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Our work on the new Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum is continuing with conceptual design schemes for the third-floor galleries. The content of the museum has been developed by the client and will be presented in a way that bucks the current trends in science and technology museums. Imagemakers is excited to

Undaunted by the 30 degree heat, we just spent a successful day recording some readings in the beautiful Richard Booth Bookshop Cinema in Hay-on-Wye. The town and environs are home to many well-known authors and a number of them have kindly written short pieces specially for the Hay Castle interpretation

We're delighted that the Buxton Crescent Heritage Experience has been shortlisted by The Association for Heritage Interpretation for the 2021 Engaging People Awards. To be one of the four projects on the shortlist (out of a record number of 56 entries), the recognition is a testiment to all involved in

Do you say ferntickles, murfles, brunny-spots or freckles?   It’s been a pleasure working with the team at Leeds University to develop the visual identity for the Dialect and Heritage Project. The project centres on the Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture (LAVC). The LAVC is a unique and nationally important multi-media archive housed

Developing content for a new Heritage Hub in the Aurora Wellbeing Centre in Worksop has yielded many surprises about the town’s history. A manor house to rival Blenheim, liquorice gardens, an extraordinary journey of the Worksop Torso, an ancient Greek statue

We had a productive morning at Bassetlaw Museum last week, working with the Aroura wellbeing volunteers designing object layouts for the heritage hub. Then in the afternoon some alpha release testing for the virtual museum which includes some of the volunteers’ photographs taken during previous training sessions. Lots more to

Just sharing the good news that Imagemakers won the exhibition design competition for the new National Botanical Museum in Kunming, China.   News spread quickly through the museum community in China, even reaching British Ambassador Caroline Wilson following a dinner we attended at the Chongqing consulate.   The Chinese authorities want Kunming to be

It’s not every day that a 900 year old piece of carved stone work arrives in the post but that’s exactly what happened earlier this week. This carved head was found by archaeologists near the ancient gate at Hay Castle and is believed to be a decorative feature from the

Really rewarding to run an Introduction to Interpretation training session for a lovely team of volunteers at Upton Country Park in Poole. We’re looking forward to the next session about interpretive copywriting and content creation. All part of the NLHF-funded Discovery Project. https://uptoncountrypark.com/discovery-project/ Bringing heritage to life Contact us to find out how

Great to see the interpretive blocks Imagemakers designed for Gloucester Cathedral’s Project Pilgrim being featured on the ArtUK web site this month! We created the artwork and woodcut-style illustrations and the Gloucester Cathedral stonemasons did the stonemasonry work. The words and imagery were then sandblasted it into the stone and