Canadian museum educator seeks ideas

What built heritage experiences have you had? Below is a query from a museum educator in Nova Scotia.

Built heritage experiences

I am looking for examples of visitor experiences that you may have seen, participated in or created around the topic of ‘built heritage’. An example might be guided walks.

Near the end of April I will be facilitating a workshop in which I will be asking participants to come up with a variety of creative ideas that would involve visitors (specifically tourists) in:

• exploring
• learning about
• being entertained by

the built heritage of a small town (any town). It is a ‘beyond the guided walk’ type of thing!

It would be wise for me to go into this workshop armed with many clever ideas! (In my worst dream the group would have no ideas whatsoever, although I know that in reality, museum workers always do!)

Please take the time to jot down any examples you can think of, regardless of how much the idea would cost in money or staff time.

The reward? I will share the results of this query and the workshop itself with anyone who would like to hear about it!

Thanks so much – in advance.

Sally Warren
Museum and Gallery Education
Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada

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