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

Smart phone with social media icons
Photo by Rami Al-zayat on Unsplash.
webinar

How to plan a successful social media campaign

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

Working with digitised collections — format options
Image courtesy Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies CC BY-SA
webinar

Working with digitised collections — format options

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

Analytics — how to present your digital stats effectively

A smartphone displaying app icons for Instagram, Facebook and Twitter
Image by dole777 on Unsplash.
webinar

Webinar: Social media essentials

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

How to build a WordPress website

Person sitting in a theatre auditorium with laptop open
© AMA Digital Marketing Day 2019. Photo Lewis Roden.
webinar

Digital Audience Development

Hereford Cathedral welcoming visitors to Heritage Open Days 2020.
Hereford Cathedral welcoming visitors to Heritage Open Days 2020. ©Hereford Cathedral.
case-study

Digital audience engagement during a heritage project … and a pandemic

A man opens a large case in a darkened store room
© Wessex Archaeology
guide-toolkit

A guide to running digital heritage wellbeing projects

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

How to use emails more effectively — email marketing best practice

Image of bowl with We will not have home rule written at the bottom.
We will not have home rule bowl. From the ‘Dividing Ireland’ exhibition. Image courtesy of Tower Museum ©
case-study

Revealing hidden collections through digital engagement

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

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

Working with digitised collections — efficient workflows
Image by Kaleidico on Unsplash.
webinar

Working with digitised collections — efficient workflows

Open laptop with user looking at screen.
Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash.
webinar

Creating online content for fundraising

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

Banishing the backlog with digital volunteers

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

Broadening your Online Engagement

Laptop open with a person holding a bank card to input card details for online payment
Image by Negative Space courtesy of Pexels.
webinar

eCommerce: Getting started

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

Digital skills for fundraising

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

Effective fundraising strategy

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

Open sign hanging in a tree
Photo by James Lee on Unsplash.
webinar

Using digital to support your in-person learning offer after reopening

A young boy in a blue top and yellow hat uses a blue magnifying glass to look closer at a tea scale.
A young boy uses a magnifying glass to look closer at a tea scale. © Photo Steve Carse.
case-study

How the events of the past year gave a museum the opportunity to improve their digital foundations

Website usability and writing for the web
Photo by Kat Stokes on Unsplash.
webinar

Website usability and writing for the web

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.