Ashleigh Taylor on how Museums at Night brought Blaenavon World Heritage Site to life after hours
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MUSEUMS AT NIGHT The World Heritage Site at night
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Ashleigh Taylor, Community Heritage Development Officer at Torfaen Borough Council, explains how she overcame the challenges presented by the landscape of Blaenavon World Heritage Site to bring it to life after hours with a Museums at Night astronomy event.
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MUSEUMS AT NIGHTThe World Heritage Site at night
Why we got involved
Explore the World Heritage Site
Give people a different perspective on the Site
Use the World Heritage Centre in a more creative way.
The Original Plan
To run 2 events
Bat and Night Jar walkCancelled due to lack of bookings
Dark Skies Events. Made up for it all.
What actually Happened
Dark Skies event 10 PARTICIPANTS.
Started at a local Pub. A free mini bus the Centre – with a tour guide Indoor planetarium in the Centre Look around the Centre Back to the Pub for real live stargazing.
The Positives
Feedback from participants overwhelming 2 partners worked together successfully We tried a new activities The Activity worked well.
“Wow, I never knew how much there was in Blaenavon”
“What an amazing experience”
The Learning Lessons
Advertising!
Look at who you use – internal works best!
How reduce costs – staff, resources,
The time of year!
The Negatives
Advertising didn’t work. Last minute cancellations of staff
Overall
The Activities we will run again, but at a different time of year
We will participate in Night at the Museum, but we will do different activities, although we will try the walk again.
