Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City
In 2011, the Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) were in the final phases of a $103m project to build a new museum that not only showed the amazing natural history of the state but also encouraged visitors to visit collections related sites beyond the museum walls. The exhibition and programmes team asked us to [...]
read moreNational Gallery, London
In 2006 the National Gallery launched ArtStart, a digital interpretation kiosk providing information and planning tools designed to enable visitors to make the most of their time at the gallery. The digital team asked us find out if ArtStart was still meeting audience needs and, if not, how would it need to evolve in order [...]
read moreScience Museum, London
The Science Museum is developing a major new gallery called ‘Making Modern Communications’ about the history of communications technologies. Mobile has been identified as one of the interpretation tools. As an organisation, the museum was keen to find innovative solutions to mobile interpretation, focussing more on providing a social learning experience. The Digital team asked FG+W [...]
read moreYork Minster
Interpretative exhibition designers, Mather & Co invited us to support them in their strategic development of interpretation for the York Minster Revealed project. York Minster Revealed is an HLF funded project combining conservation, training in craft skills and improved access and interpretation for visitors. In the early planning phase mobile had been identified as a potential [...]
read moreDenbighshire County Council
Denbighshire County Council wanted to find more effective and economic ways to promote and engage visitors in the cultural heritage of the rural areas of their county. They identified potential to use static and mobile digital technologies to in order to reach a wider audience across the region. We undertook research and consultancy to identify [...]
read moreKenwood House, English Heritage
Back in 2010 FG+W worked with the English Heritage Interpretation team to identify opportunities to use smartphone technology as part of their interpretation activities across the organisation – identifying potential audiences and creative approaches, highlighting some of the technical opportunities and constraints and building a business case. Late in 2011 the English Heritage team asked FG+W to [...]
read moreRenaissance Yorkshire
Precious Cargo is Yorkshire part of Stories of the World, one of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad projects. The project, which began in 2010, has brought young people – aged between 14 and 24 – into Yorkshire Museums with the aim of improving communication and engagement. Through a series of activities and events the young participants [...]
read moreCentre National de l’Audiovisuel, Luxembourg
The Centre National de l’Audiovisuel (CNA) are currently undertaking a major project to redisplay two exhibits created by the Luxembourg-born photographer, Edward Steichen. Both exhibitions include a wealth of stories and a complex set of ideas but they are also historic objects in their own right. The project team had identified mobile as a tool [...]
read moreEnglish Heritage
English Heritage has a long history of using on-site audioguides. Visitor surveys confirmed the effectiveness and popularity of these guides but they are also expensive to operate and limited in the type of interpretation they support. The Interpretation team thought there might be an opportunity to use smartphones to address these issues but weren’t sure [...]
read moreLeeds Museum & Galleries
Leeds Museums & Galleries is large local authority museum services with 7 properties including museums, historic properties and art galleries. They had a small amount of experience working with mobile and felt it may provide real opportunity. They were particularly interested in building knowledge and skills across the organisation, identifying barriers to implementation and identifying [...]
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