Arts Sake.
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