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susancrosstelltale
Great visits to heritage and natural sites do not happen by accident. This blog is about the work that make special sites great places to visit. I hope it will be useful to visitors and host alike. Find out more at me and my blog.
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‘What would you make?’ – how can we help adults engage with exhibitions?
A good exhibition inspires a creative response. When adults take time to leave creative responses to an exhibit, that is worth celebrating. Here are two examples from The Lighthouse in Glasgow, Scotland and The National Craft Centre in Kilkenny, Ireland. … Continue reading
How can heritage attractions become ‘places where people talk …’ a CitizenM masterclass
If museums want to become social spaces, they need to look about them. Just now I am looking at the Citizen M hotel in Glasgow. It’s a master class in creating a vibrant, welcoming, stimulating, cosmopolitan social space. “Zoos are places … Continue reading
Posted in Good places to visit, Museums, Tourism, Visit experience, Writing
Tagged CitizenM, Experience Economy, Glasgow, hotel, humour, No Smoking, style, words on walls
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Beyond words: OUT OF THE MARVELLOUS exhibition, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
Some of my very best moments are when the words stop. I am a word nerd. I sometimes feels my whole brain reverberates, resonates with the sound and feel of words. Spoken words, written words, read words, heard words. My … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Good places to visit, Ireland, Museums, Visit experience, Writing
Tagged Angela O'Kelly, Anne Michaels, art gallery, basket making, ceramics, crafts, curation, Frances Lambe, gallery, Gerard Smyth, Joe Hogan, Kilkenny, National Craft Gellery, OUT OF THE MARVELLOUS, poetry, Poetry Ireland, seamus Heaney, Solstice Gallery
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The road to Santa Cruz and Museum 2.0. Step 1
For some time I have watched and read about Nina Simon and her work on The Participatory Museum, Museum 2.0 and Santa Cruz Museum. She is convinced that there is better, more vibrant, more social future for museums. So am … Continue reading
A simple, successful approach to visitor segmentation at heritage attractions
Happy visitors, preferably lots of them, are essential to success at almost all heritage attractions. Whether your goal is to make money or to turn hearts and minds to a conservation cause, the happiness of your visitors is a vital … Continue reading
Posted in Attractions, Australia, Good places to visit, Heritage attractions, Tips and advice, Visit experience, Visitors, Wildlife and countryside attractions
Tagged Anglesey Abbey, Exploring Family Visitors, Intellectual Visiors, Italy. WEstern Australia, London Wetland Centre, Mount Leseur National Park, Sensualist Visitors, social visitors, Visitor segmentation, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
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