Tricky issues, conundrums and opportunities The collection has There are very few The displays are There is so much in Need to rediscover not changed in 40 items with direct not painting a true there you cannot and reinvent the years. association with the picture. see what is in real Blundells’ cottage. there. Cottage. Less can be more. Don’t clutter the Modern technology A smart phone app Apps and audio Imagining each cottage interior with for interpretation would be better. tours can extend stage of change at signs and screens. would not Audio tours. QR visitor experience the cottage is necessarily work. codes. Web site. into the landscape. important. Minimal panels. No big TVs. Some visitors want Visitors enjoy the Guided tours are Changing Is the building itself guided tours, some experience of the best. Tour guides exhibitions of an artefact? don’t and just want cottage, not so can react directly to collection items. to wander through, much the different audience Not just the historic How do people find and not everyone information they needs and period but the the cottage? wants a brochure gain from the visit. interests. modern period too. Needs a clear to do a self-guided path/identification. Timed tour times tour either. may not work The shed would Children need Disability access is make a good somewhere to sit a very difficult issue education out of the sun, to be faced. classroom. wind, rain. E.2 Targeted Education/Interpretation Stakeholder Consultation A stakeholder meeting with select education group representatives and teachers was conducted in December 2012. Table E.3 Stakeholders consulted in November 2012 about Blundells Interpretation and Displays. Attendees at Targeted Education/Interpretation Stakeholder Consultation Roslyn Hull, NCA Education and Outreach Officer Robyn Williams, NCACottage Officer Kerry Malone, former Blundells Officer Karin Huckstepp, former Blundells Manager Vivien Palmer, retired school principal Julie Jobson, teacher (email input) Subjects discussed included: the cottage aspects and elements most important for interpretation in school education programs; possible improvements for the interior and exterior displays; and the main strengths of the cottage for school interpretation and education program purposes. Blundells Cottage attracted 2859 visitors during 2012-2011 and of these one quarter (511) were school students. Table E.4 Stakeholder comments and views on particular interpretation/education issues.
Tricky issues, conundrums and opportunities The collection has not changed in 40 years. There are very few items with direct association with the cottage. The displays are not painting a true picture. There is so much in there you cannot see what is in there. Less can be more. Need to rediscover and reinvent the real Blundells’ Cottage. Don’t clutter the cottage interior with signs and screens. Minimal panels. Modern technology for interpretation would not necessarily work. No big TVs. A smart phone app would be better. Audio tours. QR codes. Web site. Apps and audio tours can extend visitor experience into the landscape. Imagining each stage of change at the cottage is important. Some visitors want guided tours, some don’t and just want to wander through, and not everyone wants a brochure to do a self-guided tour either. Visitors enjoy the experience of the cottage, not so much the information they gain from the visit. Guided tours are best. Tour guides can react directly to different audience needs and interests. Changing exhibitions of collection items. Not just the historic period but the modern period too. Is the building itself an artefact? How do people find the cottage? Needs a clear path/identification. Timed tour times may not work The shed would make a good education classroom. Children need somewhere to sit out of the sun, wind, rain. Disability access is a very difficult issue to be faced. E.2 Targeted Education/Interpretation Stakeholder Consultation A stakeholder meeting with select education group representatives and teachers was conducted in December 2012. Table E.3 Stakeholders consulted in November 2012 about Blundells Interpretation and Displays. Attendees at Targeted Education/Interpretation Stakeholder Consultation Roslyn Hull, NCA Education and Outreach Officer Robyn Williams, NCACottage Officer Kerry Malone, former Blundells Officer Karin Huckstepp, former Blundells Manager Vivien Palmer, retired school principal Julie Jobson, teacher (email input) Subjects discussed included: the cottage aspects and elements most important for interpretation in school education programs; possible improvements for the interior and exterior displays; and the main strengths of the cottage for school interpretation and education program purposes. Blundells Cottage attracted 2859 visitors during 2012-2011 and of these one quarter (511) were school students. Table E.4 Stakeholder comments and views on particular interpretation/education issues.