Surprise me – digital heritage lab

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This is a free online resource collection for heritage professionals that brings the collective intelligence of the sector together in one place, by you, for you.

Resources

Banishing the backlog with digital volunteers
Image courtesy of Museum of East Anglian Life ©
webinar

Banishing the backlog with digital volunteers

Two sets of hands both holding tablets showing data graphs
 
guide-toolkit

Google Analytics for beginners

Image of a man building inside an boat hull
Image courtesy of Skylark IX Recovery Trust ©
case-study

How digital has helped the delivery of a community project ― Skylark IX’s digital story

How a local museum used data and insights to develop a focused digital content plan
Image courtesy of Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery ©
case-study

How a local museum used data and insights to develop a focused digital content plan

Email icon on a mobile phone
Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash
webinar

How to use emails more effectively — email marketing best practice

Opened laptop with digital stats on the screen.
Photo by Path Digital on Unsplash.
webinar

Analytics — how to present your digital stats effectively

Potter working on a pottery wheel.
Image courtesy of Jewish Museum London © Nam Tran, potter in residence, on the pottery wheel during Shaping Ceramics exhibition, 2017.
webinar

Working with digitised collections — the raw material

How to build a WordPress website
Photo by Stephen Phillips on Unsplash.
webinar

How to build a WordPress website

Hand holding a digital tablet.
Image by Pixabay courtesy of Pexels.
webinar

Broadening your Online Engagement

Band playing on a stage in a church.
St Patrick’s Day Live event, St Joseph’s Church, Belfast. Image courtesy of Sailortown Regeneration©. Photograph by Joe Carberry.
case-study

Bringing music to people with live streaming ― Sailortown Regeneration’s digital story

Hands on a braille reader for a computer
Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash.
webinar

Accessible websites and delivery — getting started

Benny's giant head with bobble hat peers from behind a Birmingham landmark at a crowd of people.
Benny's Babbies, 2020 Artist: Cold War Steve (Christopher Spencer). Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0
guide-toolkit

Artificial Intelligence: Digital Heritage Leadership Briefing

black and brown typewriter
Photo by Andrew Seaman on Unsplash.
webinar

How to tell your organisation’s story if you don’t have a collection

Two volunteers pour over a manuscript at The Courtauld
Courtesy the author via The Courtauld
case-study

Case study: The Courtauld’s digitisation volunteer project

Woman and man sitting in front of computer monitor
Photo by NESA by Makers on Unsplash.
webinar

Digital skills for fundraising

Open laptop with Gmail icon in the top right hand corner
Photo by Stephen Phillips - Hostreviews.co.uk on Unsplash
webinar

Email automation — how to make your life easier

Image of a steam train No. 46203.
Image courtesy of Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust ©
case-study

Using digital collections to educate, inform and motivate

How digital can support the volunteering journey
Image courtesy of Skylark IX Recovery Trust ©
webinar

How digital can support the volunteering journey

Post-its on a whiteboard for planning.
Photo by Startae Team on Unsplash.
webinar

Effective fundraising strategy

The reconstituted cutaway view of the first Rose, by William Dudley, incorporating material by Jon Greenfield and C. Walter Hodges, taken from the guidebook, ‘The Rose, Bankside’s first theatre 1587’.
The reconstituted cutaway view of the first Rose, by William Dudley, incorporating material by Jon Greenfield and C. Walter Hodges, taken from the guidebook, ‘The Rose, Bankside’s first theatre 1587’. Image courtesy of The Rose Theatre Trust.
case-study

How online events had a positive impact on audience engagement and donations for a small heritage organisation

Group of people taking part in an activity.
AMA conference 2019 © Marion Botella
webinar

Digital Access and Inclusion — Getting started

The Digital Heritage Lab is a project managed by the Arts Marketing Association (AMA) in partnership with Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy, One Further and the Collections Trust and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Digital Skills for Heritage initiative. It is a free programme for small and medium sized heritage organisations seeking to develop their digital capabilities and capacity.