Electrifying the Future – Michael Holroyd Smith
A 30m long electric-blue graphic hoarding, a flying puppet, gears and electronic multiple choice interactives and a display system for some of Michael Holroyd Smith’s 100-year-old technical drawings –the new display in the Great Exhibition Hall at the Tramway Museum in Derbyshire is sure to catch the eye. Imagemakers have
Buxton Pump Room
We recently completed the first phase of the project at Buxton when the town’s historic Pump Room re-opened its doors to visitors. The latest incarnation of this 1894 building, commissioned by the 8th Duke of Devonshire will see it become Buxton’s TIC, a versatile meeting space for presentations and heritage talks, as
Hawthorn House
Imagemakers is working on an exciting project for Newry, Mourne and Down District Council which will result in a new visitor centre at Hawthorn House in the Slieve Gullion Forest Park. Following renovation, Hawthorn House will provide a highly interactive experience and improve the visitor offer at Slieve Gullion. The project
Watford Museum – consultation event
We had a great event this weekend with 80+ members of the community (including councillors and the new Mayor) dropping by to view the exciting plans for the new extension and exhibition/interpretation plans for Watford Museum. We presented our draft aims and themes along with the initial designs for how the
‘Riding the tiger to China’
The Chinese expression “騎虎難下” (qí hǔ nán xià), which translates as “riding a tiger and it being hard to get off,” has come to mean facing a dilemma or being stuck in a difficult position with no way out but to see it through to the end. A similar phrase
Axminster Heritage Centre – awarded £520k Heritage Lottery Funding
Axminster Heritage Centre, a small museum celebrating the town's history, has been awarded £520k Heritage Lottery Funding. Having worked on this project for the last few years, this funding is great news. It will be used for the final phase of the restoration project to Thomas Whitty House and the creation
Wuhan Natural History Museum in China
We are very excited
2018 Interpret Europe Conference
Imagemakers' David Masters has just returned from Koszeg in Hungary where he presented at the 2018 Interpret Europe conference. 130 delegates from 30 countries met to discuss the links between culture and identity, and how heritage interpretation can bring people together. David presented a very well received case study about Imagemakers'
Hawk and Owl Trust at Sculthorpe Moor Reserve
We’re getting ready for a big week next week with the Hawk and Owl Trust at Sculthorpe Moor Reserve, near Fakenham in Norfolk. Imagemakers is preparing Interpretation and Activity Plans for an HLF Round 2 application for the ‘Wensum Connections’ project to purchase and sustainably manage a series of nature
Linhai Pterosaur Gallery – 16,000 visitors a day!
We were really pleased to hear that the recently opened Linhai Pterosaur Gallery (in the Linhai Museum in Zhejiang Province) welcomed an average of 16,000 visitors a day during the Spring Festival holiday. We helped conceptualise an atmospheric walkthrough experience of Cretaceous Zhejiang Province in China, with soundscapes and dinosaur encounters. Bringing